.NET form designer

Radialix 2 can edit forms and user controls visually, using the standard components of the designer and .NET properties inspector (.NET Framework and its localization packages are required). Because a form resource does not contain all data required for correct creation of a form, the designer tries to create the form by interpreting the code of the InitializeComponent method. If this method does not work, the form is created from data in the resource, and a message about form reconstruction appears in the message window.

Similar to the dialog designer, inherited components (components declared in the ancestor class) have an icon in the upper-left corner. Components, which are locked for editing, have an icon. Icons of non-visual components are shown at the bottom of the designer. Using the separator, you can change the height of the area for non-visual components.

As you edit, the designer can align and resize controls automatically by snapping controls to the guide lines and to the grid. You can access the designer commands from the context menu, by pressing hot keys, or by using the Form Designer - Alignment and Form Designer - Coordinates toolbars on the main menu. If the toolbars are missing, you can choose to display them from the View menu in the main menu (View>Toolbars).

As you edit, the .NET designer adds necessary properties to a resource automatically. The added elements are marked as Added (A). There is no support for adding user controls. Added properties can be deleted in the .NET resource editor. Additionally, you can delete them by selecting the Untranslate and Use original options of the context menu.