VB.NET Developer's Guide
Teaches Visual Basic programmers all about Microsoft s .NET platform, and how to develop applications using the new Visual Basic.NET.
TABLE OF CONTENTS VB.NET Developer's Guide
Adding Status Bars to Forms
A status bar is a horizontal control that is usually positioned at the bottom of a form. Status bars are used to display textual information such as date and time or descriptions of menu items. Status bars also displays modes of the keyboard, such as when the user presses the Insert, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock keys. Table 7.17 shows the properties of the StatusBar control.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| (Bindings) | This collection holds all the bindings of properties of the status bar to data sources. |
| (Name) | Indicates the name used in code to identify the status bar. |
| AccessibleDescription | The description that will be reported to accessibility clients. |
| AccessibleName | The name that will be reported to accessibility clients. |
| AccessibleRole | The role that will be reported to accessibility clients. |
| AllowDrop | Determines if the status bar will receive drag-and-drop notifications. |
| Anchor | The anchor of the status bar. |
| CausesValidation | Indicates whether the status bar causes and raises validation events. |
| ContextMenu | The shortcut menu to display when the user right-clicks the status bar. |
| Cursor | The cursor that appears when the mouse passes over the status bar. |
| Dock | The docking location of the status bar, indicating which borders are docked to the container. |
| Enabled | Indicates whether the status bar is enabled. |
| Font | The font used to display text in the status bar. |
| IMEMode | Determines the IME status of the status bar when selected. |
| Location | The position of the top-left... |
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