PowerBuilder offers a feature such that a menu item can appear in Toolbar just by adding some toolbar properties like(toolbaritemnametoolbaritemtext etc...).
Do we have similar functionality in Windows forms applications in C# such that a menuitem can also appear in toolbar without explicitly adding a ToolStrip/ToolBar control?
In Windows Forms you need to add a ToolStrip control to your Form to display ToolStripItems, such as ToolStripButtons. The ToolStripItems are added to ToolStrip.Items collection.
In short: no.
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Long story short, I created a custom winform TabControl:
public sealed class MyTabControl : TabControl
And I can't find a way to add other controls to its TabPages. When I drag and drop any kind of Control (a Button, for example, or a Panel) on the top of a TabPage display area, it's added to the Form instead of being added to the page itself. Anyone can explain me why and how to implement Designer interaction to my custom Control?
First you have to add your "MyTabcontrol" to tool box.
How to do that:
On the Tools menu, click Choose Toolbox Items.
On the .NET Framework Components tab, click Browse.
In the Open File box, locate the DLL that was built when you created the UserControl control.
Then Drag UserControl from the toolbox to Form.
Then it works.
Here is the KB link from Microsoft.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/813450
In my project i have to run multi-interfaces at a time. I used isMdicontainer property. But problem is whole area is converted to MDI. Can i set boundaries for it,like in Photoshop(below menu-bar there is toolbar,below toolbar Mdi is appearing).
And I like the tab structure in Photoshop used to switch images. How can i introduce that into my project for switching between forms. I am using VS 2010, Doing project in C#(Win forms), net framework 3.5
Thanks in advance.
You can use container controls like Panels and Dock them to the side — this will reduce the area of the MDI child area.
As far as tabs are concerned, that's a different beast than the MDI model. You can try Multi Document Interface (MDI) tab page browsing with C#
You can do a lot of things,
The following tasks are illustrated Here:
Creating the main menu for your form. The actual name of the menu
will vary.
Adding the ToolStripPanel control to the Toolbox.
Creating a child form.
Arranging ToolStripPanel controls by z-order.
The following steps should give you a start.
Add a MenuBar a ToolStrip and a TabControl to your main form.
Set their Dock property to DockStyle.Top.
Resize the TabControl so that the tabpages are hidden.
When you open a new MDI form add a tab and select it.
i am building a C# application, i have explored its all controls but i cant find the left menu style which i usually see in software applications for example visual studio, i am attaching the image of what i need.
Please let me know how can i use it in my forms. I have used a tab menu control in visual studio, but it is not what i required, its tabs are vertical, but i want the exact like i shown in attachment. I think it requires some reference to add.
I don't think that control is available, which means you would have to make one yourself. Here is a link from someone that made one. I haven't tried it: Visual Studios "My Project" Tab Control
There is no such a control in the ToolBox by default. But you could create one for you.
Creat a user controller.
Added a SplitContainer and set Dock.Fill.
Add a FlowLayoutPanel to the Left panel. Add buttons or labels as you wish and implement the click event.
How can I add WPF form into tab item of tab control?
like I have make wpf form, I need to add in tab control collection just like when we open wpf form in VS 2010 and it is open in Tab MDI form and different forms are showing in different tab.
Thanks
Don't use Forms to put n Tabpages. Use UserControls instead. You can put them there with the designer.
I built a little console application in C# and need to add a windows form interface to it. I added a form item, and now have a blank form. I don't know how to go from here and start adding buttons and menus to the form.
Is there a form design toolbar or do I have to add buttons and menus using code?
Choose Toolbox from the View menu..
Click View>Other Toolbars>Toolbox to show the toolbox containing common controls for Windows forms.