ButtonRenderer.DrawParentBackground(Graphics, Rectangle, Control) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Draws the background of a control's parent in the specified area.

public:
 static void DrawParentBackground(System::Drawing::Graphics ^ g, System::Drawing::Rectangle bounds, System::Windows::Forms::Control ^ childControl);

public static void DrawParentBackground (System.Drawing.Graphics g, System.Drawing.Rectangle bounds, System.Windows.Forms.Control childControl);

static member DrawParentBackground : System.Drawing.Graphics * System.Drawing.Rectangle * System.Windows.Forms.Control -> unit

Public Shared Sub DrawParentBackground (g As Graphics, bounds As Rectangle, childControl As Control)

Parameters

g

Graphics

The Graphics used to draw the background of the parent of childControl.

bounds

Rectangle

The Rectangle in which to draw the parent control's background. This rectangle should be inside the child control's bounds.

childControl

Control

The control whose parent's background will be drawn.

Examples

The following code example uses the DrawParentBackground method to paint over an area of a custom control. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the ButtonRenderer class.

    // Draw the large or small button, depending on the current state.
protected:
    virtual void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs^ e) override
    {
        __super::OnPaint(e);

        // Draw the smaller pressed button image
        if (state == PushButtonState::Pressed)
        {
            // Set the background color to the parent if visual styles
            // are disabled, because DrawParentBackground will only paint
            // over the control background if visual styles are enabled.
            if (Application::RenderWithVisualStyles)
            {
                this->BackColor = Color::Azure;
            }
            else
            {
                this->BackColor = this->Parent->BackColor;
            }


            // If you comment out the call to DrawParentBackground,
            // the background of the control will still be visible
            // outside the pressed button, if visual styles are enabled.
            ButtonRenderer::DrawParentBackground(e->Graphics,
                ClientRectangle, this);
            ButtonRenderer::DrawButton(e->Graphics, ClickRectangle,
                this->Text, this->Font, true, state);
        }

        // Draw the bigger unpressed button image.
        else
        {
            ButtonRenderer::DrawButton(e->Graphics, ClientRectangle,
                this->Text, this->Font, false, state);
        }
    }

// Draw the large or small button, depending on the current state.
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    base.OnPaint(e);

    // Draw the smaller pressed button image
    if (state == PushButtonState.Pressed)
    {
        // Set the background color to the parent if visual styles  
        // are disabled, because DrawParentBackground will only paint  
        // over the control background if visual styles are enabled.
        this.BackColor = Application.RenderWithVisualStyles ?
            Color.Azure : this.Parent.BackColor;

        // If you comment out the call to DrawParentBackground, 
        // the background of the control will still be visible 
        // outside the pressed button, if visual styles are enabled.
        ButtonRenderer.DrawParentBackground(e.Graphics,
            ClientRectangle, this);
        ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, ClickRectangle,
            this.Text, this.Font, true, state);
    }

    // Draw the bigger unpressed button image.
    else
    {
        ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, ClientRectangle,
            this.Text, this.Font, false, state);
    }
}

' Draw the large or small button, depending on the current state.
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
    MyBase.OnPaint(e)

    ' Draw the smaller pressed button image.
    If state = PushButtonState.Pressed Then
        ' Set the background color to the parent if visual styles  
        ' are disabled, because DrawParentBackground will only paint  
        ' over the control background if visual styles are enabled.
        If Application.RenderWithVisualStyles Then
            Me.BackColor = Color.Azure
        Else
            Me.BackColor = Me.Parent.BackColor
        End If

        ' If you comment out the call to DrawParentBackground,   
        ' the background of the control will still be visible 
        ' outside the pressed button, if visual styles are enabled.
        ButtonRenderer.DrawParentBackground(e.Graphics, _
            Me.ClientRectangle, Me)
        ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, ClickRectangle, _
            Me.Text, Me.Font, True, state)

    ' Draw the bigger unpressed button image.
    Else
        ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, Me.ClientRectangle, _
            Me.Text, Me.Font, False, state)
    End If
End Sub