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replicate tools->options menu in visual studio

I would like to replicate the tools->options menu found in Visual studio that has a treeview control on the left, and the various fields for each selection on the right. The type of control seems to be more and more popular, replacing the ugly tab control used in lots of products like Microsoft Word and Excel.

That is just a treeview control on the left, correct? And what type of control is used on the right? Is that just a series of panels. And when you click on a node of the treeview, the panel on the right is activated? I'd like to know how this is most easily managed at design time.

Here is a screenshot of the Options menu I am talking about that is used in Visual Studio.
http://winwash.com/images/tools_options.gif

thx!

arif_eqbal

Say you have 5 Items in the tree view
For each of them place a panel on the right side and the panel will contain all the controls, make these panels Ivisible initially

On the event AfterSelect of the Treeview check the text of the Node selected and correspondingly make the Particular Panel visible

RonaldBiemans

On the left is indeed a standard treeview, Although I wouldn't go for the invisible option, i would build the right side dynamically. Just put one panel on the right side and on the Node selected build the right side.

brokeMyLegBiking

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Does it take up less memory if you build the controls dynamically? Is it slower? How can I get a sense of what the control layout will look like, in advance?

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RonaldBiemans

With less that 50, I mean less that 50 per item

replicate tools-&gt;options menu in visual studio

replicate tools->options menu in visual studio