KimTools / Controls / Panel
Kt Panel
A modern, fully customizable panel control for WinForms. It is a container for grouping and styling related content.

🟢 DESIGNER SUPPORT
This control has full Visual Studio design-time support.
Drag it from the Toolbox onto your form, customize its properties directly in the Properties window, and KimTools will generate the corresponding code for you.
Background
| Background | Kt-Brush | Sets the panel’s background color. |
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Gradient with Kt-Colors
Use KimTools Semantically named dynamic theme colors.
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// ==========================================
// Gradient Angle
// ==========================================
// Render theme gradient using tuple
// of 2 colors and angle (Optional)
panel.Background =
(
startColor: KtColor.PRIMARY[50],
stopColor: KtColor.SECONDARY[50],
angle: 45
);
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Gradient with System-Colors
Use System.Drawing Colors or combine with KtColors
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// using KimTools.WinForms;
var panel = new KtPanel();
// Background supports System color,
// gradient with angle, Transparent or Empty
panel.Background =
(
// or "blue" | "#5F9EA0;
startColor: Color.CadetBlue,
// "rgb(95, 158, 160)" | hsl(182, 25%, 50%)
stopColor: Color.DodgerBlue,
angle: 45 // optional (0-360)
);
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Gradient with Opacity
KtPanel Background support translucent gradient colors too 😄
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// using KimTools.WinForms;
var panel = new KtPanel();
// Use % operator to apply transparency to Kt-Color
panel.Background =
(
startColor: KtColor.Teal % 40, // 40% Opacity
stopColor: KtColor.Emerald % 60 // 60% Opacity
);
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Solid Color | KtColor
KtPanel Background supports plain Solid Color or KtColor with or without opacity
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// using KimTools.WinForms;
var panel = new KtPanel();
// Use % operator to apply transparency to Kt-Color
panel.Background = Color.BlueViolet; // Color
// panel.Background = KtColor.SUCCESS; // KtColor
// panel.Background = KtColor.Blue; // KtColor
// panel.Background = KtColor.Blue % 50; // With Opacity
// panel.Background = KtColor.FromHex("#1E90FF"); //Hex
// Any Web Color Format
// panel.Background = KtColor.Web("rgb(95, 158, 160)");
// panel.Background = KtColor.Web("hsl(210, 100%, 56%)"); // HSL Too
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Pattern styles
| PatternStyle | HatchStyle Nullable | Sets the Pattern style. |
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Pattern Style | Color
KtPanel Background supports patterns types which blend with the panel background
set PatternStyle to null to disable patterns.
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// using KimTools.WinForms;
var panel = new KtPanel();
// Use % operator to apply transparency to Kt-Color
panel.Background = KtColor.BASE_1; // Solid Color or Gradient
panel.PatternColor = KtColor.BASE_3; // Solid Color or
panel.PatternStyle = HatchStyle.LargeConfetti;
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API Reference
| Background | Kt-Brush | Sets the panel’s background color. |
| Border | Kt-Brush | Sets the panel’s border color. |
| BorderEdges | Edges | Sets the Border edges. |
| PatternColor | Kt-Color | Sets the Pattern color. |
| Foreground | Kt-Color | Sets the Foreground. |
| BorderStyle | DashStyle | Sets the panel’s border style. |
| PatternStyle | HatchStyle Nullable | Sets the Pattern style. |
| BorderRadius | float | Sets the panel’s border radius. |
| BorderWidth | float | Sets the panel’s border thickness. |
| BackgroundMargin | Padding | Sets the panel’s border Margin. |
| BorderMargin | Padding | Sets the panel’s border Margin. |























































