.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell

Name

ComponentTray

Synopsis

This Control implements the component tray portion of the forms designer.

You can retrieve the number of components in the tray using the ComponentCount property. The icons can be automatically lined up using the AutoArrange property, and their appearance can be modified with ShowLargeIcons. The position of an individual icon can be set using SetLocation().

The components themselves can be added using CreateComponentFromTool() and removed using RemoveComponent().

public class ComponentTray : System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl : System.ComponentModel.IExtenderProvider,

        ISelectionUIHandler, IOleDragClient {

// Public Constructors

   public ComponentTray(System.ComponentModel.Design.IDesigner mainDesigner, IServiceProvider serviceProvider);

// Public Instance Properties

   public bool AutoArrange{set; get; }

   public int ComponentCount{get; }

   public bool ShowLargeIcons{set; get; }

// Public Instance Methods

   public virtual void AddComponent(System.ComponentModel.IComponent component);

   public void CreateComponentFromTool(System.Drawing.Design.ToolboxItem tool);

   public Point GetLocation(System.ComponentModel.IComponent receiver);

   public virtual void RemoveComponent(System.ComponentModel.IComponent component);

   public void SetLocation(System.ComponentModel.IComponent receiver, System.Drawing.Point location);

// Protected Instance Methods

   protected virtual bool CanCreateComponentFromTool(System.Drawing.Design.ToolboxItem tool);

   protected virtual bool CanDisplayComponent ...