Delphi: sliding (animated) panel

Question

Is there a sliding (animated) panel component for Delphi?

For instance it can be found in Raize Components (a left panel with a \"Hot Spot\" or hide/show button). <

Answer 1

FoldingPanel
See FoldingPanel v1.3 here: http://www.torry.net/authorsmore.php?id=2386 I used it for years.
It comes with nice chevron bitmap too.
Small issue: it does not support composite controls (like TLabeledEdit).
Advantage: The component comes as a single PAS file (easy to install into the Palette). They say that it is for Delphi 5 but I have it installed in XE7 and works without problems (which indicates quality).
Freeware

TSplitView
If you have a newer version of Delphi (like Tokyo) you can use TSplitView. Note: The Align property it missing. And at the beginning it might seems that it can only be aligned to Left. But it is not true. Instead of an Align property it has a Placement property (with two values: svpRight / svpLeft).
Note: It has some small glitches related to control size/placement.
Note: It is not (NOT EVEN BY FAR) as complete as FoldingPanel. You still have to write some cod eto implement some kind of chevron to collapse/expend the panel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hUG8o7PpCU
Freeware (if you have Delphi Tokyo).

TCategoryPanelGroup
Also take a look at TCategoryPanelGroup. It might or might not work, depending on what you need it for.
Freeware (if you have Delphi XE7)