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Asked: 2026-06-11T08:42:10+00:00

I have to make an Advanced Options Dialog for my application. I want it

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I have to make an Advanced Options Dialog for my application. I want it to look like the image below, to have a left panel and a right panel for particularly options in every category:
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I would be grateful for (free) complete resources about this topic.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In WinForms this is easy enough:

    • Create a MainForm class with a TreeView or ListBox on the left hand side, and a Panel on the right hand side. Be sure to set the Anchor properties of the controls accordingly.
    • You might want to use the Split control to allow users to horizontally resize the the treeview, but in most cases this isn’t necessary. If you do use a split then use the Dock property instead of Anchor.
    • For each different right-hand-side panel create a UserControl subclass with the controls on. I recommend being MVC-ish in this respect: each control you create should have two methods: ShowData(Data d) and UpdateData(Data d) rather than having the control interact with your program’s or data state directly.
    • When the MainForm loads, create instance of each UserControl and add them to the Panel, but only make one of them visible at any given time.
    • When a treeview node is selected you’d just set that control’s .Visible = true and everything else to false.

    But this is very simple, I don’t know why you’d need advice for this.

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