How to Create Multiple pages on the Form using Panel control in C#

By FoxLearn 9/10/2024 3:54:01 AM   18.85K
Creating multiple pages on a form using the Panel control in a Windows Forms application in C# can be a useful approach for creating tabbed interfaces or wizard-like interfaces.

Open your Visual Studio, then click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "PanelExample" and then click OK

Drag and drop the Panel, Label, DataGridView, Button controls from the Visual Toolbox onto your form designer, then design your form as shown below.

c# panel

Add buttons or other controls to navigate between the panels (e.g., "Next", "Previous" buttons).

Double-click the navigation buttons to create click event handlers as shown below.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PanelExample
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        List<Panel> listPanel = new List<Panel>();
        int index;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btnPrevious_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Bring back panel to front
            if (index > 0)
                listPanel[--index].BringToFront();
        }

        private void btnNext_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Bring next panel to front
            if (index < listPanel.Count - 1)
                listPanel[++index].BringToFront();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Add panel to list
            listPanel.Add(panel1);
            listPanel.Add(panel2);
            listPanel.Add(panel3);
            listPanel[index].BringToFront();
        }
    }
}

In the constructor (Form1), initialize an array of Panel objects representing the different pages.

btnNext_Click and btnPrevious_Click handlers update the visible panel based on user actions.

By following these steps, you should be able to create a multi-page interface using Panel controls in a Windows Forms application.

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