StatusBarPanel Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Represents a panel in a StatusBar control.

This class is not available in .NET 5 and later versions. Use the ToolStripStatusLabel control instead, which replaces and extends the StatusBarPanel control.

public ref class StatusBarPanel : System::ComponentModel::Component, System::ComponentModel::ISupportInitialize

public class StatusBarPanel : System.ComponentModel.Component, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize

type StatusBarPanel = class
    inherit Component
    interface ISupportInitialize

Public Class StatusBarPanel
Inherits Component
Implements ISupportInitialize

Inheritance: Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component
StatusBarPanel

Implements: ISupportInitialize

Examples

The following code example creates a StatusBar control on a form and adds two StatusBarPanel objects. The first StatusBarPanel, named panel1, displays status text for an application. The second StatusBarPanel, named panel2, displays the current date and uses the ToolTipText property of the StatusBarPanel class to display the current time. The example uses the ShowPanels property to ensure that the panels are displayed instead of a standard panel, and it uses the Panels property to access the Add method of the StatusBar.StatusBarPanelCollection to add the panels to the StatusBar. The example also uses the AutoSize, BorderStyle, ToolTipText, and Text properties to initialize the StatusBarPanel objects. This example assumes that the method defined in the example is defined and called from the constructor of a Form.

private:
   void CreateMyStatusBar()
   {
      // Create a StatusBar control.
      StatusBar^ statusBar1 = gcnew StatusBar;

      // Create two StatusBarPanel objects to display in the StatusBar.
      StatusBarPanel^ panel1 = gcnew StatusBarPanel;
      StatusBarPanel^ panel2 = gcnew StatusBarPanel;

      // Display the first panel with a sunken border style.
      panel1->BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle::Sunken;

      // Initialize the text of the panel.
      panel1->Text = "Ready...";

      // Set the AutoSize property to use all remaining space on the StatusBar.
      panel1->AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize::Spring;

      // Display the second panel with a raised border style.
      panel2->BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle::Raised;

      // Create ToolTip text that displays the time the application
      // was started.
      panel2->ToolTipText = System::DateTime::Now.ToShortTimeString();

      // Set the text of the panel to the current date.
      panel2->Text = "Started: " + System::DateTime::Today.ToLongDateString();

      // Set the AutoSize property to size the panel to the size of the contents.
      panel2->AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize::Contents;

      // Display panels in the StatusBar control.
      statusBar1->ShowPanels = true;

      // Add both panels to the StatusBarPanelCollection of the StatusBar.   
      statusBar1->Panels->Add( panel1 );
      statusBar1->Panels->Add( panel2 );

      // Add the StatusBar to the form.
      this->Controls->Add( statusBar1 );
   }

private void CreateMyStatusBar()
{
    // Create a StatusBar control.
    StatusBar statusBar1 = new StatusBar();
    // Create two StatusBarPanel objects to display in the StatusBar.
    StatusBarPanel panel1 = new StatusBarPanel();
    StatusBarPanel panel2 = new StatusBarPanel();

    // Display the first panel with a sunken border style.
    panel1.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.Sunken;
    // Initialize the text of the panel.
    panel1.Text = "Ready...";
    // Set the AutoSize property to use all remaining space on the StatusBar.
    panel1.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
    
    // Display the second panel with a raised border style.
    panel2.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.Raised;
    
    // Create ToolTip text that displays time the application was started.
    panel2.ToolTipText = "Started: " + System.DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString();
    // Set the text of the panel to the current date.
    panel2.Text = System.DateTime.Today.ToLongDateString();
    // Set the AutoSize property to size the panel to the size of the contents.
    panel2.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;
                
    // Display panels in the StatusBar control.
    statusBar1.ShowPanels = true;

    // Add both panels to the StatusBarPanelCollection of the StatusBar.			
    statusBar1.Panels.Add(panel1);
    statusBar1.Panels.Add(panel2);

    // Add the StatusBar to the form.
    this.Controls.Add(statusBar1);
}

Private Sub CreateMyStatusBar()
   ' Create a StatusBar control.
   Dim statusBar1 As New StatusBar()

   ' Create two StatusBarPanel objects to display in the StatusBar.
   Dim panel1 As New StatusBarPanel()
   Dim panel2 As New StatusBarPanel()

   ' Display the first panel with a sunken border style.
   panel1.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.Sunken

   ' Initialize the text of the panel.
   panel1.Text = "Ready..."

   ' Set the AutoSize property to use all remaining space on the StatusBar.
   panel1.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring
   
   ' Display the second panel with a raised border style.
   panel2.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.Raised
   
   ' Create ToolTip text that displays the time the application was started.
   panel2.ToolTipText = "Started: " & System.DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()

   ' Set the text of the panel to the current date.
   panel2.Text = System.DateTime.Today.ToLongDateString()

   ' Set the AutoSize property to size the panel to the size of the contents.
   panel2.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents

   ' Display panels in the StatusBar control.
   statusBar1.ShowPanels = True

   ' Add both panels to the StatusBarPanelCollection of the StatusBar.			
   statusBar1.Panels.Add(panel1)
   statusBar1.Panels.Add(panel2)

   ' Add the StatusBar to the form.
   Me.Controls.Add(statusBar1)
End Sub

Remarks

This class is not available in .NET 5 and later versions. Use the ToolStripStatusLabel control instead.

A StatusBarPanel represents an individual panel in the StatusBar.StatusBarPanelCollection of a StatusBar control. A StatusBarPanel can contain text and/or an icon that can be used to reflect the status of an application. Use the StatusBar.StatusBarPanelCollection, accessible through the StatusBar.Panels property of a StatusBar control, to retrieve, add, or remove an individual StatusBarPanel.

The StatusBarPanel provides properties that enable you to modify the display behavior of a panel within a StatusBar control. You can use the Icon property to display an icon within a panel. This property can be used to provide a graphical representation of state in an application. The Alignment property enables you to specify how text and/or an icon is aligned within the panel. To ensure that your panel is sized properly to fit the text of the panel, you can use the AutoSize property to automatically resize the panel to fit the text of the panel or to fill the remaining space within the StatusBar control. The MinWidth property enables you to specify a minimum width for the panel to ensure that it does not get smaller than the data it is intended to display.

The StatusBar control is typically used to display Help information or state information about your application. Often, it is important to display additional information about data that is presented in a panel. You can use the ToolTipText property to display information whenever the mouse pointer rests on a panel.

Although the StatusBar control is typically used to display textual information, you can also provide your own type of display to a StatusBarPanel. The Style property enables you to specify how the StatusBarPanel will be drawn. By default, the Style property is used to display the value of the Text property (and an icon, if specified in the Icon property). If the property is set to OwnerDraw, you can draw your own information into the panel. You can use this feature to draw a progress bar or an animated icon in the panel.

When you create an instance of the StatusBarPanel class, the read/write properties are set to initial values. For a list of these values, see the StatusBarPanel constructor.

Constructors

StatusBarPanel()

Initializes a new instance of the StatusBarPanel class.

Properties

Alignment	Gets or sets the alignment of text and icons within the status bar panel.
AutoSize	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the status bar panel is automatically resized.
BorderStyle	Gets or sets the border style of the status bar panel.
CanRaiseEvents	Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. (Inherited from Component)
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. (Inherited from Component)
DesignMode	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. (Inherited from Component)
Events	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. (Inherited from Component)
Icon	Gets or sets the icon to display within the status bar panel.
MinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum allowed width of the status bar panel within the StatusBar control.
Name	Gets or sets the name to apply to the StatusBarPanel.
Parent	Gets the StatusBar control that hosts the status bar panel.
Site	Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. (Inherited from Component)
Style	Gets or sets the style of the status bar panel.
Tag	Gets or sets an object that contains data about the StatusBarPanel.
Text	Gets or sets the text of the status bar panel.
ToolTipText	Gets or sets ToolTip text associated with the status bar panel.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the status bar panel within the StatusBar control.

Methods

BeginInit()	Begins the initialization of a StatusBarPanel.
CreateObjRef(Type)	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
Dispose()	Releases all resources used by the Component. (Inherited from Component)
Dispose(Boolean)	Releases the unmanaged resources used by the StatusBarPanel and optionally releases the managed resources.
EndInit()	Ends the initialization of a StatusBarPanel.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetLifetimeService()	Obsolete. Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
GetService(Type)	Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. (Inherited from Component)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
InitializeLifetimeService()	Obsolete. Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone(Boolean)	Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject)
ToString()	Retrieves a string that contains information about the panel.

Events

Disposed

Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method.

(Inherited from Component)

Applies to

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