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• Stefan

  Posted on May 26, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello,
  
  I'm using a Rad Dock with some TabedToolWindows. I'm currently trying to change colors by "Edit UI Elements"-Task on the Tabstrip. Can you tell me how I can change the color of the Border around the ToolWindows or how to set it to invisible?
  I marked it red with Photoshop in the attached picture.
  
  Thanks.
   

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  • border.jpg

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• Stefan Stefan

  Posted on May 30, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Stefan,
  
  Thank you for writing.
  
  You can hide the border that you have mentioned by setting the BaseFillBorder.Visibility property of the TabStripElement contained in the DocumentTabStrip. Here is how you can do that:
  

  documentTabStrip1.TabStripElement.BaseFillBorder.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

  However, if you perform docking operation, and take one of the document windows and dock it outside its document tab strip, new document tab strip will be created for this window and the border for it will appear. To handle this case, you can subscribe to the DockTabStripNeeded event of RadDock, create your own instance of DocumentTabStrip, remove its border and assign it to the Strip property provided in the event args. Follows the whole implementation of the described functionality:
  

  public Form1()

  {

      InitializeComponent();

      //remove the initial document tab strip border

      documentTabStrip1.TabStripElement.BaseFillBorder.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

       

      radDock1.DockTabStripNeeded += new DockTabStripNeededEventHandler(radDock1_DockTabStripNeeded);

  }

   

  void radDock1_DockTabStripNeeded(object sender, DockTabStripNeededEventArgs e)

  {

      //when docking new document tab strip is needed. Create one, remove its border and assign it to the control

      DocumentTabStrip strip = new DocumentTabStrip();

      strip.TabStripElement.BaseFillBorder.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

      e.Strip = strip;

  }

  
  I hope the provided information addresses your question. Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact us. 

  Greetings,
  Stefan
  the Telerik team

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• Stefan

  Posted on May 30, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Stefan,
  
  thank you very much for your answer. It seems as if I did not make clear which border I was talking about. To clarify I added another screenshot. The code snippet you provided hides the small red border. I am looking for a way to hide the inner border (I filled it Yellow in Photoshop).
  
  Thanks and best regards,
  Stefan

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  • border2.jpg

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• Answer Stefan Stefan

  Posted on Jun 1, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Stefan,
  
  Thank you for writing.
  
  The border that you see is a result of a padding setting of one of the elements of TabStripElement. So, in order to remove the border, you should just remove the padding as shown below:
  

  documentTabStrip1.TabStripElement.Children[0].Children[1].Padding = new Padding(0);

  
  Let me know if you need anything else.
   
  Kind regards,
  Stefan
  the Telerik team

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• Stefan

  Posted on Jun 1, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Stefan,
  
  that solved it. Thank you very much.
  
  Stefan

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• Stefan

  Posted on Sep 19, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi,
  
  unfortunately it seems as if this has changed in Q2 2011.
  Could you please provide a code update for this?
  
  Thank you.
  
  Stefan

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• Stefan Stefan

  Posted on Sep 21, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Stefan,
  
  Thank you for writing back.
  
  Indeed, in Q2 2011 we have changed the internal structure of RadDock. This was caused by the fact that we have replaced the obsolete RadTabStrip contained in RadDock, with RadPageView.
  
  The yellow border from your screen shot is now part of the FillPrimitive of the SplitPanelElement. Here is how to hide this FillPrimitive:
  

  radDock1.SplitPanelElement.Fill.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

  
  Let me know if this works for you.
  
  Greetings,
  Stefan
  the Telerik team

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• Axel Reiz

  Posted on Dec 6, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Telerik team,
  
  in Winforms Q3 2011 your solution RadDoc.SplitPanelElement.Fill.Visibility set to collapsed doesn't work.
  Please take a look at the attached screenshot
  
  Best regards
  Axel
  

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  • Screenshot.JPG

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• Jack Jack

  Posted on Dec 8, 2011 (permalink)

  Hello Axel Reiz, 
  
  You can use the following code to hide the border:
  

  DockTabStrip dockTabStrip = this.radDock1.GetDefaultDocumentTabStrip(false);

  dockTabStrip.TabStripElement.ContentArea.Padding = new Padding(0);

  
  If the issue continues to appear, please send us your application and describe in detail the desired look. I will be glad to help further.
  
  Best wishes,
  Jack
  the Telerik team

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• Axel Reiz

  Posted on Dec 8, 2011 (permalink)

  Hi Jack,
  
  it works fine.Thanks for your assistance.
  Best regards
  
  Axel
  

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