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woodykiddy
woodykiddy

Reputation: 6455

Can I mimic this option dialog window using C# WinForm?

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This is what the option dialog window looks like in Outlook 2010. I wonder how I can create a similar option window with C# WinForm controls.

Looking at it first, I thought it kinda works like TabControl. But TabControl doesn't seem to offer Left/Right panel layout.

Then, I thought of SplitContainer control and could probably take advantage of it, where the left panel could be having a list of menu buttons, and the right panel displaying the option details.

However, here also comes the problems, how can I create menu buttons that look like those in the screenshot then?

Perhaps, there're some existing controls that I am missing. If WinForm doesn't look good here, what else could I try?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1492

Answers (2)

saheedmyself
saheedmyself

Reputation: 7

Just like alex stated you are on the right track, add a splitcontainer, place the listview in the right and create a new control component for the special Tab (with no header) and place the new Tabcontrol in the left. I particularly like this method of creating this special tab: TabControlNoHeader. It gives you option to enable header or not.

Upvotes: 0

alex
alex

Reputation: 12654

You can use TabControl, hide all of it's tabs. Add a ListView with the tab names to the left and change active tab when list view selection changes.

Upvotes: 1

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