Command Buttons Appereance

[Mesut]

Hi everyone,
I want to change appereance of Add, Edit, New, Move Next, Move First etc. buttons in Command Buttons Group. I search and read approximately every article in web.

There is no property for change them in properties. Cancel and Ok has it, but they have just visibility property.

Can anyone help me for changing style of these command buttons.

Thanks.
Best regards.

[Ivan Ivanov]

Hi Mesut,

There are no exposed properties that deal with these buttons' appearance. You have to retemplate RadDataForm, in order to customize them.

Regards,
Ivan Ivanov
the Telerik team

[Mesut]

Thanks for quick response.

Can you attach some code for retemplating?

[Ivan Ivanov]

Hi Mesut,

Here is a help article that illustrates RadDataForm's template structure and provides guidance on how to style it.

All the best,
Ivan Ivanov
the Telerik team

[Mesut]

I tried to retemplated it but I could not find which elements. In ControlTemplate tags I have to define some styles for buttons.
But I don't know what the names are.

<telerik:RadDataForm.Resources>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="RadDataFormControlTemplate1" TargetType="telerik:RadDataForm">
...
</ControlTemplate>
</telerik:RadDataForm.Resources>           
<telerik:RadDataForm.Template>
<StaticResource ResourceKey="RadDataFormControlTemplate1"/>
</telerik:RadDataForm.Template>


If you have an example please share.


[Mesut]

Ok thanks for help I found which element is that.

Solution is adding Grid element in ContentTemplate and adding some buttons in it.

Best regards.

[Tony]

Hi, everyone,
 
I am looking for the solution to use RadDataForm with customized command buttons (means that adds more "Buttons" for other command, like "Search", or somthing else.)

Or, is there any built in "Method' to change the "Template" (Readonly, Edit, or AddNew) by code, and add the another ToolBar for command buttons?

Regards,

[Ivan Ivanov]

Hi Tony,

I have prepared an example project for you, extracting RadDataForm's template and adding one additional button. Feel free to modify the template in a way that meets your requirements. As for your second question, you can set the "Template" properties at runtime, loading the DataTemplates from a ResourceDictionary. Please, do not hesitate to contact us if any further inquiries occur.

Best wishes,
Ivan Ivanov
the Telerik team

[Rafik]

Hello,

You sample works great, but why does customizing  RadDataForm  works only in the Office_Black and not in other themes, for example I have only changed the size of the delete button, it works perfectly in Office_Black but not in Office_Blue (see screen-shots)

I am using RadControls for Silverlight Q3 2012.

Thanks
Rafik