designing issue?

[karthimca07]

Hi experts,
For my application i like to follow same design format in all windows forms. like actions buttons and navigation buttons on either side of the window(left and right). when mouse pointer enters left end or right end of the scrren i like to display the toolbars with buttons like Add,Save,Update ,etc. how can i achieve this? since im beginner in vb.net i hv no ideas..... awaiting for favourable reply...... thanks in advance

[Frinavale]

What have you tried so far?
Are you developing a web application or windows application?
What language are you using?
Have you taken a look at the ToolBox in Visual Studio for an idea of the controls that you have available to you for designing screens?


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[karthimca07]

Hi experts,
I tried with toolstrip container. it has left and right panel, in which i added tool strip buttons.

in form load event i forced the panels to visible false.

i tried to toggle the visibility of left and right panels when the mouse pointer touches either left or right end of the form. its not working.

[joedeene]

Hi experts,
I tried with toolstrip container. it has left and right panel, in which i added tool strip buttons.

in form load event i forced the panels to visible false.

i tried to toggle the visibility of left and right panels when the mouse pointer touches either left or right end of the form. its not working.

This worked for me in a windows form;

       private void Form1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.X >= panel1.Location.X)
            {
                if (e.X < panel1.Location.X + 100)
                {
                    panel1.Visible = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    panel1.Visible = false;
                }

            }
            else
            {
                panel1.Visible = false;
            }
        }

Basically, when the mouse's x coordinate is between the panel's x plus it's width. I did it this way rather than using the panel mousehover handler because you can change when you want to show panel 1, rather than when it's hovering the panel. And I did this in a Windows Form, it should be near the same, if not already.

So, does that help?

joedeene