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PopupControlContainer Class

The control container that can be displayed as a dropdown.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

public class PopupControlContainer :
    PanelControl,
    PopupControl,
    IBarObject,
    ISupportLookAndFeel,
    IDXDropDownControlEx2,
    IDXDropDownControlEx,
    IDXDropDownControl

The following members return PopupControlContainer objects:

Remarks

A PopupControlContainer object represents a panel that can contain any controls. This panel can be displayed as a dropdown for DropDownButton controls, bar buttons and the Ribbon Application Button.

Drop-down button

A PopupControlContainer object can be created at design time by dragging the PopupControlContainer component from the Toolbox onto a form.

Note

For the PopupControlContainer object to work correctly, it must be bound to a BarManager or RibbonControl object using the PopupControlContainer.Manager or PopupControlContainer.Ribbon property, respectively.

After the panel has been created, you can add controls to it, and then bind the panel to a specific control using the following properties:

Note

A PopupControlContainer is never displayed at runtime as a standalone panel. It can only be displayed as a dropdown.

Example

The example below shows how to assign a PopupControlContainer to a DropDownButton.

using DevExpress.XtraBars;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls;

    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {

        DropDownButton sampleDropDownButton;
        PopupControlContainer popupControlContainer1;
        SimpleButton simpleButton2;
        SimpleButton simpleButton1;
        TimeEdit timeEdit1;
        DateEdit dateEdit1;
        LabelControl labelControl5;
        LabelControl labelControl4;

        public Form1()
        {

            InitializeComponent();

            sampleDropDownButton = new DropDownButton();
            popupControlContainer1 = new PopupControlContainer();
            timeEdit1 = new TimeEdit();
            dateEdit1 = new DateEdit();
            labelControl5 = new LabelControl();
            labelControl4 = new LabelControl();
            simpleButton2 = new SimpleButton();
            simpleButton1 = new SimpleButton();

            simpleButton2.Location = new Point(142, 94);
            simpleButton2.Size = new Size(64, 24);
            simpleButton2.Text = "Clear";
            simpleButton2.Click += new System.EventHandler(simpleButton2_Click);


            simpleButton1.Location = new Point(76, 94);
            simpleButton1.Size = new Size(60, 24);
            simpleButton1.Text = "Now";
            simpleButton1.Click += new System.EventHandler(simpleButton1_Click);

            timeEdit1.Location = new Point(76, 47);
            timeEdit1.MenuManager = this.barManager1;
            timeEdit1.Size = new Size(130, 20);

            dateEdit1.Location = new Point(76, 17);
            dateEdit1.MenuManager = this.barManager1;
            dateEdit1.Size = new Size(130, 20);

            labelControl5.Location = new Point(17, 50);
            labelControl5.Size = new Size(26, 13);
            labelControl5.Text = "Time:";

            labelControl4.Location = new Point(17, 20);
            labelControl4.Size = new Size(27, 13);
            labelControl4.Text = "Date:";

            popupControlContainer1.BorderStyle = BorderStyles.NoBorder;
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(simpleButton2);
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(simpleButton1);
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(timeEdit1);
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(dateEdit1);
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(labelControl5);
            popupControlContainer1.Controls.Add(labelControl4);
            popupControlContainer1.Location = new Point(951, 12);
            popupControlContainer1.Manager = barManager1;
            popupControlContainer1.Size = new Size(220, 135);
            popupControlContainer1.Visible = false;

            sampleDropDownButton.DropDownControl = popupControlContainer1;
            sampleDropDownButton.Location = new Point(32, 208);
            sampleDropDownButton.Size = new Size(196, 35);
            sampleDropDownButton.Text = "DropDown Button";

            Controls.Add(sampleDropDownButton);
        }

        private void simpleButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            dateEdit1.DateTime = DateTime.Now;
            timeEdit1.Time = dateEdit1.DateTime;
        }

        private void simpleButton2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            dateEdit1.EditValue = null;
            timeEdit1.EditValue = null;
        }
    }

Inheritance

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