C#•3mo ago

✅ Swap between multiple forms on a single panel

Im currently working on this project and ive designed it so that my main form has a panel and on top are buttons that should load different forms If i open a form with a button when the panel is empty the form loads properly, no matter what form i open, but if a form is already loaded then it doesnt swap. Any ideas?

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TheBoxyBear•3mo ago

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Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

        private void PeopleButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            PeopleMainForm peopleMainForm = new PeopleMainForm() { TopLevel = false, TopMost = true };
            peopleMainForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
            mainpanel.Controls.Add(peopleMainForm);
            peopleMainForm.Show();


        }

        private void ProductsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ProductVendorMainForm productVendorForm = new ProductVendorMainForm() { TopLevel = false, TopMost = true };
            productVendorForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
            mainpanel.Controls.Add(productVendorForm);
            productVendorForm.Show();
        }
    }

        private void PeopleButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            PeopleMainForm peopleMainForm = new PeopleMainForm() { TopLevel = false, TopMost = true };
            peopleMainForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
            mainpanel.Controls.Add(peopleMainForm);
            peopleMainForm.Show();


        }

        private void ProductsButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ProductVendorMainForm productVendorForm = new ProductVendorMainForm() { TopLevel = false, TopMost = true };
            productVendorForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
            mainpanel.Controls.Add(productVendorForm);
            productVendorForm.Show();
        }
    }

thats basically the 2 buttons that activate the forms on the panel(mainpanel) when i press any button to load a form on the panel it loads normally, but i havent figured out a way to be able to swap between forms

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

ima be honest, im a beginner and this is the first way i found to make panels

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

i mean, it means add lol

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

the only thing i guess ive found is how to refresh the panel but when i load a different panel again it didnt work but its probably cause of the add thing?

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

yeah i just saw there is remove after panel.controls lemme try i mean i get the logic with the remove, but now ive run into not knowing how to get the name of the form created by the button cause i cant do panel.controls.remove without a name only way im currently thinking about this rn is to make 2 panels that load at start and the only thing the buttons do is hide and unhide the respective panels

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

nahh not really ill try to create different panels and we'll see how it looks

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

ok so i tried this but when i overlap panels in the form design, every part of a panel that overlaps another panel hides aswell when i hide the panel i want gone

Unknown User•3mo ago

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UnawareModesty•3mo ago

ehhh ill try smth maybe tommorow ive already been coding for like 10 hours today lol thanks for the ideas and help anyway :peepohappy:

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