InputPanel

References
public sealed class InputPanel
Utility class for aggregating controls to be shown on input panels. This panel (when complete) will populate a Menu or Form or PopOver or....

Properties

Category

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public string Category { get; }
Gets the current category. Any items added to the panel will belong to a frame with the category name.

Count

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public int Count { get; }
Gets the number of elements on this panel.

Methods

Add

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public void Add(Control element)
Add an element to this panel.
Parameters:
element (Control)

AddBar

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public Bar AddBar(bool drawCategoryLabels, int elementHeight, params BarItem[] elements)
Parameters:
drawCategoryLabels (bool)
elementHeight (int)
elements (params BarItem[])

AddBar

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public Bar AddBar(bool drawCategoryLabels, params BarItem[] elements)
Add a tool bar to this panel.
Parameters:
drawCategoryLabels (bool)True if the bar should be big enough to show the category names.
elements (params BarItem[])Tool bar elements.

AddCheck

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public CheckBox AddCheck(string text, bool checked, Action<bool> checkedChanged, string tooltip = null)
Add a checkbox to this input.
Parameters:
text (string)
checked (bool)
checkedChanged (Action<bool>)
tooltip (string = null)

AddLabel

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public Label AddLabel(string text, bool italic = false, string tooltip = null)
Add a label to this input.
Parameters:
text (string)
italic (bool = false)
tooltip (string = null)

AddSpace

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public Control AddSpace(int height = 6)
Add a blank vertical gap to this panel. Rows sit two pixels apart, which is right for a run of related bars but too tight when one group of them needs setting apart from the group above.
Parameters:
height (int = 6)Height of the gap, on top of the two pixels a row already gets.

AddText

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public TextBox AddText(string text, Action<string> textChanged, string tooltip = null)
Add a textbox to this input.
Parameters:
text (string)
textChanged (Action<string>)
tooltip (string = null)

BeginCategory

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public IDisposable BeginCategory(string category)
Create a disposable category block.
Parameters:
category (string)Name of category.
Returns: Disposable category to be used inside a 'using' block.

MoveCategoryBelow

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public bool MoveCategoryBelow(string category, string above)
Move an existing category directly underneath another.
Parameters:
category (string)Category to move.
above (string)Target category.
Returns: True if 'category' is now directly below the 'above' category.

RemoveCategory

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public bool RemoveCategory(string name)
Remove a category from this panel. You typically wouldn't do this except sometimes it's less work to let a base class populate the panel and then remove some nonsensical category afterwards.
Parameters:
name (string)

RenameCategory

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public bool RenameCategory(string oldName, string newName)
Rename a category.
Parameters:
oldName (string)
newName (string)

ShowAsForm

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public Form ShowAsForm(Control owner, PointF point, RectangleF bounds)
Populate a title-bar less form with the panel contents. An attempt will be made to place the form _next to_ the bounds but failing that it will be placed next to the point.
Parameters:
owner (Control)Control which owns this popup.
point (PointF)Point location.
bounds (RectangleF)Source region in control coordinates.

ToEtoControl

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public Control ToEtoControl()
Create an Eto control which hosts all the inputs on this panel.