CommandPanel Class

Inherits from Control class of Windows.Forms namespace. Used to group collections of command buttons. Serves as a base class for the CommandBar class.

The buttons are located on the CommandWithEvent collection which we can get an access by the property ItemCollection to. The class contains some properties related to the location, size, appearance and selection of the command buttons.
Method AdjustLayout allows to rearrange buttons on the command panel according to its size and the size and location of its buttons. User can get a pointer to ICommandObject interface by methods ObjectFromID and ObjectFromPoint.
CommandPanel class has some event handlers related to mouse events, changing the state and size of the command object, in which the appearance of the command object can be changed and any events can be raised.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Class CommandPanel 
   Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Control
   Implements IToolTipInfoProvider

'Usage
 
Dim instance As CommandPanel

public class CommandPanel : System.Windows.Forms.Control, IToolTipInfoProvider

public __gc class CommandPanel : public System.Windows.Forms.Control, IToolTipInfoProvider

public ref class CommandPanel : public System.Windows.Forms.Control, IToolTipInfoProvider

Remarks

One of the important abilities of CommandPanel is the ability to work in "component mode". In this mode the control becomes invisible, but receives mouse input from its parent. The bounds of items (elements of ItemCollection) are set relatively to the parent client area. This allows easy creation of transparent controls. For example, if we want to create a track bar control and put it on a toolbar, we just put a track bar in component mode and embed it into toolbar button.

To put a control into component mode set its ParentContainer property.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

CommandPanel Members
BCGSoft.Controls.Shared Namespace