Getting Started with WinForms Carousel

The minimum required to use RadCarousel is:

• Create a path instance and assign it. The path defines the route, in three dimensions, that the carousel elements will appear to animate through. For example, you can have an elliptical path thats tilted back on a 45 degree angle.
• Add some items to the carousel Items collection.

The example below demonstrates creating an elliptical path and populating the carousel items with button and label elements.

1. In a new WinForms project, add a RadCarousel to the default form. Set its Dock property to Fill. 2. Add the following code to the form's Load event handler:

private void CarouselGettingStarted_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // define an elliptical path
    CarouselEllipsePath path = new CarouselEllipsePath();
    // put the center point of the path in the center of the form
    path.Center = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Point3D(50, 50, 0);
    path.FinalAngle = -100;
    path.InitialAngle = -90;
    path.U = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Point3D(-20, -17, -50);
    path.V = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.Point3D(30, -25, -60);
    this.radCarousel1.CarouselPath = path;
    // populate carousel items
    radCarousel1.Items.Add(new RadButtonElement("Products"));
    radCarousel1.Items.Add(new RadButtonElement("Services"));
    radCarousel1.Items.Add(new RadButtonElement("Consulting"));
    radCarousel1.Items.Add(new RadButtonElement("Support"));
    RadLabelElement label = new RadLabelElement();
    label.Text = "Preferences";
    label.Font = new Font("Arial", 7, FontStyle.Italic | FontStyle.Bold);
    radCarousel1.Items.Add(label);
}

Private Sub CarouselGettingStarted_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    ' define an elliptical path
    Dim path As New CarouselEllipsePath()
    ' put the center point of the path in the center of the form
    path.Center = New Point3D(50, 50, 0)
    path.InitialAngle = -100
    path.FinalAngle = -90
    path.U = New Point3D(-20, -17, -50)
    path.V = New Point3D(30, -25, -60)
    RadCarousel1.CarouselPath = path
    ' populate carousel items
    RadCarousel1.Items.Add(New RadButtonElement("Products"))
    RadCarousel1.Items.Add(New RadButtonElement("Services"))
    RadCarousel1.Items.Add(New RadButtonElement("Consulting"))
    RadCarousel1.Items.Add(New RadButtonElement("Support"))
    Dim label As New RadLabelElement()
    label.Text = "Preferences"
    label.Font = New Font("Arial", 7, FontStyle.Italic Or FontStyle.Bold)
    RadCarousel1.Items.Add(label)
End Sub

3. Press F5 to run the application. You can use the button or directly click the items in order to select particular item.

See Also

• RadCarousel Properties
• Working with items
• Data Binding
• Carousel Path

Telerik UI for WinForms Learning Resources

• Telerik UI for WinForms Carousel Component
• Getting Started with Telerik UI for WinForms Components
• Telerik UI for WinForms Setup
• Telerik UI for WinForms Application Modernization
• Telerik UI for WinForms Visual Studio Templates
• Deploy Telerik UI for WinForms Applications
• Telerik UI for WinForms Virtual Classroom(Training Courses for Registered Users)
• Telerik UI for WinForms License Agreement)