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TCheckBox

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TCheckBox - a small box which can contain a check mark to indicate that it has been selected by a mouse click

Declaration

Source position: stdctrls.pp line 1221

type TCheckBox = class(TCustomCheckBox)

public

  constructor Create(); override;

published

  property Action;

  

The action to be associated with this control

  property Align;

  

Used to align the control to the top, bottom, left or right of its client.

  property AllowGrayed;

  

Determines whether the check box can be in a "grayed" state.

  property Anchors;

  

The set of anchor definitions for this control

  property AutoSize;

  

Whether auto-size is to be used

  property BidiMode;

  

BiDiMode - enabling bi-directional writing

  property BorderSpacing;

  

Determines the border spacing for this control

  property Caption;

  

Caption - the text-string appearing on the Control, usually used to identify its function

  property Checked;

  

Checked - whether this button has been checked, which signifies selection

  property Color;

  

Determine the colour for the current control

  property Constraints;

  

Determine Constraints (max and min height and width) for this control

  property DragCursor;

  

DragCursor - the style of cursor to be used during the Drag process

  property DragKind;

  

DragKind - what sort of dragging? Drag or Dock

  property DragMode;

  

DragMode - whether manual or automatic

  property Enabled;

  

Whether the control is Enabled (read/write). If not, it usually appears 'greyed-out'

  property Font;

  

The font to be used for text in this control (read/write).

  property Hint;

  

Hint - a small informative pop-up box that appears when the mouse 'hovers' over a control

  property OnChange;

  

OnChange - event handler for any change in properties of the control

  property OnChangeBounds;

  

Event handler for a change in bounds of the control

  property OnClick;

  

Event Handler for mouse click

  property OnContextPopup;

  

Event handler to supply information when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is required

  property OnDragDrop;

  

Event handler for the drop of a control onto this control.

  property OnDragOver;

  

Event handler for the case when a control is dragged over another control

  property OnEditingDone;

  

Event handler when editing is done

  property OnEndDrag;

  

Event handler for the end of a dragging process

  property OnEnter;

  

OnEnter - event handler for when the mouse enters the control, and the control receives focus

  property OnExit;

  

OnExit - event handler for when the mouse leaves the control and it loses focus

  property OnKeyPress;

  

OnKeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus. To properly handle national chars use UTF8KeyPress instead.

  property OnKeyDown;

  

OnKeyDown - event handler for instance when key is down while control has focus

  property OnKeyUp;

  

OnKeyUp - event handler for instance when a key is up (not pressed) while the control has focus

  property OnMouseDown;

  

Event handler for when a mouse button is pressed down

  property OnMouseEnter;

  

Event handler for when the mouse enters the area of the current control

  property OnMouseLeave;

  

Event handler for when the mouse leaves the area of the current control

  property OnMouseMove;

  

Event handler for mouse movement within the current control

  property OnMouseUp;

  

Event handler for when the mouse button is released, ie "up"

  property OnResize;

  

Event Handler for resize of control

  property OnStartDrag;

  

Event handler for start of dragging operation

  property OnUTF8KeyPress;

  

UTF8KeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus.

  property ParentColor;

  

ParentColor - should the control have the same colour as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentFont;

  

ParentFont - should the control use the same font as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentShowHint;

  

ParentShowHint - does the control adopt the same hinting behaviour as its parent? Default is true

  property ParentBidiMode;

  

ParentBiDiMode - does the control follow the BiDiMode settings of its parent?

  property PopupMenu;

  

PopupMenu - a context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control

  property ShowHint;

  

Flag to determine: Is hint to be displayed for this control?

  property State;

  

Indicates whether the check box is checked (selected), unchecked (deselected) or grayed.

  property TabOrder;

  

The place this control occupies in the list of tabs

  property TabStop;

  

Is the control in the sequence of controls accessed by successive presses of the Tab key?

  property Visible;

  

Visible - can the control be seen?

end;

Inheritance

TCheckBox

  

TCheckBox - a small box which can contain a check mark to indicate that it has been selected by a mouse click

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TCustomCheckBox

  

TCustomCheckBox is the ancestor of all check-box components.

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TButtonControl

  

TButtonControl : ancestor class for several Button (including Radio Button) and Check Box classes

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TWinControl

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TControl

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TLCLComponent

  

TLCLComponent - base class for LCL components

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TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

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TPersistent

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TObject

Description

TCheckBox : a small box which can contain a check mark to indicate that it has been selected by a mouse click. May be associated with a Caption that describes its function.

See also

HowToUseStdCtrls

  

How to use StdCtrls, ComCtrls or ExtCtrls

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