On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys < mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
> And that's where my second (actually I lost count today) problem lies. > How do I add a TPanel inside a TStatusBar for example. The TStatusbar > doesn't seem to accept child widgets. > I'd think that's an editor (design time) limitation . TStatusBar is TWinControl (has it's own handle). Thus it can accept any child control. If you assign Panel's parent in run time Panel1.Parent:=StatusBar1; You might get what you're looking for. Keep in mind though StatusBar rearranges its children automatically. > So based on that and what you said, I have to now place a TPanel on the > form, then place a TImage inside the TPanel, then make sure the z-order > of the TPanel is correct so it appears above the TStatusBar, then > position the TPanel at the correct location relative to the right edge > of the statusbar. This is a pretty nasty solution. > The only nastiness about it is that TPanel might draw a background, thus the transparent image would look square. Let me see...
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