BaseLayoutItem Members
Represents the base class for layout items.Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AccessibleDescription | Gets or sets the object’s description used by accessibility client applications. |
| AccessibleName | Gets or sets the object’s name used by accessibility client applications. |
| AccessibleRole | Gets or sets the object’s accessible role. |
| AllowHide | Gets or sets whether the item can be hidden to the Customization Form. |
| AppearanceItemCaption | Gets the appearance settings used to paint a layout item’s caption. |
| BestFitWeight | Gets or sets the width of the current BaseLayoutItem relative to other items’ width after the LayoutControl.BestFit method has been called. |
| BindingContext | Gets or sets the BindingContext for the item. |
| Bounds | Gets the layout item’s bounding rectangle. |
| CanRaiseEvents protected | Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component. |
| Container | Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| CustomizationFormText | Gets or sets the layout item’s caption within the Customization Form. |
| DataBindings | Gets the data bindings for the layout item. |
| DesignMode protected | Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component. |
| Events protected | Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component. |
| Expanded | Not supported. |
| Height | Gets or sets the layout item’s height. |
| IsDisposing | Gets whether the current item is being disposed of. |
| IsGroup | Gets whether the current layout item represents a Layout Group. |
| IsHidden | Gets whether the layout item is hidden. |
| IsUpdateLocked | Gets whether the layout item has been locked for updating. |
| Location | Gets or sets the coordinates of the layout item’s top left corner. |
| MaxSize | Gets or sets the maximum size of the layout item. |
| MinSize | Gets or sets the item’s minimum size. |
| Name | Gets or sets the layout item’s name. |
| OptionsCustomization | Contains options that specify which operations can be performed on the layout item at runtime. |
| OptionsIconToolTip | Obsolete. This member is obsolete. Use the BaseLayoutItem.OptionsToolTip property instead. |
| OptionsItemToolTip | Obsolete. This member is obsolete. Use the BaseLayoutItem.OptionsToolTip property instead. |
| OptionsTableLayoutItem | Provides access to the options that specify how a layout item is arranged within a table layout. |
| OptionsToolTip | Contains options that allow tooltips to be assigned to layout items and their images. |
| Owner | Gets or set the LayoutControl that owns the current layout item. |
| Padding | Gets or sets the amount of space in pixels between the item’s borders and its contents. |
| PaintAppearanceItemCaption | Provides access to the appearance settings currently used to paint the layout item. |
| Parent | Gets or sets the group that owns the current item. |
| ParentName | Gets or sets the name of the item’s parent. |
| Selected | Gets or sets the selection state of the current item. |
| ShowInCustomizationForm | Gets or sets whether the layout item is displayed within the Customization Form when the item is hidden. |
| Site | Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| Size | Gets or sets the layout item’s size. |
| Spacing | Gets or sets the outer indents of the item’s borders. |
| StartNewLine | Gets or sets whether the current item starts a new row within a flow layout. |
| Tag | Gets or sets an object that contains data on the current layout item. |
| Text |
Gets or sets the caption of this layout item. If the Text property is null (Nothing in VB.NET) or String.Empty, this property returns the item name.
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| TextLocation | Gets or sets the item caption position. |
| TextSize | Gets or sets the size of the text region. |
| TextToControlDistance | Gets or sets the distance between the control displayed within the layout item and the text region. |
| TextVisible | Gets or sets whether the text region is visible. |
| TypeName | Gets the name of the current layout item’s type. |
| ViewInfo | Gets the object which contains the information used to render the layout item. |
| Visibility | Allows you to hide the item from the Layout Control and Customization Form. |
| Visible | Gets whether the layout item is visible. |
| Width | Gets or sets the layout item’s width. |
| X | Gets or sets the X coordinate of the item’s top left corner relative to the parent’s top left corner. |
| Y | Gets or sets the Y coordinate of the item’s top left corner relative to the parent’s top left corner. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Accept(BaseVisitor) | Invokes the Visit method of the specified visitor for each layout item that belongs to the current layout item. |
| Assign(BaseLayoutItem) | Assigns the specified object’s property values to the current object’s corresponding properties. |
| BeginInit() | Starts the component’s initialization. |
| CanMove(LayoutItemDragController) | Returns whether the layout item can be moved to a specific position. |
| Clone(LayoutGroup, ILayoutControl) | Creates a copy of the current layout item. |
| CreateObjRef(Type) | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component. |
| EndInit() | Finishes the component’s initialization. |
| Equals(Object, Object) static | Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object. |
| GetDefaultText() | Gets the default value of the BaseLayoutItem.Text property. |
| GetDisplayText() | Returns the BaseLayoutItem‘s BaseLayoutItem.Text value without HTML tags and hotkey prefixes (the “&” symbol). |
| GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object. |
| GetLifetimeService() | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| GetPaintAppearanceItemCaptionByState(ObjectState) | |
| GetService(Type) protected | Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component. |
| GetType() | Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object. |
| HideToCustomization() | Hides the item to the Customization Form. |
| InitializeLifetimeService() | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| Invalidate() | Invalidates the region which is occupied by the layout item. |
| MemberwiseClone() protected | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object. |
| MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected | Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject. |
| Move(BaseLayoutItem, InsertType, MoveType) | Moves the item to the specified visual position within the LayoutControl. |
| Move(BaseLayoutItem, InsertType) | Moves the item to the specified visual position within the LayoutControl. |
| Move(LayoutItemDragController) | Moves the item to the specified position within the LayoutControl. |
| ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static | Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object. |
| RestoreFromCustomization() | Restores the current layout item from the Customization Form and adds it to the root group with the default layout type. |
| RestoreFromCustomization(BaseLayoutItem, InsertType) | Restores the current layout item from the Customization Form and adds it to the parent group of the specified item at the specified visual position. |
| RestoreFromCustomization(LayoutItemDragController) | Restores the current layout item from the Customization Form and displays it at the specified position within the LayoutControl. |
| RestoreFromCustomization(LayoutGroup) | Restores the current layout item from the Customization Form and adds it to the specified group with the default layout type. |
| ToString() | Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component. |
| Update() | Updates the region occupied by the layout item. |
Events
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Click | Fires when the current item is clicked. |
| CustomDraw | Allows you to custom paint the current item. |
| Disposed | Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component. |
| DoubleClick | Fires when the current item is clicked. |
| Hidden | Fires after an item has been hidden. |
| Hiding | Fires when the item is about to be hidden (when dragging the item and dropping it onto on the Customization Form). |
| MouseDown | Occurs when the mouse pointer is over a layout item and a mouse button is pressed. |
| MouseUp | Occurs when the mouse button is released if it was pressed within a layout item. |
| Showing | Fires when the item is about to be added to the layout (by dragging it from the Customization Form). |
| Shown | Fires after an item has been made visible. |
| TextChanged | Fires after the layout item’s text has been changed. |
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