LayoutGroup Properties

A base class for regular layout groups.

Name	Description
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the object’s description used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the object’s name used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the object’s accessible role. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
AllowBorderColorBlending	Gets or sets whether to colorize the layout group border and caption using the LayoutGroup.AppearanceGroup.BorderColor setting in skinning paint schemes. This property is ignored by default starting from v18.2.
AllowCustomizeChildren	Gets or sets whether the layout of the current container can be customized using drag and drop. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
AllowDrawBackground	Gets or sets whether to paint the group’s background when the LayoutGroup.GroupBordersVisible property is set to false.
AllowGlyphSkinning	Gets or sets whether the group or tab’s icon is filled with the control’s foreground color.
AllowHide	Gets or sets whether the item can be hidden to the Customization Form. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
AllowHtmlStringInCaption	Gets or sets whether HTML formatting is allowed within the layout group caption.
AppearanceGroup	Provides access to the properties that control the group’s appearance. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
AppearanceItemCaption	Gets the appearance settings used to paint a layout item’s caption. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
AppearanceTabPage	Provides access to a tabbed group’s appearance settings. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
BackgroundImage	Gets or sets the group’s background image that can be stretched across the group, tiled, centered, etc. This property is obsolete. Use the BackgroundImageOptions property instead.
BackgroundImageLayout	Gets or sets the position and behavior of the background image. This property is obsolete. Use the BackgroundImageOptions property instead.
BackgroundImageOptions	Provides access to all properties that allow you to assign and customize this group’s background image at the bottom layer.
BackgroundImageVisible	Gets or sets whether to display the background image. This property is obsolete. Use the BackgroundImageOptions property instead.
BestFitWeight	Gets or sets the width of the current BaseLayoutItem relative to other items’ width after the LayoutControl.BestFit method has been called. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the item. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Bounds	Gets the layout item’s bounding rectangle. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
CanChangeLayoutModeForChildSelectedGroup	Returns whether the layout mode can be changed for a LayoutGroup.
CanCreateTabbedGroupForSelectedGroup	Returns whether a new tabbed group can be created within the current group which will display a selected child group.
CanGroupSelectedItems	Returns whether a new group can be created within the current group which will display selected child items.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
CaptionImage	Use the Image option accessible in CaptionImageOptions to specify the image displayed within the group’s caption area.
CaptionImageIndex	Gets or sets the index of an image in the LayoutControl.Images or LayoutView.Images collection that is displayed in the group or tab’s label.
CaptionImageLocation	Gets or sets the icon’s alignment relative to the text.
CaptionImageOptions	Gets options that specify the label’s icon.
CaptionImagePadding	Gets or sets the amount of space between the icon and the label’s bounds.
CaptionImageVisible	Gets or sets whether the label’s icon is visible.
CellSize	Obsolete. Not supported.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContentImage	Gets or sets the group’s background image that is displayed “as is”, and can be aligned to any group’s edge. This property is obsolete. Use the ContentImageOptions property instead.
ContentImageAlignment	Gets or sets the content image’s alignment within the group. This property is obsolete. Use the ContentImageOptions property instead.
ContentImageOptions	Provides access to all properties that allow you to assign and customize this group’s background image at the top layer.
Count	Gets the number of items that the current group owns.
CustomHeaderButtons	Gets or sets the collection of custom buttons displayed in the group header.
CustomizationFormText	Gets or sets the layout item’s caption within the Customization Form. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
DataBindings	Gets the data bindings for the layout item. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
DefaultLayoutType	Gets or sets the default layout type for newly created items within the current group.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
Enabled	Gets or sets whether layout items that belong to the current group are enabled.
EnableIndentsWithoutBorders	Gets or sets whether a layout group’s indents, specified by its BaseLayoutItem.Spacing and BaseLayoutItem.Padding properties, are applied when the group’s borders are hidden.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
ExpandButtonLocation	Obsolete. Gets or sets the position of the expand button within the group header.
ExpandButtonMode	Gets or sets the direction of the expand button’s arrow.
ExpandButtonVisible	Gets or sets whether the group’s expand button is visible.
Expanded	Gets or sets whether the current group is expanded.
ExpandOnDoubleClick	Gets or sets whether the group is expanded/collapsed on double-clicking its caption.
FlowDirection	Gets or sets the direction according to which the LayoutGroup arranges its child elements.
GroupBordersVisible	Gets whether the group’s borders are visible.
GroupStyle	Gets or sets the border and the header style of this LayoutGroup.
HeaderButtonsLocation	Gets or sets whether the group header buttons are displayed before or after text.
Height	Gets or sets the layout item’s height. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
ImageList	Gets a collection of images that can be displayed in the group’s label.
IsDisposing	Gets whether the current item is being disposed of. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
IsGroup	Gets whether the current layout item represents a Layout Group. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
IsHidden	Gets whether the layout item is hidden. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
IsInTabbedGroup	Gets whether the current group is displayed as a tab within a tabbed group.
IsUpdateLocked	Gets whether the layout item has been locked for updating. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Item[Int32]	Provides indexed access to the items that belong to the current group.
Items	Provides access to the collection of items owned by the current group.
LayoutMode	Gets or sets the layout mode for a LayoutGroup.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the layout item’s top left corner. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
MaxSize	Gets the maximum size of the group.
MinSize	Gets the minimum size of the group.
MoveFocusDirection	Gets or sets whether, in Automatic Tab Order mode when TAB is pressed, the focus moves across grouped controls and then down, or first down and then across.
MoveFocusRightToLeft	Gets or sets whether, in Automatic Tab Order mode when TAB is pressed, the focus moves across grouped controls from right to left.
Name	Gets or sets the layout item’s name. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
OptionsCustomization	Contains options that specify which operations can be performed on the layout item at runtime. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
OptionsIconToolTip	Obsolete. This member is obsolete. Use the BaseLayoutItem.OptionsToolTip property instead. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
OptionsItemText	Gets the options that determine how the controls displayed within the current group are aligned.
OptionsItemToolTip	Obsolete. This member is obsolete. Use the BaseLayoutItem.OptionsToolTip property instead. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
OptionsPrint	The group’s print/export options. This object’s settings affect all layout items owned by the group.
OptionsTableLayoutGroup	Provides settings and events for table layout customization.
OptionsTableLayoutItem	Provides access to the options that specify how a layout item is arranged within a table layout. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
OptionsToolTip	Contains options that allow tooltips to be assigned to layout items and their images. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Owner	Gets or set the LayoutControl that owns the current layout item. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Padding	Gets or sets the amount of space in pixels between the item’s borders and its contents. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
PageEnabled	Gets or sets whether the tab that corresponds to the current group is enabled. This property is in effect when the group is represented as a tab page within a TabbedControlGroup.
PaintAppearanceGroup	Provides access to the appearance settings currently used to paint the layout group. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
PaintAppearanceItemCaption	Provides access to the appearance settings currently used to paint layout items that belong to the current container. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
Parent	Gets or sets the group that owns the current group.
ParentName	Gets or sets the name of the item’s parent. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
ParentTabbedGroup	Gets the parent tabbed group if the current group is displayed as a tab.
Selected	Gets or sets the selection state of the current item. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
SelectedItems	Provides access to the collection of selected items within the current group.
ShowInCustomizationForm	Gets or sets whether the layout item is displayed within the Customization Form when the item is hidden. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
ShowTabPageCloseButton	Gets or sets whether a Close button is displayed within a group when it’s embedded into a TabbedGroup.
Site	Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component.
Size	Gets or sets the group’s size.
Spacing	Gets or sets the outer indents of the item’s borders. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
StartNewLine	Gets or sets whether the current item starts a new row within a flow layout. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
TabbedGroupParentName	Gets the name of the group’s parent if the current group is displayed as a tab.
TabPageWidth	Gets or sets the width, in pixels, of tab headers. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
Tag	Gets or sets an object that contains data on the current layout item. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
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. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
TextLocation	Gets or sets the container’s side along which its caption is displayed. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
TextSize	Not supported. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
TextToControlDistance	Not supported. Inherited from LayoutItemContainer.
TextVisible	Gets or sets whether the text region is visible. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
TypeName	Gets the name of the item’s type.
ViewInfo	Gets the object which contains the information used to render the layout group.
Visibility	Allows you to hide the item from the Layout Control and Customization Form. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Visible	Gets whether the layout item is visible. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Width	Gets or sets the layout item’s width. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
X	Gets or sets the X coordinate of the item’s top left corner relative to the parent’s top left corner. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.
Y	Gets or sets the Y coordinate of the item’s top left corner relative to the parent’s top left corner. Inherited from BaseLayoutItem.