TCustomPanel class
The base class for a general container which can hold other objects. It has a customizable border and a central text.
Declaration
TCustomPanel = class(TCustomControl)Inheritance
- TCustomPanel
- TCustomControl
- TWinControl
- TControl
- TLCLComponent
TComponent
Descends from it: TCustomButtonPanel TCustomControlBar TCustomFlowPanel TDBCustomNavigator TPanel
Description
TCustomPanel is the base type for
TPanel.
A Panel is a defined rectangular area on a form into which other components
can be placed to group them functionally and geographically.
TCustomPanel defines the positioning and beveling properties of
any descendent classes, and provides methods for painting and writing text to
the panel.
Properties
ShowAccelChar | protected | Controls the display of accelerator or hot keys in the Caption for the panel. |
VerticalAlignment | protected | Vertical alignment for the caption text displayed on the panel. |
WordWrap | protected | Indicates if the Caption can be word wrapped when painted. |
Align | public | Specifies the placement of the control inside its Parent. |
Alignment | public | Alignment - whether text is left or right justified, or centered. |
BevelColor | public | Color used to draw bevels for the panel. |
BevelInner | public | Determines the appearance of the Inner Bevel for the panel (whether raised, lowered, etc.). |
BevelOuter | public | Determines the appearance of the Outer Bevel for the panel (whether raised, lowered, etc.). |
BevelWidth | public | Width for a bevel on the panel in pixels. |
Color | public | Contains the background color for the panel. |
FullRepaint | public | FullRepaint - if True, the panel needs to be fully repainted after each change. |
ParentBackground | public | Indicates if the background from the parent control is used to draw the background for the control. |
ParentColor | public | Indicates if the control is drawn using the color in the parent control. |
TabStop | public | Enables or disables navigation using the Tab key. |
Methods
WSRegisterClass | protected | Registers the class instance for use in the widgetset. |
AdjustClientRect | protected | Adjusts the specified rectangle to account for borders and bevels used on the control. |
GetControlClassDefaultSize | protected | Gets the size used for a new instance of the class type. |
CMParentColorChanged | protected | Handles a CM_PARENTCOLORCHANGED message for the control. |
GetDefaultDockCaption | protected | Returns the string for the dock caption, by default the control's Name. |
Loaded | protected | Performs actions needed when the component has finished loading in the LCL streaming mechanism. |
RealSetText | protected | Stores the specified value as the Caption for the control. |
Paint | protected | Paints the panel including the bevels and caption defined for the control. |
SetParentBackground | protected | Sets the value for the ParentBackground property. |
UpdateParentColorChange | protected | Updates the control to reflect changes to the ParentColor property. |
Create | public | Constructor for the class instance. |
Inherited
From TCustomControl (9)
BorderStyle Canvas Destroy DestroyWnd FontChanged OnPaint PaintWindow SetColor WMPaint
From TWinControl (233)
AddControl AlignControls AllAutoSized AutoAdjustLayout AutoSizeDelayed AutoSizeDelayedHandle AutoSizeDelayedReport AutoSizePhases BeginUpdateBounds BorderWidth BoundsLockCount BroadCast Brush BrushCreated CachedClientHeight CachedClientWidth CalculatePreferredSize CanFocus CanSetFocus CanTab ChangeScale ChildClassAllowed ChildHandlesCreated ChildKey ChildSizing ClientRectNeedsInterfaceUpdate CMBiDiModeChanged CMBorderChanged CMDoubleBufferedChanged CMEnabledChanged CMEnter CMExit CMParentDoubleBufferedChanged CMShowHintChanged CMShowingChanged CMVisibleChanged CNChar CNKeyDown CNKeyUp CNSysKeyDown CNSysKeyUp ContainsControl ControlAtPos ControlCount ControlKeyDown ControlKeyUp Controls ControlsAligned CreateBrush CreateDockManager CreateHandle CreateParams CreateParented CreateParentedControl CreateSubClass CreateWnd CustomAlignInsertBefore CustomAlignPosition DefaultHandler DefWndProc DesignerDeleting DestroyHandle DialogChar DisableAlign DoAddDockClient DoAdjustClientRectChange DoAlignChildControls DoAllAutoSize DoAutoSize DoChildSizingChange DockClientCount DockClients DockDrop DockManager DockOver DockSite DoConstraintsChange DoDockClientMsg DoDockOver DoDragMsg DoEnter DoExit DoFlipChildren DoFloatMsg DoGetDockCaption DoKeyDownBeforeInterface DoKeyPress DoKeyUpBeforeInterface DoRemainingKeyDown DoRemainingKeyUp DoRemoveDockClient DoSendBoundsToInterface DoSendShowHideToInterface DoSetBounds DoubleBuffered DoUnDock DoUndockClientMsg DoUTF8KeyPress EnableAlign EndUpdateBounds EraseBackground FinalizeWnd FindChildControl FindNextControl FixDesignFontsPPIWithChildren FixupTabList FlipChildren Focused FormEndUpdated GetAdjustedLogicalClientRect GetBorderStyle GetChildren GetChildrenRect GetClientOrigin GetClientRect GetControlIndex GetControlOrigin GetDeviceContext GetDockCaption GetEnumeratorControls GetEnumeratorControlsReverse GetMouseCapture GetParentHandle GetPreferredSizeClientFrame GetSiteInfo GetTabOrderList GetTextLen GetTopParentHandle Handle HandleAllocated HandleNeeded InitializeWnd InsertControl IntfGetDropFilesTarget IntfUTF8KeyPress Invalidate InvalidateBoundsRealized InvalidateClientRectCache InvalidatePreferredChildSizes IsClientHeightStored IsClientWidthStored IsControlMouseMsg IsFlipped IsResizing IsSpecialSubControl KeyDown KeyDownAfterInterface KeyDownBeforeInterface KeyPress KeyUp KeyUpAfterInterface KeyUpBeforeInterface LockRealizeBounds MainWndProc NotifyControls OnAlignInsertBefore OnAlignPosition OnDockDrop OnDockOver OnEnter OnExit OnGetDockCaption OnGetSiteInfo OnKeyDown OnKeyPress OnKeyUp OnUnDock OnUTF8KeyPress PaintControls PaintHandler PaintTo ParentDoubleBuffered ParentFormHandleInitialized ParentHandlesAllocated ParentWindow PerformTab RealGetText ReAlign RealizeBounds RealizeBoundsRecursive ReloadDockedControl RemoveControl RemoveFocus Repaint ScaleBy ScaleControls ScrollBy ScrollBy_WS SelectFirst SelectNext SendDialogChar SendMoveSizeMessages SetBorderStyle SetBounds SetChildZPosition SetControlIndex SetDockManager SetFocus SetShape SetTempCursor ShowControl Showing TabOrder UnlockRealizeBounds Update UpdateControlState UpdateDockCaption UpdateShowing UseDockManager UTF8KeyPress VisibleDockClientCount WindowHandle WMChar WMContextMenu WMDestroy WMEnter WMEraseBkgnd WMExit WMKeyDown WMKeyUp WMKillFocus WMMove WMNotify WMSetFocus WMShowWindow WMSize WMSysChar WMSysKeyDown WMSysKeyUp WMWindowPosChanged WndProc WriteLayoutDebugReport WSSetText
From TControl (359)
AccessibleDescription AccessibleName AccessibleRole AccessibleValue Action ActionChange ActionLink ActiveDefaultControlChanged AddHandler AddHandlerOnBeforeDestruction AddHandlerOnChangeBounds AddHandlerOnEnabledChanged AddHandlerOnEnabledChanging AddHandlerOnKeyDown AddHandlerOnMouseWheel AddHandlerOnResize AddHandlerOnVisibleChanged AddHandlerOnVisibleChanging AdjustSize AnchorAsAlign AnchorClient AnchoredControlCount AnchoredControls AnchorHorizontalCenterTo AnchorParallel Anchors AnchorSame AnchorSide AnchorSideBottom AnchorSideChanged AnchorSideLeft AnchorSideRight AnchorSideTop AnchorToCompanion AnchorToNeighbour AnchorVerticalCenterTo AssignTo AutoSize AutoSizing AutoSizingAll AutoSizingLockCount BaseBounds BaseParentClientSize BeforeDestruction BeforeDragStart BeginAutoDrag BeginAutoSizing BeginDrag BiDiMode BorderSpacing BoundsChanged BoundsRect BoundsRectForNewParent BringToFront CalculateDockSizes CanAutoSize Caption CaptureChanged CaptureMouseButtons ChangeBounds Changed CheckChildClassAllowed CheckNewParent CheckOnChangeBounds Click ClientHeight ClientOrigin ClientRect ClientToParent ClientToScreen ClientWidth CMChanged CMCursorChanged CMHintShow CMHitTest CMMouseEnter CMMouseLeave CMParentBiDiModeChanged CMParentFontChanged CMParentShowHintChanged CMSysFontChanged CMTextChanged CNPreferredSizeChanged ColorIsStored ConstrainedResize Constraints ControlFontClass ControlOrigin ControlState ControlStyle ControlToScreen CreateAccessibleObject CreateControlBorderSpacing CreateFloatingDockSite Cursor DblClick DefineProperties DesktopFont DisableAutoSizing DoAutoAdjustLayout DoBorderSpacingChange DoCallKeyEventHandler DoCallMouseWheelEventHandler DoCallNotifyHandler Dock Docked DockOrientation DockTrackNoTarget DoContextPopup DoDock DoEndDock DoEndDrag DoFixDesignFontPPI DoMouseDown DoMouseUp DoMouseWheel DoMouseWheelDown DoMouseWheelHorz DoMouseWheelLeft DoMouseWheelRight DoMouseWheelUp DoOnChangeBounds DoOnParentHandleDestruction DoOnResize DoOnShowHint DoScaleFontPPI DoStartDock DoStartDrag DragCanceled DragCursor DragDrop Dragging DragKind DragMode DragOver EditingDone EnableAutoSizing Enabled EnabledChanged EnabledChanging EndAutoSizing EndDrag ExecuteCancelAction ExecuteDefaultAction FindSubComponent FixDesignFontsPPI Floating FloatingDockSiteClass Font ForeignAnchorSideChanged FormIsUpdating GetAccessibleObject GetAction GetActionLinkClass GetAnchorsDependingOnParent GetCachedText GetCanvasScaleFactor GetChildAccessibleObjectAtPos GetClientScrollOffset GetColorResolvingParent GetCursor GetDefaultColor GetDefaultHeight GetDefaultWidth GetDockEdge GetDragImages GetEnabled GetFloating GetFloatingDockSiteClass GetLogicalClientRect GetMousePosFromMessage GetPalette GetParentBackground GetParentComponent GetPopupMenu GetPreferredSize GetRGBColorResolvingParent GetScrolledClientRect GetSelectedChildAccessibleObject GetSidePosition GetTextBuf GetTopParent HandleObjectShouldBeVisible HasHelp HasParent Height HeightIsAnchored HelpContext HelpKeyword HelpType Hide Hint HostDockSite InitiateAction InvalidateControl InvalidatePreferredSize IsAParentAligning IsBorderSpacingInnerBorderStored IsCaptionStored IsControl IsControlVisible IsEnabled IsParentColor IsParentFont IsParentOf IsProcessingPaintMsg IsRightToLeft IsVisible Left LMCaptureChanged LoadedAll LRDockWidth ManualDock ManualFloat MouseCapture MouseDown MouseEnter MouseInClient MouseLeave MouseMove MouseUp Notification OnChangeBounds OnClick OnConstrainedResize OnContextPopup OnDblClick OnDragDrop OnDragOver OnEditingDone OnEndDock OnEndDrag OnMouseDown OnMouseEnter OnMouseLeave OnMouseMove OnMouseUp OnMouseWheel OnMouseWheelDown OnMouseWheelHorz OnMouseWheelLeft OnMouseWheelRight OnMouseWheelUp OnQuadClick OnResize OnShowHint OnStartDock OnStartDrag OnTripleClick Parent ParentBiDiMode ParentDestroyingHandle ParentFont ParentFontChanged ParentShowHint ParentToClient Perform PopupMenu PositionDockRect QuadClick ReadBounds ReadState Refresh RemoveAllHandlersOfObject RemoveHandler RemoveHandlerOnBeforeDestruction RemoveHandlerOnChangeBounds RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanged RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanging RemoveHandlerOnKeyDown RemoveHandlerOnMouseWheel RemoveHandlerOnResize RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanged RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanging ReplaceDockedControl RequestAlign Resize Scale96ToFont Scale96ToForm Scale96ToScreen ScaleConstraints ScaleDesignToForm ScaleFontsPPI ScaleFontTo96 ScaleFontToScreen ScaleFormTo96 ScaleFormToDesign ScaleScreenTo96 ScaleScreenToFont ScreenToClient ScreenToControl SendToBack SessionProperties SetAction SetAlign SetAnchors SetAutoSize SetBiDiMode SetBoundsKeepBase SetCursor SetDragMode SetEnabled SetHint SetInitialBounds SetName SetParent SetParentBiDiMode SetParentComponent SetTextBuf SetVisible SetZOrder ShouldAutoAdjust Show ShowHelp ShowHint TBDockHeight Text TextChanged Top TripleClick UndockHeight UndockWidth UpdateAnchorRules UpdateBaseBounds UpdateMouseCursor UpdateRolesForForm UseRightToLeftAlignment UseRightToLeftReading UseRightToLeftScrollBar Visible VisibleChanged VisibleChanging Width WidthIsAnchored WindowProc WMCancelMode WMLButtonDBLCLK WMLButtonDown WMLButtonQuadCLK WMLButtonTripleCLK WMLButtonUp WMMButtonDBLCLK WMMButtonDown WMMButtonQuadCLK WMMButtonTripleCLK WMMButtonUp WMMouseHWheel WMMouseMove WMMouseWheel WMRButtonDBLCLK WMRButtonDown WMRButtonQuadCLK WMRButtonTripleCLK WMRButtonUp WMXButtonDBLCLK WMXButtonDown WMXButtonQuadCLK WMXButtonTripleCLK WMXButtonUp
From TLCLComponent (6)
DecLCLRefCount GetWSComponentClass IncLCLRefCount LCLRefCount NewInstance WidgetSetClass
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