How can I get scrolling to work in my Panel control?
I have a panel control on a form (Panel1). Its AutoScroll value is set to True but it won't scroll with the mouse wheel unless I click on a control inside the panel first. I'd like the user to be able to start scrolling with the mouse wheel right away.
Howard Cantrell
try setting the gotfocus to true when you load the form
ASKER
done that...no joy.
The panel control can receive messages only if it is focused or is active control. The Main window eats up the scroll message
At the begining of the application the panel is not focused but as you click on controls inside it it starts receiving message and hence scrolls.
Try to set focus on the panel programatically or set it as active control in the form load event.
panel1.
try
panel1.Select();
panel1.Focus();
Thx!
Swaps...
At the begining of the application the panel is not focused but as you click on controls inside it it starts receiving message and hence scrolls.
Try to set focus on the panel programatically or set it as active control in the form load event.
panel1.
try
panel1.Select();
panel1.Focus();
Thx!
Swaps...
the panel do not have focus or select property. you have to select / focus the one of the controls inside the panel...preferably the first one..
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Idle_Mind....you rock!
Nah...to be fair, both planocz and swaps also suggested Focus(). I just added the MouseEnter() part... ;)
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Not sure why, but using focus on either the inner control or panel1 just didn't work. I placed it as the last thing to happen in the Load event...but got nowhere.
It should also work from the Shown() event instead of Load():
private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
panel1.Focus();
}
private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
panel1.Focus();
}
I like to keep the MouseEnter() event code too, though, as it seems that users quickly learn they can just move the mouse over the panel and start scrolling without needing to click. This can be useful if you have more than one panel on the form that needs this behavior...
If you want to intercept the MouseWheel() regardless of which control has focus and make the panel scroll then you can implement IMessageFilter() and make it notify the form so you can take action...lemme know if you want to see that.
If you want to intercept the MouseWheel() regardless of which control has focus and make the panel scroll then you can implement IMessageFilter() and make it notify the form so you can take action...lemme know if you want to see that.