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Working with RadCollapsiblePanel

Updated over 6 months ago

This article demonstrates how RadCollapsiblePanel can be manipulated via its API.

Important Properties

ExpandDirection - Indicates the direction of the expand animation. The collapse animation is in the opposite direction.

RadDirection.Down

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Down;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Down

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel RadDirection Down

RadDirection.Left

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Left;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Left

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel RadDirection Left

RadDirection.Right

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Right;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Right

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel RadDirection Right

RadDirection.Up

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Up;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ExpandDirection = RadDirection.Up

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel RadDirection Up

EnableAnimation - Indicates whether to use animation to expand or collapse the control.

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.EnableAnimation = false;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.EnableAnimation = False

ContentSizingMode - Indicates whether the controls container will resize to fit the width or the height of its content.

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentWidth;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentWidth

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel FitToContentWidth

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentHeight;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentHeight

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel FitToContentHeight

C#
this.radCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentWidth | CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentHeight;
VB.NET
Me.RadCollapsiblePanel1.ContentSizingMode = CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentWidth Or CollapsiblePanelContentSizingMode.FitToContentHeight

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel FitToContentWidth or FitToContentHeight

ShowHeaderLine - If true, a line will be displayed in the header which will fill the available space, otherwise it will not be displayed.

WinForms RadCollapsiblePanel ShowHeaderLine

HorizontalHeaderAlignment -Determines how the elements in the header to be aligned when it is in a horizontal position:

Center
Right
Left
Stretch

VerticalHeaderAlignment - Determines how the elements in the header to be aligned when it is in a vertical position:

Center
Bottom
Top
Stretch

AnimationType - Determines the type of the animation when expanding or collapsing the control:

Reveal
Slide