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• Gilbert van Veen

  Posted on Nov 15, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi,
  
  Thanks for the new Outlookbar (Q3 2010) with a minize option.
  
  Is it possible to change the text in the ItemArea when the Outlookbar is mininized? Default it shows "Folders" but I want to change it.
  
  Thanks,
  
  

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• Viktor Tsvetkov Viktor Tsvetkov

  Posted on Nov 16, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Gilbert van Veen,
  
  Currently if you want to change the text "Folders" you should edit the style of the RadOutlookBar in Blend, find the element named MinimizedContentElement and inside it change the Text property of the TextBlock.
  
  Kind regards,
  Viktor Tsvetkov
  the Telerik team

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• kannan

  Posted on Nov 22, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi,
   How to use MinimizedContentElement.because this property is not available .so  I have used

  MinimizedContent but this is not working...

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• Viktor Tsvetkov Viktor Tsvetkov

  Posted on Nov 22, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi kannan,
  
  Sorry if I was not clear enough, but you should first edit the style of the RadOutlookBar in Blend and then find the template element MinimizedContentElement (there is no such property on the RadOutlookBar) and inside it change the Text property of the TextBlock. For your convenience I have attached a sample project.
  
  Kind regards,
  Viktor Tsvetkov
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  Attached files

  • outlookbarexample.zip

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• Alex Fan

  Posted on Nov 25, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi
  
  Seriously, I think it is necessary to make the 'Folders' text another dependency property, given it should be fairly cheap and easy to do. In many case, 'Folders' won't make any sense. In our case, we are using outlookbar as a quick menu, it has nothing to do with folders...
  
  So my question is: will next version of telerik control allows us to change that text? :)
  
  Regards
  Alex

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• Viktor Tsvetkov Viktor Tsvetkov

  Posted on Nov 26, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Alex Fan,
  
  Thank you for your consideration, we will definitely add a property in order to change the text "Folders".
  
  Kind regards,
  Viktor Tsvetkov
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• Oran

  Posted on Dec 15, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello,
  
  I am also having this problem. What is the current solution of changing the RadOutlookBar 'Folders' text? I need to customize also the Grid View drop area to different text. What will be the way to achieve that? I did not understand from the above answer how exactly could i edit the rad component style with ms blend? Will greatly appreciate your answer.
  
  Thanks
  Oran

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• Viktor Tsvetkov Viktor Tsvetkov

  Posted on Dec 20, 2010 (permalink)

  Hi Oran,
  
  You should right click your xaml page, which contains the RadOutlookBar, click Open in Expression Blend, then right click your RadOutlookBar control and click Edit Template -> Edit a Copy. Thus you will extract the default template of the control and inside it you should find the MinimizedContentElement template part and change the Text property of the TextBlock inside it.
  
  Regards,
  Viktor Tsvetkov
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• Oran

  Posted on Dec 20, 2010 (permalink)

  Thank you very much.
  
  I have succeeded to perform the changes in the Outlook bar, but not in the GridView group panel that i want to translate. What is the way to achieve the same for the group panel?
  
  Thanks,
  Oran

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• Tina Stancheva Tina Stancheva

  Posted on Dec 21, 2010 (permalink)

  Hello Oran,
  
  You can use localization to translate the GridView GroupPanel text. You can find more info here and here. Also, if you need to change the default text, you can edit the GroupPanelStyle (read more) and set Text to the panelText TextBlock element.
  
  I hope this info will help you. Please let us know if we can further assist you.
  
  Kind regards,
  Tina Stancheva
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• Taufik Hidayat

  Posted on Jan 17, 2011 (permalink)

  Thanks Tina,
  
  I've already done it but I want to know what's version the property to change "Folder" text become?
  
  Regards.

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• Tina Stancheva Tina Stancheva

  Posted on Jan 19, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Taufik Hidayat,
  
  The property for changing the "Folders" text will be available with the Q1 2011 Beta release. You can track the related item from here. 
  
  Let us know if you need more info. 
  
  Greetings,
  Tina Stancheva
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• jean-Marc

  Posted on Mar 8, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Telerik Team,
  
  I see that this "folders" text will be soon a Property but does that mean it's gonna be a property of the whole RadOutlookBar or can it be linked to sub items? i.e. a basic scenario would be to have this text bind with the header text.
  
  I got a question (related to that minimized behavior).
  My app is composed of 5 main tab panes in a RadPaneGroup, in my last tab (Admin) I have an RadOutlookBar. (300 width) If I minimize my outlook bar and click on the "Folders" button I can see the content of my Outlook bar item...
  After going on another tab of my app and back to my admin tab, my outlook bar is still minimized, but now when clicking on folders, the content is set to 40 and I need to use the vertical resizer...
  Please let me know if you have been able to reproduce such behavior and if so if you can point me to the right direction
  Thanks in advance
  Jean-Marc

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• Petar Mladenov Petar Mladenov

  Posted on Mar 8, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello jean-Marc,
  
  First the MinimizedButtonContent property is a property of the OutlookBar, but not of the OutlookBarItem. You can inspect its behavior  in the attached solution.
  As for the other issue, yes this behavior is expected. Since you are navigating with the RadPane ( which inherits from RadTabControl ) the OutLookBar is excluded from the visual tree and then included again. Then it doesn't remember its last state (its height, width, etc.). However, this issue will be resolved with the telerik Q1 2011 version of RadControls. In it, the IsContentPreserved property of the RadTabControl will be exposed and will work in these situations. Hope this info helps you.
  
  All the best,
  Petar Mladenov
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  Attached files

  • OutLookSample.zip

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• jean-Marc

  Posted on Mar 8, 2011 (permalink)

  Thanks Petar. That's great news.
  Regards
  Jean-Marc

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• Mesfin Afewerk

  Posted on Apr 19, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi,
  We are using ContentTemplateSelector to select content in RadOutlookBar. But this doesn't work in a minimized mode. Clicking on Folders simply displays the viewmodel text.
  Am I missing something?
  
  Regards,
  Mesfin

  Attached files

  • radOutlookBar.png

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• Petar Mladenov Petar Mladenov

  Posted on Apr 20, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Mesfin Afewerk,
  
  We investigated this and it appears that this is bug in the RadOutlookBar. We logged it in our PITS where you will be soon able to track its status (OutlookBar: When the OutlookBar uses ContentTemplate, the template is not applied in the Popup when minimized area is clicked). Thank you for your cooperation.
  
  Kind regards,
  Petar Mladenov
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• Petar Mladenov Petar Mladenov

  Posted on Apr 25, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Mesfin ,
  
  We managed to fix this issue and it will be included in the internal build later this week. Thank you for your cooperation again.
  
  
  Greetings,
  Petar Mladenov
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• Mesfin Afewerk

  Posted on Apr 26, 2011 (permalink)

  Thank you Petar. I look forward.
  
  Regards,
  Mesfin

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• Petar Mladenov Petar Mladenov

  Posted on Apr 28, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Mesfin Afewerk,
  
  You are now able to try the latest internal build from your account page at www.telerik.com.
  
  Best wishes,
  Petar Mladenov
  the Telerik team

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• Mesfin Afewerk

  Posted on Apr 28, 2011 (permalink)

  Yes! It works now. Thank you again.
  
  Regards,
  Mesfin

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