GroupBox visibility property and debugging

[Lembasts]

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Greetings,
During debugging the Groupbox visible property remains as false even when set to true. However the code functions as though its set to true.
I have attached the project code for you to test.
In mainform.psf, set a breakpoint at line 8 after the assignment of the visible property. When you hit the breakpoint, check the visible property of $groupbox1. In my debugger it reports as false even though it has been set to true. Then press F5 - the next tab displays the groupboxes correctly!
Is it just me or can you replicate it?
Thanks
David

[Olga_B]

David,
visible properties will be updated after you click Next button
1. Ste Breakpoint at line 8
2. Press F5 - form is displayed
3. On form click Next button
4. Check properties - they are updated

[Lembasts]

What happens if you put an If statement after the assignment?
GroupBox1.visible = $true
If ($groupbox1.visible) {...}
That will not work out to be true even though I just assigned true.

[brittneyr]

This behavior has to do with how winforms works with this type of control. The groupbox is a 'container control' meaning it hosts other controls inside of it. These type of controls also determine visibility by the parent control's visibility, not just the value set by the user. In this instance, the parent is $tabpage2 is not visible at the time when $buttonNext click event is starting. Not until after line 8 ($tabcontrol1.SelectedTab = $tabpage2), $groupbox1 should still return false as $tabpage2 is not yet visible.

This behavior should also be consistent for other container controls such as the panel and flowlayout panel.

[Lembasts]

Thanks - that explains it. I found this out because I was doing an if test in tab1. I am now assigning $true to $groupbox1.tag as well as a workaround.