How do I group Windows Form radio buttons?
How can I group the radio buttons in Windows Form application (a lot like ASP.NET's radiobuttonlist!)?
So I can switch between each case chosen from the options.
Put all radio buttons for a group in a container object like a Panel
or a GroupBox
. That will automatically group them together in Windows Forms.
Look at placing your radio buttons in a GroupBox.
You should place all the radio buttons of the group inside the same container such as a GroupBox or Panel.
I like the concept of grouping RadioButtons in WPF. There is a property GroupName
that specifies which RadioButton controls are mutually exclusive (http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.windows.controls.radiobutton.aspx).
So I wrote a derived class for WinForms that supports this feature:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;
using System.Drawing;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace Use.your.own
{
public class AdvancedRadioButton : CheckBox
{
public enum Level { Parent, Form };
[Category("AdvancedRadioButton"),
Description("Gets or sets the level that specifies which RadioButton controls are affected."),
DefaultValue(Level.Parent)]
public Level GroupNameLevel { get; set; }
[Category("AdvancedRadioButton"),
Description("Gets or sets the name that specifies which RadioButton controls are mutually exclusive.")]
public string GroupName { get; set; }
protected override void OnCheckedChanged(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnCheckedChanged(e);
if (Checked)
{
var arbControls = (dynamic)null;
switch (GroupNameLevel)
{
case Level.Parent:
if (this.Parent != null)
arbControls = GetAll(this.Parent, typeof(AdvancedRadioButton));
break;
case Level.Form:
Form form = this.FindForm();
if (form != null)
arbControls = GetAll(this.FindForm(), typeof(AdvancedRadioButton));
break;
}
if (arbControls != null)
foreach (Control control in arbControls)
if (control != this &&
(control as AdvancedRadioButton).GroupName == this.GroupName)
(control as AdvancedRadioButton).Checked = false;
}
}
protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e)
{
if (!Checked)
base.OnClick(e);
}
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pevent)
{
CheckBoxRenderer.DrawParentBackground(pevent.Graphics, pevent.ClipRectangle, this);
RadioButtonState radioButtonState;
if (Checked)
{
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.CheckedNormal;
if (Focused)
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.CheckedHot;
if (!Enabled)
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.CheckedDisabled;
}
else
{
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.UncheckedNormal;
if (Focused)
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.UncheckedHot;
if (!Enabled)
radioButtonState = RadioButtonState.UncheckedDisabled;
}
Size glyphSize = RadioButtonRenderer.GetGlyphSize(pevent.Graphics, radioButtonState);
Rectangle rect = pevent.ClipRectangle;
rect.Width -= glyphSize.Width;
rect.Location = new Point(rect.Left + glyphSize.Width, rect.Top);
RadioButtonRenderer.DrawRadioButton(pevent.Graphics, new System.Drawing.Point(0, rect.Height / 2 - glyphSize.Height / 2), rect, this.Text, this.Font, this.Focused, radioButtonState);
}
private IEnumerable<Control> GetAll(Control control, Type type)
{
var controls = control.Controls.Cast<Control>();
return controls.SelectMany(ctrl => GetAll(ctrl, type))
.Concat(controls)
.Where(c => c.GetType() == type);
}
}
}