Custom Control Button with different regions
 

Hi,

Im trying to create a button that will perform different functions depending on what part of the button you click. The button will be a diamond shape with six different regions on it that will perform different actions (play, pause, volume up/down etc). Does anyone know any good sites where I can get help with this as Im not sure where to start.

Thanks.

Re: Custom Control Button with different regions
 

I suggest you create a control with 4 seperate buttons for each function, but then draw them together so it looks like one button.

below is code that makes a button look like a circle. this should be the onPaint function for the button. it shouldnt be to difficult to edit this to work for you

                // This method will change the square button to a circular button by 

                // creating a new circle-shaped GraphicsPath object and setting it 

                // to the RoundButton objects region.

                private void roundButton_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)

                {



                        System.Windows.Forms.Button tButton = (System.Windows.Forms.Button)sender;

                        



                        System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath buttonPath = 

                                new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();



                        

                        // Set a new rectangle to the same size as the button's 

                        // ClientRectangle property.

                        System.Drawing.Rectangle newRectangle = tButton.ClientRectangle;

                        

                        // Decrease the size of the rectangle.

                        newRectangle.Inflate(-10, -10);

        

                        // Draw the button's border.

                        e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(System.Drawing.Pens.Black, newRectangle);



                        // Increase the size of the rectangle to include the border.

                        newRectangle.Inflate( 1,  1);





                        // Create a circle within the new rectangle.

                        buttonPath.AddEllipse(newRectangle);

                

                        // Set the button's Region property to the newly created 

                        // circle region.

                        tButton.Region = new System.Drawing.Region(buttonPath);



                }