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  • Fao, Sean
    #1

    Selecting a PictureBox

    I'm working on a Windows application (VS 2005) that I will need to be
    able to select images I've added to a FlowLayoutPanne l. I was
    attempting to select the various PictureBoxes and noticed that it wasn't
    working. Reading through the MSDN to find out why, I ran across the
    following:

    "The PictureBox is not a selectable control, which means that it cannot
    receive input focus."

    This obviously puts a damper on the project. Is there any workaround or
    alternative image controls that can be selected?

    Thank you in advance,

    --
    Sean
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    • Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)
      #2
      Re: Selecting a PictureBox

      Hi,

      Can you use a ImageButton instead?


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      ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
      Florida Department Of Transportation


      "Fao, Sean" <enceladus311@y ahoo.comI-WANT-NO-SPAMwrote in message
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      I'm working on a Windows application (VS 2005) that I will need to be able
      to select images I've added to a FlowLayoutPanne l. I was attempting to
      select the various PictureBoxes and noticed that it wasn't working.
      Reading through the MSDN to find out why, I ran across the following:
      >
      "The PictureBox is not a selectable control, which means that it cannot
      receive input focus."
      >
      This obviously puts a damper on the project. Is there any workaround or
      alternative image controls that can be selected?
      >
      Thank you in advance,
      >
      --
      Sean

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        • JustinC
          #3
          Re: Selecting a PictureBox

          It's somewhat of a hack, but could you place a transparent panel over
          the PictureBox and wire it's focus received event to your underlying
          picturebox?

          Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
          Hi,
          >
          Can you use a ImageButton instead?
          >
          >
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          Ignacio Machin,
          ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
          Florida Department Of Transportation
          >
          >
          "Fao, Sean" <enceladus311@y ahoo.comI-WANT-NO-SPAMwrote in message
          news:OC1Xhnp0GH A.2196@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...
          I'm working on a Windows application (VS 2005) that I will need to be able
          to select images I've added to a FlowLayoutPanne l. I was attempting to
          select the various PictureBoxes and noticed that it wasn't working.
          Reading through the MSDN to find out why, I ran across the following:

          "The PictureBox is not a selectable control, which means that it cannot
          receive input focus."

          This obviously puts a damper on the project. Is there any workaround or
          alternative image controls that can be selected?

          Thank you in advance,

          --
          Sean

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            • Bruce Wood
              #4
              Re: Selecting a PictureBox


              Fao, Sean wrote:
              I'm working on a Windows application (VS 2005) that I will need to be
              able to select images I've added to a FlowLayoutPanne l. I was
              attempting to select the various PictureBoxes and noticed that it wasn't
              working. Reading through the MSDN to find out why, I ran across the
              following:
              >
              "The PictureBox is not a selectable control, which means that it cannot
              receive input focus."
              >
              This obviously puts a damper on the project. Is there any workaround or
              alternative image controls that can be selected?
              In .NET 1.1 I wrote my own image gallery control that allows the user
              to select images. Although the PictureBox can't be selected as such, it
              can receive Click and DoubleClick events, and I just redraw the picture
              with a colour wash to indicate that it is the currently selected
              picture. In fact, I use two colours: one for "selected" and one for
              "checked".

              So... you can do it; you just have to "roll your own," as it were.

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                • senfo
                  #5
                  Re: Selecting a PictureBox

                  Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
                  Can you use a ImageButton instead?
                  I'm actually doing this in a Windows application, which does not have an
                  ImageButton control like ASP.NET does (at least not that I know of).
                  You did, however, give me an idea. The Windows Button control *does*
                  have an Image property, which, for some reason, I never thought about
                  looking for.

                  At first glance, it appears that the Image property will provide the
                  functionality that I require.

                  Thank you very much for your help,

                  --
                  Sean

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                    • senfo
                      #6
                      Re: Selecting a PictureBox

                      Bruce Wood wrote:
                      In .NET 1.1 I wrote my own image gallery control that allows the user
                      to select images. Although the PictureBox can't be selected as such, it
                      can receive Click and DoubleClick events, and I just redraw the picture
                      with a colour wash to indicate that it is the currently selected
                      picture. In fact, I use two colours: one for "selected" and one for
                      "checked".
                      >
                      So... you can do it; you just have to "roll your own," as it were.
                      >
                      I was fighting this approach because I was convinced there must be
                      another way (I've often looked back on code I've written and realized
                      how much easier the problem actually was since I learned more). At any
                      rate, the Button just wasn't providing the functionality I was after, so
                      I ended up extending the PictureBox class to fit my intended design.

                      After all this fighting of the urge, you inspired me to give a try.
                      Turns out it took me no more than 30 minutes or so to get everything
                      done. I would have been further ahead if I had done this from the
                      beginning!

                      Thank you very much for the inspiration!

                      --
                      Sean

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