I’m trying to do something that i would think to be rather simple. I have 2 toolstrip items.
test1: ToolStripMenuItem which should show panel -> test_panel_1
test2: ToolStripMenuItem which should show panel -> panel1
test_panel_1 contains button -> panel_1_button1 which should hide test_panel_1 and show test_panel_2
panel1 contains button -> button1 which should hide test_panel2 and then show panel2
However, when I run the code and click on test1ToolStripMenuItem it shows test_panel_1 like it’s supposed to, then when i click on panel_1_button_1 it just clears test_panel_1 and doesn’t show test_panel_2. And regardless of what I click first, test2ToolStripMenuItem doesn’t show panel1 at all.
Here’s my code…
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace panel_test
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void panel_1_button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
test_panel2.Visible = true;
test_panel_1.Visible = false;
}
private void test1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
test_panel_1.Visible = true;
panel1.Visible = false;
}
private void button1_click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
test_panel_1.Visible = false;
test_panel2.Visible = true;
}
private void test2ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
test_panel2.Visible = false;
panel1.Visible = true;
}
private void button1_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.panel1.Visible = false;
this.panel2.Visible = true;
}
}
}
and, not sure if this helps, but…
namespace panel_test
{
partial class Form1
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.menuStrip1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip();
this.testToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.test3ToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
this.test_panel_1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.panel2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.label3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.test_panel2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.panel_1_button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.menuStrip1.SuspendLayout();
this.test_panel_1.SuspendLayout();
this.panel1.SuspendLayout();
this.panel2.SuspendLayout();
this.test_panel2.SuspendLayout();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// menuStrip1
//
this.menuStrip1.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
this.testToolStripMenuItem});
this.menuStrip1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
this.menuStrip1.Name = "menuStrip1";
this.menuStrip1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(467, 24);
this.menuStrip1.TabIndex = 0;
this.menuStrip1.Text = "menuStrip1";
//
// testToolStripMenuItem
//
this.testToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem,
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem,
this.test3ToolStripMenuItem});
this.testToolStripMenuItem.Name = "testToolStripMenuItem";
this.testToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(38, 20);
this.testToolStripMenuItem.Text = "test";
//
// test1ToolStripMenuItem
//
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "test1ToolStripMenuItem";
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(99, 22);
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "test1";
this.test1ToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.test1ToolStripMenuItem_Click);
//
// test2ToolStripMenuItem
//
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "test2ToolStripMenuItem";
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(99, 22);
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "test2";
this.test2ToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.test2ToolStripMenuItem_Click);
//
// test3ToolStripMenuItem
//
this.test3ToolStripMenuItem.Name = "test3ToolStripMenuItem";
this.test3ToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(99, 22);
this.test3ToolStripMenuItem.Text = "test3";
//
// test_panel_1
//
this.test_panel_1.Controls.Add(this.test_panel2);
this.test_panel_1.Controls.Add(this.panel_1_button1);
this.test_panel_1.Controls.Add(this.label1);
this.test_panel_1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(44, 28);
this.test_panel_1.Name = "test_panel_1";
this.test_panel_1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(442, 317);
this.test_panel_1.TabIndex = 1;
this.test_panel_1.Visible = false;
//
// panel1
//
this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(218, 187);
this.panel1.Name = "panel1";
this.panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(328, 318);
this.panel1.TabIndex = 1;
this.panel1.Visible = false;
//
// button1
//
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(86, 155);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
this.button1.Text = "panel 3 to 4";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click_1);
//
// panel2
//
this.panel2.Controls.Add(this.panel1);
this.panel2.Controls.Add(this.label3);
this.panel2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(95, 194);
this.panel2.Name = "panel2";
this.panel2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(398, 260);
this.panel2.TabIndex = 1;
this.panel2.Visible = false;
//
// label3
//
this.label3.AutoSize = true;
this.label3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(86, 118);
this.label3.Name = "label3";
this.label3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(71, 13);
this.label3.TabIndex = 0;
this.label3.Text = "this is panel 4";
//
// test_panel2
//
this.test_panel2.Controls.Add(this.panel2);
this.test_panel2.Controls.Add(this.label2);
this.test_panel2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(154, 101);
this.test_panel2.Name = "test_panel2";
this.test_panel2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(358, 237);
this.test_panel2.TabIndex = 3;
this.test_panel2.Visible = false;
//
// label2
//
this.label2.AutoSize = true;
this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(70, 118);
this.label2.Name = "label2";
this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(71, 13);
this.label2.TabIndex = 0;
this.label2.Text = "this is panel 2";
//
// panel_1_button1
//
this.panel_1_button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(86, 155);
this.panel_1_button1.Name = "panel_1_button1";
this.panel_1_button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.panel_1_button1.TabIndex = 2;
this.panel_1_button1.Text = "button1";
this.panel_1_button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.panel_1_button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.panel_1_button1_Click);
//
// label1
//
this.label1.AutoSize = true;
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 21);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(42, 13);
this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
this.label1.Text = "panel 1";
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(467, 357);
this.Controls.Add(this.test_panel_1);
this.Controls.Add(this.menuStrip1);
this.MainMenuStrip = this.menuStrip1;
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.menuStrip1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.menuStrip1.PerformLayout();
this.test_panel_1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.test_panel_1.PerformLayout();
this.panel1.ResumeLayout(false);
this.panel2.ResumeLayout(false);
this.panel2.PerformLayout();
this.test_panel2.ResumeLayout(false);
this.test_panel2.PerformLayout();
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
private System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip menuStrip1;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem testToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem test1ToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem test2ToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem test3ToolStripMenuItem;
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel test_panel_1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel test_panel2;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button panel_1_button1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel2;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label3;
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
}
}
I’ve toyed with Usercontrols a little, and i like the way i can edit and view them much better than panels; however, i don’t know how to control hiding and showing them.
Thanks for the help. I know this must be coding 101, but it’s something i haven’t quite fully figured out yet.
It looks like your
test_panel_2is a child oftest_panel_1.panel1is a child ofpanel2. This is likely not what you intended. What’s happening is that, becausetest_panel_2is insidetest_panel_1, hidingtest_panel_1also hidestest_panel_2. There’s a hierarchy there.There’s one or two spots where you set the visibility to false again – I’m not sure if those are correct.