# Design Time

To start using **RadPanorama** just drag it from the toolbox and drop it at the form.

## Smart Tag

Select **RadPanorama** and click the small arrow on the top right position in order to open the **Smart Tag**. The **Smart Tag** for **RadPanorama** lets you quickly access common tasks involved with building **RadPanorama** elements and customizing appearance through themes.

> caption Figure 1: Smart Tag

![WinForms RadPanorama Smart Tag](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/b6a7ad34c568101d3c882f1418ffaf0b/panorama-design-time005.png)

* **New Theme Manager**: adds a new **RadThemeManager** component to the form.

* **Edit UI Elements**: allows setting properties at multiple levels of the class hierarchy.

* **Theme Name** – allows you to set the theme for the control.

* **Rows** – define the number of rows that the control will have.

* **Cell Size** – define the size of each cell.

* **Show Groups** – shows the groups in the control (if any).

* **Edit Items** – opens the *RadItem Collection Editor*, which allows you to add **RadTileElements** and **RadLiveTileElements**.

* **Edit Groups** – opens the *RadItem Collection Editor*, which allows you to add groups to the control.

* **Learning Center**: Navigate to the Telerik help, code library projects or support forum.

* **Search**: Search the Telerik site for a given string.

## Adding Tiles

In order to add or remove tiles either click on the “*Edit items*” link in the **Smart Tag** or edit the **Items** collection in the Properties window in Visual Studio. This will open the *RadItem Collection Editor*. You can add two types of elements to the **Items** collection: **RadTileElement** and **RadLiveTileElement**.

![WinForms RadPanorama Adding Tiles](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/7f0e1ac84983c7aac6020b5bc6c102af/panorama-design-time001.png)

## Adding Groups

To add or remove groups click on the “*Edit Groups*” link in the **Smart Tag** or edit the **Groups** collection in the Properties window in Visual Studio. To add tiles to a group, edit the **Items** collection of the group itself. Switching between grouped or ungrouped view, is achieved by checking or unchecking the **ShowGroups** check box in the **Smart Tag** or setting the **ShowGroups** property in the Properties window in Visual Studio.

![WinForms RadPanorama Adding Groups](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/5515de5f29c6a7c7a21955cb470e0c3f/panorama-design-time002.png)

## Customizing Tiles

Each **RadTileElement**'s properties can be customized via the Properties window of Visual Studio, or via the **Smart Tag**. The available properties for customization in the **Smart Tag** are:

![WinForms RadPanorama Customizing Tiles](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/a8b2b539a0312c1ae7dda8d24bfbf1b7/panorama-design-time003.png)

* **Text** – sets the text of the tile.

* **Column** – defines in which column the item resides in.

* **Row** – defines in which row the item resides in.

* **Column Span** – defines the item's length by specifying how many columns it should take.

* **Row Span** – defines the item's height by specifying how many rows it should take.

* **Edit UI elements** – allows you to edit the element’s properties.

## Customizing Live Tiles

Each **RadLiveTileElement**'s properties can be customized via the Properties window of Visual Studio, or via the **Smart Tag**. The available properties for customization in the **Smart Tag** are:

![WinForms RadPanorama Customizing Live Tiles](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/603507c0971ae24075c452ce0f580d09/panorama-design-time004.png)

* **Text** – sets the text of the tile.

* **Column** – defines in which column the item resides in.

* **Row** – defines in which row the item resides in.

* **Column Span** – defines the item length by specifying how many columns it should take.

* **Row Span** – defines the item height by specifying how many rows it should take.

* **Open Live Tile Editor** – opens the [Live Tile Editor](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/panorama/live-tile-editor), where you can customize the tile.

  ![WinForms RadPanorama Live Tile Editor](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/7aa462b8b7bb82dd4c569b2a1acf4f6c/panorama-design-time006.png)

* **Edit UI elements** – allows you to edit the element’s properties.

## See Also

* [Element Hierarchy Editor](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/tools/element-hierarchy-editor)
* [Using default themes](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/styling-and-appearance/using-default-themes)