Hey Einar,

Since you've done some drag and drop already, you probably already know this, but I'll post it anyway.

private Control PickedUpControl;

private void DragControl_MouseDown(object sender, System.MouseEventArgs e)
{
	this.PickedUpControl = (Control)sender;
	this.PickedUpControl.DoDragDrop(sender, DragDropEffects.Move);
}
private void TargetArea_DragEnter(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs e)
{
	e.Effect = DragDropEffects.All;
}
private void TargetArea_DragDrop(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs e)
{
	this.TargetArea.Controls.Add(this.PickedUpControl);
	Point xy = this.TargetArea.PointToClient(new Point(e.X, e.Y));
	this.PickedUpControl.Location = xy;
}

It's a lot easier than doing drag/drop with TreeView or ListView Items, that's for sure! <g>

(and since it would be nice to have the snap-to-grid and snap-to-somethingelse features) maybe M$ has made some of these things available.

There probably is something ... but unfortunately since I haven't had to use this type of UI I've never researched it. Maybe someone else will pipe in with an opinion. =0)

~~Bonnie


>Thanks for your reply.
>I have done a lot of drag and drop stuff within treeviews and within listviews and between treeviews and listviews and between listviews and treeviews. This is kind of a fun little side project for me so I will not be focused on this 100%.
>
>One thought that struck me was that since what I am trying to do is so similar to the form designer (and since it would be nice to have the snap-to-grid and snap-to-somethingelse features) maybe M$ has made some of these things available.
>
>Einar
>
>>Yeah, you need to look at drag/drop events. It's a bit complicated, but once you understand it, it's not too bad. At one time I was going to put together some sample code to show how it works ... I started, but I never got around to finishing it. If I get some free time later today, maybe I'll see about doing that.
>>
>>~~Bonnie
>>
>>
>>>I have started looking into creating an app where the user can move around objects on the form at runtime. Kind of like the form designer, only I have a relatively small amount of objects to choose from when adding object and later moving them.
>>>Has anyone else here done something similar to this?
>>>Any article or book reference would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Currently I am using the MouseUp event to click annd drag the object to a new location but I know I know I need to start looking at a different method of moving the objects.