How to: Create a Border Around a Windows Forms Control Using Padding
The following code example demonstrates how to create a border or outline around a RichTextBox control. The example sets the value of a Panel control’s Padding property to 5 and sets the Dock property of a child RichTextBox control to Fill. The BackColor of the Panel control is set to Blue, which creates a blue border around the RichTextBox control.
Example
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace MarginAndPadding
{
public class Form1 : Form
{
private Panel panel1;
private RichTextBox richTextBox1;
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
// This code example demonstrates using the Padding property to
// create a border around a RichTextBox control.
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.panel1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
this.panel1.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(5);
this.panel1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
this.richTextBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.None;
this.richTextBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
}
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.richTextBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
this.panel1.SuspendLayout();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// panel1
//
this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.richTextBox1);
this.panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(20, 20);
this.panel1.Name = "panel1";
this.panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(491, 313);
this.panel1.TabIndex = 0;
//
// richTextBox1
//
this.richTextBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(5, 5);
this.richTextBox1.Name = "richTextBox1";
this.richTextBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(481, 303);
this.richTextBox1.TabIndex = 0;
this.richTextBox1.Text = "";
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(531, 353);
this.Controls.Add(this.panel1);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(20);
this.Text = "Form1";
this.panel1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
}
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
}
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Private panel1 As Panel
Private richTextBox1 As RichTextBox
'/ <summary>
'/ Required designer variable.
'/ </summary>
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer = Nothing
' This code example demonstrates using the Padding property to
' create a border around a RichTextBox control.
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
Me.panel1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue
Me.panel1.Padding = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(5)
Me.panel1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
Me.richTextBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.None
Me.richTextBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
End Sub
'/ <summary>
'/ Clean up any resources being used.
'/ </summary>
'/ <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean)
If disposing AndAlso (components IsNot Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
#Region "Windows Form Designer generated code"
'/ <summary>
'/ Required method for Designer support - do not modify
'/ the contents of this method with the code editor.
'/ </summary>
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.panel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel()
Me.richTextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox()
Me.panel1.SuspendLayout()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
' panel1
'
Me.panel1.Controls.Add(Me.richTextBox1)
Me.panel1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(20, 20)
Me.panel1.Name = "panel1"
Me.panel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(491, 313)
Me.panel1.TabIndex = 0
'
' richTextBox1
'
Me.richTextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(5, 5)
Me.richTextBox1.Name = "richTextBox1"
Me.richTextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(481, 303)
Me.richTextBox1.TabIndex = 0
Me.richTextBox1.Text = ""
'
' Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0F, 13.0F)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(531, 353)
Me.Controls.Add(panel1)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Padding = New System.Windows.Forms.Padding(20)
Me.Text = "Form1"
Me.panel1.ResumeLayout(False)
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
#End Region
End Class
Public Class Program
'/ <summary>
'/ The main entry point for the application.
'/ </summary>
<STAThread()> _
Shared Sub Main()
Application.EnableVisualStyles()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub
End Class
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