TMlSkinGroupBox

Notes

• FrameStyle picks the look: fsLine draws just a caption line, fsBox a full frame.
• CaptionHeight sets the caption height, CaptionAlignment its alignment, and CaptionLight can add a glow.
• Turning on CheckBox puts a check box before the caption, typically used to enable or disable everything in the group.
• The divider line can fade from LineStartColor to LineStopColor.

Example

From the demo MlSkin.MainDemo.v3.0 (.dfm form file)

object mlskngrpbx2: TMlSkinGroupBox
  Left = 862
  Top = 26
  Width = 185
  Height = 114
  Caption = 'GroupBox2'
  CheckBox.Pictures = 'MlSkinCheckBox'
  ...

Properties 9

Name	Type	Default	Description
CaptionAlignment	TAlignment	taLeftJustify	Alignment of the caption.
CaptionLight	TMlLightClass	—	Glow effect for the caption.
Caption	string	—	The text shown on the control.
CaptionHeight	Integer	15	Height of the caption area in pixels.
CheckBox	TGroupBoxCheckBox	—	The check box in front of the caption; it is typically used to enable or disable everything in the group.
LineStartColor	TColor	$00CFA753	Starting colour of the divider line.
LineStopColor	TColor	$00FEFBF6	Ending colour of the divider line, giving a gradient with the start colour.
Light	Boolean	False	Glow effect: switch, glow color and blur radius.
FrameStyle	TGroupBoxFrameStyle	fsLine	Frame style: fsLine draws only the caption line, fsBox a full box.

Properties of TMlSkinCustomControl 5

Name	Type	Default	Description
About	TMlAboutInfo	—	A design-time property: double-clicking it in the Object Inspector opens the MLSkin about box with the component version. It has no effect at run time and is not stored in the .dfm.
Transparent	Boolean	True	Transparent background: the control skips its own fill and shows the form background (image or color) instead.
Color	TColor	clWhite	Background color of the control; ignored while Transparent is on.
AutoInvalidate	Boolean	False	Repaints automatically when the content changes. Turn it on if property changes do not show up.
EraseBackground	Boolean	False	Whether the background is erased before painting; worth toggling if the control flickers.

Events of TMlSkinCustomControl 4

Name	Type	Default	Description
OnDPIChanged	TMlDPIChangedEvent	—	Fires when the screen DPI changes, for example when the window moves to a monitor with a different scaling — a good place to re-adjust anything you draw yourself.
OnBackgroundChanging	TMlBackgroundEvent	—	Fires just before the background changes, giving you a chance to adjust what is drawn.
OnBackgroundChanged	TMlCustomDrawEvent	—	Fires after the background has been drawn, so you can paint on top of it.
OnVisibleChanged	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the control is shown or hidden.

Only the properties and events MLSkin adds are listed here. Standard VCL properties such as Align, Anchors, Font and OnClick are available too and behave exactly as on the stock controls.