TMlSkinPanel

Notes

• BackgroundImage sets the picture and BackgroundFillType how it is laid out (tile, stretch, centre, gradient and so on).
• For a colour gradient set GradientStartColor and GradientEndColor, with GradientDirection choosing the axis.
• Transparent lets the form background show through, which is how you divide a picture skin into areas.
• BorderAlpha fades the border, giving a subtle divider.

Example

From the demo MlSkin.Demo.QQ影音.v3.0 (.dfm form file)

object pnl1: TMlSkinPanel
  Left = 0
  Top = 288
  Width = 521
  Height = 38
  Color = 8605220
  Alpha = 255
  BorderSides = []
  DoubleBuffered = False
  Align = alBottom
  OnMouseDown = pnl1MouseDown
  DesignSize = (
  521
  38)
  ...

Properties 16

Name	Type	Default	Description
Alpha	Byte	192	Opacity: 0 fully transparent, 255 opaque.
BorderAlpha	Byte	255	Border opacity from 0 (invisible) to 255 (solid), useful for a subtle divider.
BorderSides	TSides	—	Which border edges are drawn — any combination of top, bottom, left and right.
BorderColor	TColor	$00D9CBBA	Border color.
Color	TColor	clWhite	Background color of the control; ignored while Transparent is on.
CaptionVisible	Boolean	False	Whether the caption is drawn. Turn it off for icon-only buttons.
BackgroundFillType	TMlPngFillType	ftNormal	How the background image is laid out: ftNormal as-is, ftTile tiled, ftAutoStretch auto-stretched, ftCenter centred, ftStretch stretched to fill, ftGradient gradient.
BackgroundImage	TMlResID	—	Background image, given as a resource ID or an image file path.
BackgroundOffsetX	Integer	0	Horizontal offset of the background image in pixels.
BackgroundOffsetY	Integer	0	Vertical offset of the background image in pixels.
GradientDirection	TGradientDirection	gdVertical	Gradient direction: gdHorizontal or gdVertical.
GradientAlign	TGradientAlign	gaCenter	Where the gradient is anchored: centre, left or right.
GradientSize	Integer	60	Size of the gradient band in pixels.
GradientStartColor	TColor	$00FFC446	Starting color of the gradient.
GradientEndColor	TColor	$00FDF8F3	Ending color of the gradient.
DoubleBorder	Boolean	True	Double border: draws a second line inside the border.

Events of TMlSkinCustomPanel 1

Name	Type	Default	Description
OnCustomDraw	TMlCustomDrawEvent	—	Custom draw event: paint your own content after the control has drawn itself.

Properties of TMlSkinCustomControl 4

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.
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.