TileControl Properties

The control that manages Windows UI-inspired tiles. Using this component, you can create both static and animated live tiles in your applications.

Name	Description
AccessibilityObject	Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the accessible role of the control. Inherited from Control.
AllowDisabledStateIndication	Gets or sets whether the disabled state of the TileControl is indicated in a specific manner.
AllowDrag	Gets or sets if a TileItems runtime dragging is enabled.
AllowDragTilesBetweenGroups	Gets or sets whether drag-and-drop of tiles between groups is enabled.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. Inherited from Control.
AllowGlyphSkinning	Gets or sets whether glyphs in tiles should be painted using the tile foreground colors.
AllowGroupHighlighting	Gets or sets whether TileGroups within the current TileControl are highlighted during TileItems drag-and-drop.
AllowHtmlText	Gets or sets if HTML text formatting is enabled for all tile items within the current TileControl.
AllowItemContentAnimation	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
AllowItemHover	Gets or sets if the item hover feature is enabled.
AllowSelectedItem	Gets or sets if TileItems within the current TileControl can be selected.
AllowSelectedItemBorder	Gets or sets whether or not a selection border should be drawn around the currently selected tile.
AllowSmoothScrolling	Gets or sets whether or not smooth pixel scrolling is enabled for this TileControl.
Anchor	Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
AnimateArrival	Gets or sets whether this TileControl should play initial animation the first time it is displayed.
AppearanceGroupHighlighting	Gets or sets an object that specifies appearance settings used to highlight TileGroups within the current TileControl.
AppearanceGroupText	Provides access to appearance settings used to customize TileGroups’ captions.
AppearanceItem	Provides access to appearance settings applied to all tile items within the current TileControl.
AppearanceText	Provides access to appearance settings used to paint the current TileControl caption.
AutoScrollOffset	Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(Control). Inherited from Control.
AutoSelectFocusedItem	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
AutoSize	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.
BackColor	Gets or sets the background color for the control. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImage	Gets or sets the background image for this TileControl.
BackgroundImageLayout	Gets or sets the background image layout as defined in the ImageLayout enumeration. Inherited from Control.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control. Inherited from Control.
BorderStyle	Gets or sets the style of the current TileControl‘s border.
Bottom	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Bounds	Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control. Inherited from Control.
CanEnableIme protected	Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support. Inherited from Control.
CanFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. Inherited from Control.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Determines if events can be raised on the control. Inherited from Control.
CanSelect	Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. Inherited from Control.
Capture	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. Inherited from Control.
CausesValidation	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. Inherited from Control.
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls static	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to catch calls on the wrong thread that access a control’s Handle property when an application is being debugged. Inherited from Control.
ClientRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ClientSize	Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ColumnCount	Gets or sets the maximum number of medium-sized tiles that can be placed simultaneously in a single row within a vertically oriented TileControl.
CompanyName	Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. Inherited from Control.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainsFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. Inherited from Control.
ContextButtonOptions	Provides access to the settings applied to the context buttons displayed in the tiles, and panels containing these buttons.
ContextButtons	Provides access to the collection of context buttons displayed in the tiles.
ContextMenu	Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenuStrip	Gets or sets the ContextMenuStrip associated with this control. Inherited from Control.
Controls	Gets the collection of controls contained within the control. Inherited from Control.
Created	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. Inherited from Control.
CreateParams protected	Gets the required creation parameters when the control handle is created. Inherited from Control.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the control. Inherited from Control.
DataBindings	Gets the data bindings for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultBackColor static	Gets the default background color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultCursor protected	Gets or sets the default cursor for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultFont static	Gets the default font of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultForeColor static	Gets the default foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultImeMode protected	Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultItemPadding static	Returns the default tile padding.
DefaultMargin protected	Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMaximumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMinimumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DisplayRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. Inherited from Control.
Disposing	Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing. Inherited from Control.
Dock	Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
DoubleBuffered protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker. Inherited from Control.
DragSize	Gets or sets the horizontal and vertical distance in pixels that an end-user must drag a TileItem before the drag operation starts.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. Inherited from Control.
EnableItemDoubleClickEvent	Gets or sets whether the TileControl.ItemDoubleClick event is raised.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
Focused	Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. Inherited from Control.
FocusRectColor	Obsolete. This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Font	Gets or sets font options for all TileItems within the current TileControl. This property is now obsolete. Use the TileControl.AppearanceItem property instead.
FontHeight protected	Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. Inherited from Control.
ForeColor	Gets or sets a color used to paint a TileItems’ text content. This property is now obsolete. Use the TileControl.AppearanceItem property instead.
Groups	Provides access to a collection of TileGroups used by the current TileControl.
Handle	Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. Inherited from Control.
Handler	Gets the object that controls drag-and-drop and mouse operations on the TileControl.
HasChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. Inherited from Control.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the control. Inherited from Control.
HorizontalContentAlignment	Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of TileControl‘s groups.
HtmlImages	Gets or sets a collection of images that you can embed into captions/messages/tooltips in the control using the image HTML-inspired tag.
Images	Gets or sets a collection of images to be displayed in TileItems.
ImeMode	Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeBase protected	Gets or sets the IME mode of a control. Inherited from Control.
IndentBetweenGroups	Gets or sets a space that visually detaches neighboring TileGroups.
IndentBetweenItems	Gets or sets a space that visually detaches neighboring TileItems.
InvokeRequired	Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. Inherited from Control.
IsAccessible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
IsAnimationSuspended	Gets if the TileControl animation is currently paused.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from Control.
IsHandleCreated	Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. Inherited from Control.
IsLockUpdate	Gets if the current tile control is locked by the TileControl.BeginUpdate method call.
IsMirrored	Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored. Inherited from Control.
IsRightToLeft	Gets a value indicating whether the TileControl‘s elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts.
ItemAppearance	Provides access to appearance settings applied to all tile items when they are in their normal state. This property is obsolete. Use the TileControl.AppearanceItem property instead.
ItemAppearanceHover	Provides access to appearance settings applied to all tile items when they are hovered over. This property is obsolete. Use the TileControl.AppearanceItem property instead.
ItemAppearanceSelected	Provides access to appearance settings applied to all tile items when they are selected. This property is obsolete. Use the TileControl.AppearanceItem property instead.
ItemBackgroundImageAlignment	Gets or sets the background image position for all TileItems within the current TileControl.
ItemBackgroundImageScaleMode	Gets or sets the background images stretch mode common to TileItems within the current TileControl.
ItemBorderVisibility	Gets or sets whether borders of all tile items are visible.
ItemCheckMode	Gets or sets the way TileItems within the current TileControl can be checked by an end-user.
ItemContentAnimation	Gets or sets the frame animation effect applied to all TileItem within the current TileControl.
ItemImageAlignment	Gets or sets the way TileItems’ glyphs are aligned within parent items.
ItemImageScaleMode	Gets or sets the way TileItems’ glyphs are stretched within parent items.
ItemPadding	Gets or sets the common padding for all TileItems within the current TileControl.
ItemSize	Gets or sets the dimension of a medium TileItem.
ItemTextShowMode	Gets or sets common settings for all TileItems within the current TileControl terms to display their text content.
LayoutEngine	Gets a cached instance of the control’s layout engine. Inherited from Control.
LayoutMode	Gets or sets whether this TileControl operates in regular or adaptive layout mode.
Left	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. Inherited from Control.
LookAndFeel	Provides access to the TileControl‘s look and feel settings.
Margin	Gets or sets the space between controls. Inherited from Control.
MaxId	Gets or sets the maximum TileItems ID.
MaximumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MinimumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
ModifierKeys static	Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MouseButtons static	Gets a value indicating which of the mouse buttons is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MousePosition static	Gets the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates. Inherited from Control.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the control. Inherited from Control.
OptionsAdaptiveLayout	Provides access to settings that are in use when this TileControl is in Adaptive Layout Mode.
OptionsLayout	Contains the TileControl’s layout settings.
Orientation	Gets or sets the tile arrangement algorithm.
Padding
Parent	Gets or sets the parent container of the control. Inherited from Control.
Position	Gets or sets the current TileControl‘s offset in pixels.
PreferredSize	Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit. Inherited from Control.
ProductName	Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
ProductVersion	Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
PropagatingImeMode protected static	Gets an object that represents a propagating IME mode. Inherited from Control.
RecreatingHandle	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. Inherited from Control.
Region	Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
RenderRightToLeft protected	This property is now obsolete. Inherited from Control.
ResizeRedraw protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. Inherited from Control.
Right	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeft	Gets or sets a value indicating whether control’s elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from Control.
RowCount	Gets or sets the maximum number of items rows within the current TileControl.
ScaleChildren protected	Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls. Inherited from Control.
ScaleFactor	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
ScrollButtonFadeAnimationTime	Gets or sets the time required to show/hide a TileControl‘s scroll buttons when they are hovered over/not hovered with the mouse.
ScrollMode	Gets or sets which visual elements will be used when a TileControl‘s workspace is being scrolled.
SelectedItem	Gets or sets the currently selected TileItem within a TileControl.
SelectionColor	Gets or sets the TileItems’ borders color when navigating through tiles using keyboard arrows at runtime.
ShowFocusCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. Inherited from Control.
ShowGroupText	Gets or sets whether TileGroup captions are displayed for the current TileControl.
ShowKeyboardCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the user interface is in the appropriate state to show or hide keyboard accelerators. Inherited from Control.
ShowText	Gets or sets whether the current TileControl‘s caption is displayed.
ShowToolTips	Gets or sets whether tooltips are shown for tiles.
Site	Gets or sets the site of the control. Inherited from Control.
Size	Gets or sets the height and width of the control. Inherited from Control.
TabIndex	Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. Inherited from Control.
TabStop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag	Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. Inherited from Control.
Text	Gets or sets the text associated with this control. Inherited from Control.
ToolTipController	Gets or sets the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and content of tooltips displayed by tiles of the TileControl.
Top	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
TopLevelControl	Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. Inherited from Control.
UseDirectXPaint	Gets or sets whether the DirectX Hardware Acceleration is enabled for this Tile Control.
UseWaitCursor	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. Inherited from Control.
VerticalContentAlignment	Gets or sets the vertical alignment of TileControl‘s groups.
ViewInfoCore	Returns detailed info about this TileControl.
Visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. Inherited from Control.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the control. Inherited from Control.
WindowTarget	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.