TGroupBox class
A container that allows a number of objects to be grouped physically and conceptually on a form.
Declaration
TGroupBox = class(TCustomGroupBox)Inheritance
Description
TGroupBox is a
TCustomGroupBox descendant which
implements a visual component used to organize related controls into a group.
It acts as a container for controls added to the component, and is assigned
as the parent for each control.
TGroupBox sets the visibility for properties defined in ancestor classes.
See also
Properties
Align | published | Specifies the placement of the control on its Parent control. |
Anchors | published | The set of anchor definitions for this control. |
AutoSize | published | Allows automatic adjustment of the size for the control, according to its content. |
BidiMode | published | Indicates whether text controls use in bi-directional reading. |
BorderSpacing | published | Determines the inner and outer border spacing for this control. |
Caption | published | The text displayed for the control. |
ChildSizing | published | Provides a grid (table) layout for the children of this control. |
ClientHeight | published | The height for the client area on the control. |
ClientWidth | published | The width of the client area for the control. |
Color | published | The background color for the control. |
Constraints | published | Contains the minimum and maximum Width and Height for the control. |
DockSite | published | Allows controls to be drag-and-dock-ed into this control. |
DoubleBuffered | published | When enabled, it reduces flicker when the control is painted. |
DragCursor | published | The cursor shape shown during a drag operation. |
DragKind | published | Indicates the action performed for a drag operation: drag-and-drop or drag-and-dock. |
DragMode | published | Determines how a drag operation is started for the control. |
Enabled | published | Determines whether the control responds to mouse or keyboard input. |
Font | published | The font to be used for text display in this control. |
ParentBackground | published | Indicates if the control uses the background from the parent. |
ParentBidiMode | published | Indicates whether the BiDiMode settings in the Parent control are used. |
ParentColor | published | Use the Color from the Parent control, when enabled. |
ParentDoubleBuffered | published | Value for the DoubleBuffered property in a Parent control. |
ParentFont | published | Indicates if the Font from the Parent control is used in the control. |
ParentShowHint | published | If True, the value of ShowHint for the control will be the same as the one from the Parent. Default is True. |
PopupMenu | published | A context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control. |
ShowHint | published | Enables Hint display for the control. |
TabOrder | published | Indicates the navigation order for the control when the user presses the Tab or Shift+Tab key. |
TabStop | published | Allows the user to navigate to / from the control by pressing the Tab or Shift+Tab keys. |
Visible | published | Allows the control, and all of its children, to be displayed or hidden. |
Events
OnChangeBounds | published | Event handler signalled when the Bounds for the control have been changed. |
OnClick | published | Notification handler for mouse clicks. |
OnContextPopup | published | Invoked when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is requested. |
OnDblClick | published | Event handler signalled when a mouse double click occurs in the control. |
OnDragDrop | published | Event handler signalled when an object is dropped onto the control. |
OnDockDrop | published | Event handler signalled for the drop of a control to be docked. |
OnDockOver | published | Event handler signalled when a control is moved over a docksite; determines whether the drop event is accepted or rejected. |
OnDragOver | published | Event handler signalled when a control is dragged over the control instance. |
OnEndDock | published | Event handler signalled for the end of a drag-dock operation. |
OnEndDrag | published | Event handler signalled for the end of a drag-drop operation. |
OnEnter | published | Event handler signalled when the control receives focus. |
OnExit | published | Event handler signalled when the control loses focus. |
OnGetSiteInfo | published | Provides information about the DockSite for the control. |
OnKeyDown | published | Event handler signalled for key down keyboard events. |
OnKeyPress | published | Event handler signalled for character data entered by the user. |
OnKeyUp | published | Event handler signalled when a key up event has occurred for the control. |
OnMouseDown | published | Event handler signalled when a mouse down event is handled for the control. |
OnMouseEnter | published | Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has entered the control. |
OnMouseLeave | published | Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has left the control. |
OnMouseMove | published | Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer is moved in the control. |
OnMouseUp | published | Event handler signalled when a mouse up event is handled for the control. |
OnMouseWheel | published | Event handler for mouse wheel turned. |
OnMouseWheelDown | published | Event handler signalled for a downward movement of the mouse wheel. |
OnMouseWheelUp | published | Event handler signalled for an upward movement of the mouse wheel. |
OnResize | published | Notification handler for a resize of the control. |
OnStartDock | published | Event handler for the start of a docking operation. |
OnStartDrag | published | Event handler signalled for the start of a dragging operation. |
OnUnDock | published | Event handler signalled before a control is undocked from its DockSite. |
OnUTF8KeyPress | published | Handler for a character entered by the user. |
Inherited
From TCustomGroupBox (8)
CMParentColorChanged Create CreateParams GetControlClassDefaultSize SetColor SetParentBackground UpdateOpaque WSRegisterClass
From TWinControl (226)
AddControl AdjustClientRect AlignControls AllAutoSized AutoAdjustLayout AutoSizeDelayed AutoSizeDelayedHandle AutoSizeDelayedReport AutoSizePhases BeginUpdateBounds BorderStyle BorderWidth BoundsLockCount BroadCast Brush BrushCreated CachedClientHeight CachedClientWidth CalculatePreferredSize CanFocus CanSetFocus CanTab ChangeScale ChildClassAllowed ChildHandlesCreated ChildKey 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 CreateParented CreateParentedControl CreateSubClass CreateWnd CustomAlignInsertBefore CustomAlignPosition DefaultHandler DefWndProc DesignerDeleting Destroy DestroyHandle DestroyWnd DialogChar DisableAlign DoAddDockClient DoAdjustClientRectChange DoAlignChildControls DoAllAutoSize DoAutoSize DoChildSizingChange DockClientCount DockClients DockDrop DockManager DockOver DoConstraintsChange DoDockClientMsg DoDockOver DoDragMsg DoEnter DoExit DoFlipChildren DoFloatMsg DoGetDockCaption DoKeyDownBeforeInterface DoKeyPress DoKeyUpBeforeInterface DoRemainingKeyDown DoRemainingKeyUp DoRemoveDockClient DoSendBoundsToInterface DoSendShowHideToInterface DoSetBounds DoUnDock DoUndockClientMsg DoUTF8KeyPress EnableAlign EndUpdateBounds EraseBackground FinalizeWnd FindChildControl FindNextControl FixDesignFontsPPIWithChildren FixupTabList FlipChildren Focused FontChanged 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 Loaded LockRealizeBounds MainWndProc NotifyControls OnAlignInsertBefore OnAlignPosition OnGetDockCaption PaintControls PaintHandler PaintTo PaintWindow ParentFormHandleInitialized ParentHandlesAllocated ParentWindow PerformTab RealGetText ReAlign RealizeBounds RealizeBoundsRecursive RealSetText ReloadDockedControl RemoveControl RemoveFocus Repaint ScaleBy ScaleControls ScrollBy ScrollBy_WS SelectFirst SelectNext SendDialogChar SendMoveSizeMessages SetBorderStyle SetBounds SetChildZPosition SetControlIndex SetDockManager SetFocus SetShape SetTempCursor ShowControl Showing UnlockRealizeBounds Update UpdateControlState UpdateDockCaption UpdateShowing UseDockManager UTF8KeyPress VisibleDockClientCount WindowHandle WMChar WMContextMenu WMDestroy WMEnter WMEraseBkgnd WMExit WMKeyDown WMKeyUp WMKillFocus WMMove WMNotify WMPaint WMSetFocus WMShowWindow WMSize WMSysChar WMSysKeyDown WMSysKeyUp WMWindowPosChanged WndProc WriteLayoutDebugReport WSSetText
From TControl (322)
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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 OnConstrainedResize OnEditingDone OnMouseWheelHorz OnMouseWheelLeft OnMouseWheelRight OnQuadClick OnShowHint OnTripleClick Parent ParentDestroyingHandle ParentFontChanged ParentToClient Perform PositionDockRect QuadClick ReadBounds ReadState Refresh RemoveAllHandlersOfObject RemoveHandler RemoveHandlerOnBeforeDestruction RemoveHandlerOnChangeBounds RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanged RemoveHandlerOnEnabledChanging RemoveHandlerOnKeyDown RemoveHandlerOnMouseWheel RemoveHandlerOnResize RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanged RemoveHandlerOnVisibleChanging ReplaceDockedControl RequestAlign Resize Scale96ToFont Scale96ToForm Scale96ToScreen 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WMRButtonTripleCLK WMRButtonUp WMXButtonDBLCLK WMXButtonDown WMXButtonQuadCLK WMXButtonTripleCLK WMXButtonUp
From TLCLComponent (6)
DecLCLRefCount GetWSComponentClass IncLCLRefCount LCLRefCount NewInstance WidgetSetClass
From TComponent (64)
_AddRef _Release CanObserve ChangeName ComObject ComponentCount ComponentIndex Components ComponentState ComponentStyle DesignInfo DestroyComponents Destroying ExecuteAction FindComponent FreeNotification FreeOnRelease GetChildOwner GetChildParent GetDeltaStreams GetEnumerator GetIDsOfNames GetNamePath GetObservers GetOwner GetTypeInfo GetTypeInfoCount iicrGetComponent InsertComponent Invoke IsImplementorOf Loading Name ObserverAdded Observers OnGetDeltaStreams Owner PaletteCreated QueryInterface ReadDeltaState ReadDeltaStream ReferenceInterface RemoveComponent RemoveFreeNotification RemoveFreeNotifications SafeCallException SetAncestor SetChildOrder SetDesigning SetDesignInstance SetInline SetSubComponent Tag ToString TToStringNameMode UpdateAction Updated UpdateRegistry Updating ValidateContainer ValidateInsert ValidateRename VCLComObject WriteState
From TPersistent (4)
Assign FPOAttachObserver FPODetachObserver FPONotifyObservers
From TObject (35)
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