Hello,

 I want a form with panel exhibits auto hide functionality similar to VS2005.

i.e when the mousehover the toolbox main area contents get hidden behind the toolbox.

When the button with "auto hide" is pressed, it will always be visible .

How to achieve this with c# (Windows application).


Thanks in advance.

with regards.

Well basically you'll have to code it yourself. This will involve setting the Dock property, e.g. to DockStyle.Left for when the panel is always visible. Then you'd have to control the Width property, probably based on a Timer with various settings to let you know if the mouse was over the control.

Alternatively search for some existing controls which provide this functionality (a quick search revealed PlusDock and Nevron which provide this functionality, or this free script: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscct...icdocking.aspx ).

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

hi...

i hav achieved this by the following code....hope u will be benefitted also.....


/*

the specific part which we want to hide is actually another winForm named EBar.

there are two buttons placed on it --
1) btnleft - on Left Hand Side of EBar
2)btnright - on Right Hand Side of EBar



*/

private void btnLeft_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            EBar.Width = 26;// 26 -so tht btnright doesn't get hidden
            btnLeft.Visible = false;
            btnRight.Left = 0; // i m using EBar on the left hand side of my main Form.
            btnRight.Visible = true;
        }

private void btnRight_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            btnLeft.Left = 295;
            EBar.Width = 338;
            EBar.Height = 675;
            EBar.Top = 0;
            EBar.Left = 24;
            btnLeft.Visible = true;
            btnRight.Visible = false;
        }

i m sure u r getting the idea behind the code........
enjoy.....