I want to add something similar to the the properties window in Visual Studio into my form application. Basically a grid that has a label in the first column and a editable value in the second column. I can't seem to find something like it. Any examples of what to use and/how how to use it would be awesome.
The control you are looking for is the PropertyGrid.
I recommend reading Getting the Most Out of the .NET Framework PropertyGrid Control for details on how to work with this control fully, including customizing it for your types.
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I am totally new to programming in c# and have no previous experience with Object Oriented programming. I am teaching myself, so please I have many questions. I created a simple array that takes information from (STEP Text file) and displays it in a TextBox, now I am trying to put this information in Grid (like table) instead of showing them in a TextBox. I found Grid and Datagrid in the Toolbox window, but couldn't find DataGridView. I am using Visual Studio 2015. I would like to know:
How can I add DataGridView to my project?
Is there a simple code to put the information in a grid?
Since I am a beginner, please, be patient with me.
The reason is DataGridView is Windows Forms control and is available in Windows Forms project type only. You wont be able to use that in your WPF project. The equivalent in WPF is DataGrid.
As for the part regarding adding information in a grid, you will have to set the DataContext property of the DataGrid. For learning WPF, I would recommend to check out the two websites below:
https://wpftutorial.net/DataGrid.html
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/WPFDataGrid.aspx
I am trying to reproduce a window from the Microsoft built-in Registry Editor. The window is the one which is opened when you select "Modify Binary Data..." from the context-menu when a value is clicked.
The goal is to make an identical(!) window in my .NET C# application using Windows Forms.
The problem is the textBox displayed in the window which contains the binary data. I have tried using a RichTextBox, but it isn't as simple as it seems to be especially when it comes to editing data and the behaviour of this textBox.
So I have 2 questions:
How to achieve an identical textBox in C# using Windows Forms? Maybe you know some other ways to reproduce this textBox?
I also need the font name used in this textBox, I couldn't find it :)
Thanks!
I can think of two ways you can approach this. The first is a DataGrid, painstakingly styled to have transparent grid lines and exact margins between columns, with filters to enforce hex digits only. All this, set alongside a richtextbox for the ASCII display, with your code synchronizing the selection between them.
Alternately, you can replace the DataGrid with a collection of TextBoxes, again styled for invisible borders, automatically adding new textboxes to the collection when the user adds more data.
All in all, it seems like an awful lot of work, especially in WinForms - WPF might make this a bit easier, especially the styling, but still a lot of work.
Regarding the name of that control - I tried using Spy++ to sniff it out, and it seems it's registered as a Window Class named "HEX", but I'm not sure that will really get you somewhere:
Here is an open source project containing a hex editor control for Winforms, looking at least very similar:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hexbox/
I guess you can modify it accordingly to your requirements. But beware, the source code for the control is ~6000 lines of code (including more than a dozen utility classes). It inherits directly from "Control" and does all the text display using GDI+ (so no modified DataGrid or RichTextBox).
I'm trying to test whether a radio button is checked, and I keep getting the error that Checked and isChecked are not valid methods for that RadioButton class. I'm using C# and Visual Studio 2010.
Example
if (radioButton4.Checked) maxTotal = 660;
This error seems specific to the System.Windows.Controls.RadioButton class. If I create a System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton from within the code, I don't get the errors. The problem is that the RadioButton that I drag onto the stage (I come from as3) from the WPF Controls Toolbox is of the System.Windows.Controls variety.
I need to figure out how to add the System.Windows.Forms variety of RadioButton to my toolbox, or figure out why the Checked property is not valid with the Controls version. It doesn't make sense. Everywhere I've looked says it should work.
I created the app as a WPF Application. I'm using one of the Forms controls to do something that I think couldn't be done without it. And from what I understand, the Forms components are meant to be used with a Windows Forms Application. So my problem might have something to do with that, but I don't know.
To check if a WPF toggle button is checked use the IsChecked property.
System.Windows.Controls.RadioButton is a descendant class of the ToggleButton.
You should not mix WPF and Windows Forms controls if it is not absolutely neccessary.
Please forgive any silly words I may say. I am coming from a Actionscript3 background.
I am using "Visual C# 2010 Express".
I have a simple Form, in a WindowsForm Project, which currently holds just a Listbox. (Which I presume I will have to change to something else).
And I made myself a different display object (User Control) that is currently a Checkbox a title. (More will be added once I get over the hurdle below)
But I can't even get as far as Displaying the UserControl as a list.
I can't seem to find anywhere on the listbox to say "User this displayobject as the visual for listbox". I see tutorials saying "ItemsPanelTemplate" but I get error saying there is no such property for a Listbox.
I even tried making the Form in Design view and it is not in the list down the side of the GUI when I dragged as Listbox on screen.
Now I know how I would do this in pure Actionscript, but I dont know how to do this in Pure C#. Tutorials are not helping, as all the Microsoft site seems to try to give me is XAML (XML). and I am looking for C# code. So I have thrown in the towel and pleading for outside help.
Thank you for any help you can give.
It sounds like you want a list of items, each with a CheckBox and some descriptive text. Try using the CheckedListBox control. MSDN link.
This question also answers the question of how to do custom image drawing for each item in a ListBox. It may be helpful.
Edit after clarification:
Try embedding the UserControl in a ListView, rather than a ListBox.
References on embedding controls in ListViews:
C# listview - embedding controls
Adding button into a Listview in WinForms
You could also use a list of Panels, with each Panel hosting a UserControl.
C# List of Panels
But the real answer, as seen in the question's comments, is that Winforms doesn't have a convenient way to do this. This is a task much better suited to WPF.
You may check out freeware component Better ListView Express from ComponentOwl. It supports simple Details view without columns, two and three-state checkboxes, images and more...
They also offers full version with even more nice features like hierarchical and multi-line items.
I'm trying to do like what you can see on the image below:
I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. In my Form I added a TabControl
and set its Alignment properties to Bottom. But as you can see in the image below, It seems there's something wrong in the display. How can I fix it?
Can't do it with the standard Tab control.
Try Tab Control with Correct Bottom Theming in .NET from codeproject.com.