How to: Display Custom Controls in Popup

• Oct 25, 2019

The following example creates a PopupContainerControl with a RichTextBox inside, and assigns this control to a PopupContainerEdit editor.

C#

  RichTextBox rtb = new RichTextBox();
  rtb.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
  PopupContainerControl popupControl = new PopupContainerControl();
  popupControl.Controls.Add(rtb);

  PopupContainerEdit editor = new PopupContainerEdit();
  editor.Properties.PopupControl = popupControl;
  Controls.Add(editor);

VB.NET

  Dim rtb As RichTextBox = New RichTextBox
  rtb.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
  Dim popupControl As PopupContainerControl = New PopupContainerControl
  popupControl.Controls.Add(rtb)

  Dim editor As PopupContainerEdit = New PopupContainerEdit
  editor.Properties.PopupControl = popupControl
  Controls.Add(editor)