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XtraForm Events

A form that supports title bar and border skinning. Provides centralized control over the look and feel settings of the DevExpress controls placed on it.
Name Description
Activated Occurs when the form is activated in code or by the user. Inherited from Form.
AutoSizeChanged Occurs when the AutoSize property changes. Inherited from Form.
AutoValidateChanged Occurs when the AutoValidate property changes. Inherited from Form.
BackColorChanged Occurs when the value of the BackColor property changes. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImageChanged Occurs when the value of the BackgroundImage property changes. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImageLayoutChanged Occurs when the BackgroundImageLayout property changes. Inherited from Control.
BindingContextChanged Occurs when the value of the BindingContext property changes. Inherited from Control.
CausesValidationChanged Occurs when the value of the CausesValidation property changes. Inherited from Control.
ChangeUICues Occurs when the focus or keyboard user interface (UI) cues change. Inherited from Control.
Click Occurs when the control is clicked. Inherited from Control.
ClientSizeChanged Occurs when the value of the ClientSize property changes. Inherited from Control.
Closed Occurs when the form is closed. Inherited from Form.
Closing Occurs when the form is closing. Inherited from Form.
ContextMenuChanged Occurs when the value of the ContextMenu property changes. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenuStripChanged Occurs when the value of the ContextMenuStrip property changes. Inherited from Control.
ControlAdded Occurs when a new control is added to the Control.ControlCollection. Inherited from Control.
ControlRemoved Occurs when a control is removed from the Control.ControlCollection. Inherited from Control.
CursorChanged Occurs when the value of the Cursor property changes. Inherited from Control.
Deactivate Occurs when the form loses focus and is no longer the active form. Inherited from Form.
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
DockChanged Occurs when the value of the Dock property changes. Inherited from Control.
DoubleClick Occurs when the control is double-clicked. Inherited from Control.
DpiChanged Occurs when the DPI setting changes on the display device where the form is currently displayed. Inherited from Form.
DpiChangedAfterParent Occurs when the DPI setting for a control is changed programmatically after the DPI of its parent control or form has changed. Inherited from Control.
DpiChangedBeforeParent Occurs when the DPI setting for a control is changed programmatically before a DPI change event for its parent control or form has occurred. Inherited from Control.
DragDrop Occurs when a drag-and-drop operation is completed. Inherited from Control.
DragEnter Occurs when an object is dragged into the control’s bounds. Inherited from Control.
DragLeave Occurs when an object is dragged out of the control’s bounds. Inherited from Control.
DragOver Occurs when an object is dragged over the control’s bounds. Inherited from Control.
EnabledChanged Occurs when the Enabled property value has changed. Inherited from Control.
Enter Occurs when the control is entered. Inherited from Control.
FontChanged Occurs when the Font property value changes. Inherited from Control.
ForeColorChanged Occurs when the ForeColor property value changes. Inherited from Control.
FormClosed Occurs after the form is closed. Inherited from Form.
FormClosing Occurs before the form is closed. Inherited from Form.
FormLayoutChanged This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
GiveFeedback Occurs during a drag operation. Inherited from Control.
GotFocus Occurs when the control receives focus. Inherited from Control.
HandleCreated Occurs when a handle is created for the control. Inherited from Control.
HandleDestroyed Occurs when the control’s handle is in the process of being destroyed. Inherited from Control.
HelpButtonClicked Occurs when the Help button is clicked. Inherited from Form.
HelpRequested Occurs when the user requests help for a control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeChanged Occurs when the ImeMode property has changed. Inherited from Control.
InputLanguageChanged Occurs after the input language of the form has changed. Inherited from Form.
InputLanguageChanging Occurs when the user attempts to change the input language for the form. Inherited from Form.
Invalidated Occurs when a control’s display requires redrawing. Inherited from Control.
KeyDown Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus. Inherited from Control.
KeyPress Occurs when a character. space or backspace key is pressed while the control has focus. Inherited from Control.
KeyUp Occurs when a key is released while the control has focus. Inherited from Control.
Layout Occurs when a control should reposition its child controls. Inherited from Control.
Leave Occurs when the input focus leaves the control. Inherited from Control.
Load Occurs before a form is displayed for the first time. Inherited from Form.
LocationChanged Occurs when the Location property value has changed. Inherited from Control.
LostFocus Occurs when the control loses focus. Inherited from Control.
MarginChanged Occurs when the Margin property changes. Inherited from Form.
MaximizedBoundsChanged Occurs when the value of the MaximizedBounds property has changed. Inherited from Form.
MaximumSizeChanged Occurs when the value of the MaximumSize property has changed. Inherited from Form.
MdiChildActivate Occurs when a multiple-document interface (MDI) child form is activated or closed within an MDI application. Inherited from Form.
MenuComplete Occurs when the menu of a form loses focus. Inherited from Form.
MenuStart Occurs when the menu of a form receives focus. Inherited from Form.
MinimumSizeChanged Occurs when the value of the MinimumSize property has changed. Inherited from Form.
MouseCaptureChanged Occurs when the control loses mouse capture. Inherited from Control.
MouseClick Occurs when the control is clicked by the mouse. Inherited from Control.
MouseDoubleClick Occurs when the control is double clicked by the mouse. Inherited from Control.
MouseDown Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is pressed. Inherited from Control.
MouseEnter Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the control. Inherited from Control.
MouseHover Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the control. Inherited from Control.
MouseLeave Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the control. Inherited from Control.
MouseMove Occurs when the mouse pointer is moved over the control. Inherited from Control.
MouseUp Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is released. Inherited from Control.
MouseWheel Occurs when the mouse wheel moves while the control has focus. Inherited from Control.
Move Occurs when the control is moved. Inherited from Control.
PaddingChanged Occurs when the control’s padding changes. Inherited from Control.
Paint Occurs when the control is redrawn. Inherited from Control.
ParentChanged Occurs when the Parent property value changes. Inherited from Control.
PreviewKeyDown Occurs before the KeyDown event when a key is pressed while focus is on this control. Inherited from Control.
QueryAccessibilityHelp Occurs when AccessibleObject is providing help to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
QueryContinueDrag Occurs during a drag-and-drop operation and enables the drag source to determine whether the drag-and-drop operation should be canceled. Inherited from Control.
RegionChanged Occurs when the value of the Region property changes. Inherited from Control.
Resize Occurs when the control is resized. Inherited from Control.
ResizeBegin Occurs when a form enters resizing mode. Inherited from Form.
ResizeEnd Occurs when a form exits resizing mode. Inherited from Form.
RightToLeftChanged Occurs when the RightToLeft property value changes. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeftLayoutChanged Occurs after the value of the RightToLeftLayout property changes. Inherited from Form.
Scroll Occurs when the user or code scrolls through the client area. Inherited from ScrollableControl.
Shown Occurs whenever the form is first displayed. Inherited from Form.
SizeChanged Occurs when the Size property value changes. Inherited from Control.
StyleChanged Occurs when the control style changes. Inherited from Control.
SystemColorsChanged Occurs when the system colors change. Inherited from Control.
TabIndexChanged Occurs when the value of the TabIndex property changes. Inherited from Form.
TabStopChanged Occurs when the TabStop property changes. Inherited from Form.
TextChanged Occurs when the Text property value changes. Inherited from Control.
Validated Occurs when the control is finished validating. Inherited from Control.
Validating Occurs when the control is validating. Inherited from Control.
VisibleChanged Occurs when the Visible property value changes. Inherited from Control.
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