Hi,
I am trying to create a very simple GUI designer application in C# WinForm (This is just a UI designer and not a complicated IDE).Like below image but I have problem with adding items to the form as:
1- I tried to use Drag and Drop function in C# and drag and drop selected controls(When user Mouse Down on each control panels) but this function just replace (preposition) the existing control in the form.What I meant to do is generating new control by draging to correct position in the Main Form panel.
2- Then I used a method to create control and add them to panel whenever we call the method by Mouse Down event like:
private void CreateButton() { Button button1 = new Button(); button1.Text = "Click Me"; button1.Location = new Point(150, 110); MainForm.Controls.Add(button1); } private void btnPanel_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { CreateButton(); }
This works but as you see it just add a hard coded button to the Main Form and it does not let user to drag the control to appropriate X,Y location.
3- The other issue is I have to create a method to check if there is any button added to the list already and if so give a different name the new button.like
Button button2 = new Button();
Button button3 = new Button();
and so on : btncustom_1, btncustom_2, btncustom_3
I really appreciate your time if you can help me to figure this out:
1- how I can drag and create(not Move) a new control and add it to the Main form
2- how to generate a controls like adding auto number naming convention like btncustom_1, btncustom_2, btncustom_3
Thanks for you help and comments