This Control acts as a container for other controls. The usual reason for creating a Panel is to support a particular layout scheme. It also supports a BorderStyle.

Note that introducing a Panel starts to play havoc with the pseudotransparency supported by the framework (you will often see the background painted into the panel with (0,0) in client coordinates, rather than parent coordinates, which can cause trouble with panels inside group boxes, for example.

When you are creating your own classes, you should derive from UserControl rather than Panel. While the only superficial difference at this time is that you can set the BorderStyle of a Panel, a UserControl also offers design-time support.

public class Panel : ScrollableControl {
// Public Constructors
   public Panel();
// Public Instance Properties
   public BorderStyle BorderStyle{set; get; }
   public bool TabStop{set; get; }
// overrides Control
   public override string Text{set; get; }
// overrides Control
// Protected Instance Properties
   protected override CreateParams CreateParams{get; }
// overrides ScrollableControl
   protected override Size DefaultSize{get; }
// overrides Control
// Public Instance Methods
   public override string ToString();  // overrides System.ComponentModel.Component
// Protected Instance Methods
   protected override void OnResize(EventArgs eventargs);  // overrides Control
// Events
   public event KeyEventHandler KeyDown;
// overrides Control
   public event KeyPressEventHandler KeyPress;
// overrides Control
   public event KeyEventHandler KeyUp;
// overrides Control
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.MarshalByRefObject System.ComponentModel.Component(System.ComponentModel.IComponen, System.IDisposable) Control(IOleContro, IOleObject, IOleInPlaceObject, IOleInPlaceActiveObject, IOleWindow, IViewObject, IViewObject2, IPersist, IPersistStreamInit, IPersistPropertyBag, IPersistStorage, IQuickActivate, System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke, IWin32Window) ScrollableControl Panel

Subclasses

TabPage, System.Windows.Forms.Design.ComponentEditorPage