fold-away child windows: quick implementation?

[misterstick]

does anyone know how or where you can implement the nifty windows that tidy themselves away, like the toolbox and properties windows in VS do?

i've seen the ToolStripContainer but it really doesn't move me.

any ideas?

mr s. <

 

[SicBstrd]

I once used the SplitContainer and a Button. When clicking the button ( || in my graph) the visibility of SC1 (SplitContainer.Panel1) changes. As extension you can also implement the mouse over-Event of the button so you need not click the button but only hover over it with the mouse to change the visibilty

_____ _________
||
SC1 || SC2
_____||________

*hth*

 

[chrissie1]

http://www.divil.co.uk

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[misterstick]

thanks for the link, christiaan. £100 a seat's way too much for a "nice to have" feature, though.

looks like the mdi interface in 2007 has it as standard, though, so in 2011 when we upgrade from win2k we'll be laughing.


mr s. <

 

[chrissie1]

it used to be free.

I'm sure you can find free ones out there.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[chrissie1]

here is one

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Programming/Components_and_Libraries/PlusDock_for__NET_2_0.html

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[misterstick]

er, that one's £170.


mr s. <

 

[chrissie1]

Sorry, again. Now I feel stupid. It said it was a freedownloadscenter and I missed that part about it being shareware.

Looking for free things is becoming a full time job. With all the misleading websites. But I'm sure they are out there. They just end up at place 1000 and above on a google search.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me