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Use Panorama Controls at Design Time

KetticPanorama WinForms control allows the users to add and create custom tiles and groups at design time. The customizations of the Panorama controls are accomplished through the Smart menu of the specified item. This control contains various items available to the users customizing as specific requirements. The following tutorial demonstrates how to customize the Panorama control at design time in C#.NET template projects.

Items of KetticPanorama Control for Customizing

The items for customizing KetticPanorama control are included in the Smart Tag menu of the control.

New Theme Manager, this item is able to add new KetticThemeManager component to the control
Edit UI Elements, this item is used to change the elements and properties of the KetticPanorama control
Theme Name, this item is used to apply the theme to the KetticPanorama control
Rows, the rows item is used to set the number of rows applied to the KetticPanorama control
Cell Size, this is an item used to customize the cell size
Display Groups, this item is able to display the groups in the Panorama WinForms control
Edit Items, this item is used to open an item editor and add KetticTileElements and KetticLiveTileElements to the Panorama control
Edit Groups, this item is able to open group editor and add groups to the Panorama control

Add Tiles to KetticPanorama Control

KetticPanorama WinForms control allows the users to add or remove tiles at design time in C# Windows application. This can be done through clicking the link of Edit items in the smart tag menu or customizing the Items collection in the Properties window of the Panorama control. If customizing the Items collection, we need to add the elements, KetticTileElement and KetticLiveTileElement, to the Items collection.

Add Groups to KetticPanorama Control

The Panorama .NET component is capable of adding and removing groups at design time in C#.NET projects through clicking the link of Edit Groups in the smart tag menu or customizing the Groups collection in the Properties window. The users can also add tiles to a group and customize the Items collection of the group and switch between the views by checking or unchecking the DisplayGroups checkbox in the smart tag menu or customizing the DisplayGroups property.

Customize Tiles for KetticPanorama Control

To customize the Tiles element of KetticPanorama control, the users can set the KetticTileElement properties in the properties window or in the smart tag. The following are the properties available for customization.

Text, this property is used to customize the text of the kettic tile element
Column, the column property is used to resides the item to a specific column
Row, the row property is used to resides the item to a specific row
Column Span, this property is able to set the number of the columns in an item
Row Span, this property is able to set the number of the rows in an item
Edit UI elements, this property is able to edit the properties of the element

Customize Live Tiles of KetticPanorama Control

The users need to set the KetticLiveTileElement properties to customize the Live Tiles element in the properties window or in the smart tag. This can be done through customizing the properties as below,

Text, the Text property customize the text of the kettic live tile element
Column, the Column property resides the item to a specific column
Row, the Row property resides the item to a specific row
Column Span, the Column Span property determines the number of the columns in an item
Row Span, this Row Span property determines the number of the rows in an item
Open Live Tile Editor, this property is able to open the Live Tile Editor and used to customize the live tile.
Edit UI elements, this is the property used to edit the element properties

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