[RESOLVED] Custom control

[wiss.dev]

Hi All,
i need some suggestions on how to achieve this please, my program records team and team member names as they come in. i need to display these teams (in this order: Last in shows first ) in blocks, with name, members and a close button, see attached image, i was thinking a custom control with a label header, gridview and a button. and create these objects on the fly, as more teams come in, and maybe use a table layout control.
Any better suggestions are appreciated'
Thanks in advance

[dunfiddlin]

Well, yes, to all of those things except the gridview. That's overkill for a simple list. I'm not sure I really understand the last in shows first thing and you're gonna have problems doing that with a table layout panel (or any other control for that matter) as it stands. You'd need to clear the panel and add all the controls running backward through a list on each occasion. Perhaps you could also come up with a Stack Table Layout Custom Control while you're at it?

[wiss.dev]

Last in must show on top left, i may drop the table layout and just work with location properties. you are right I guess, this requires repositioning the objects for every new team or when a team is closed

[Niya]

I think a single column DataGridView on a UserControl can do just fine for this. You can put the close button underneath the grid on the UserControl.

[dunfiddlin]

Here's a reverse order flow panel for you. It only works with dynamically added controls but that's what you want.

Public Class ReverseFlowLayoutPanel
    Inherits Panel
    Private CList As New List(Of Control)
    Private CLocation As Point
 
    Sub New()
        CLocation = New Point(5, 5)
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub OnControlAdded(e As System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs)
        CList.Add(e.Control)
        SetLocation()
        MyBase.OnControlAdded(e)
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub OnControlRemoved(e As System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs)
        CList.Remove(e.Control)
        SetLocation()
        MyBase.OnControlRemoved(e)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub SetLocation()
        For i = CList.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
            If Not Me.AutoSize AndAlso CLocation.X + CList(i).Width + 5 > Me.Width Then
                CLocation.X = 5
                CLocation.Y = CLocation.Y + CList(i).Height + 5
            End If
            CList(i).Location = CLocation
            CLocation.X = CLocation.X + CList(i).Width + 5
        Next
        CLocation = New Point(5, 5)
    End Sub
End Class

[wiss.dev]

Thanks Guys, much appreciated. Devexpress xtraGrid Card view does exactly what i want in just one line of code

[wiss.dev]

I ended up going with dumfiddlin suggestion, just encountring a tiny issue but i'v been pulling my hair to resolve it. after adding the custom controls into the form, see structure below,

-- Main Form
-- > Screen Form : called from Main Form on a button click (ShowDialog(me))
-- > User controls: dynamically added to Screen Form

It is all fine except, on each added User control, first cell on first row of the dataGrid seems to inherit the background of MainForm e.g. cell(0,0) backround would be the object with similar location property on MainForm, which in my case is a button, so my cell bakgnd is the button colour and a part of the button text property.
I tried me.refresh on the userControl constructer, but was no joy , any ideas ???? Thanks