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 |
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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 | Provides access to advanced layout TileControl 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. |
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