Canvas - ahatornn/clforms GitHub Wiki

ClForms.Elements.Canvas
Control for drawing some pseudographics chars

public class Canvas: Control, IElementStyle<Canvas>

Inheritance Control -> Canvas
Derived IElementStyle<Canvas>

The following code example creates a Canvas, sets its size, adds event handler for OnPaint and adds it to a Panel.

canvas1 = new Canvas()
{
    Width = 45,
    Height = 15,
};
canvas1.OnPaint += CanvasPaint;
panel1.AddContent(canvas1);
…
private void CanvasPaint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
    // put your business logic here
}

You can find more examples of using the Canvas in this project

You can't put any controls into Canvas control. Use OnPaint event for draw chars. The Background property as default equals Application.SystemColors.WindowBackground value. The Foreground property as default equals Application.SystemColors.WindowForeground value. All values defined in DefaultSystemColors.