How to disable RibbonBar flashing on MouseEnter/Exit

[Michelle]

I notice this happening after upgrading to SP3 -- when the mouse enters or exits the ribbon bar, or the form's titlebar, the ribbonbar flashes momentarily. I don't know if this is intentionally added or not, but I find it distracting. The subtle highlighting when the mouse enters a new chunk is sufficient.

Is there a way to turn this off?

Thanks,

Michelle

[Michelle]

It doesn't flash when the Office2007Silver or Office2007Black themes are applied, but does when ControlDefault theme is reapplied. So it must be a newly added animation in the theme. I don't think it looks good as default -- the yellowish flashes seriously remind me of a summer lightning storm on the horizon.

Now I know where to look for it...

[Ramius]

Hello,

I have to agree with Michelle.

I find it very distracting.

The badest thing is that it is in the default theme.

Regards,

Ramius

[Richard Slade]

Hi All,

This should stop the flashing.

Private m_Fill As Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.FillPrimitive
Private Sub FillPropertyChanging(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadPropertyChangingEventArgs)
    e.Cancel = True
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    m_Fill = DirectCast(Me.RadRibbonBar1.RootElement.Children(0).Children(2).Children(1).Children(0).Children(1), Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.FillPrimitive)
    AddHandler m_Fill.RadPropertyChanging, AddressOf FillPropertyChanging
End Sub

Please let me know if this helps or if you need further help

Richard

[Ramius]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for your help.
Your code stops the flashing.

Regards,

Ramius

[Richard Slade]

Hello Ramius,

I'm glad you found that useful.

Michelle, if this also works for you, may I ask that you mark as answer so others can find the solution too.

All the best
Richard

[Michelle]

Yes, it does. Thanks for looking into this. I intend to subclass the theme in the future as there are other aspects of the ControlDefault theme that I prefer from SP2.

Here's the code in C#, condensed somewhat:

private void DisableRibbonBarFlashingInSP3()

{
    radRibbonBar1.RootElement.Children[0].Children[2].Children[1].Children[0].Children[1].RadPropertyChanging += FillPropertyChanging;

}

 

private static void FillPropertyChanging(object sender, RadPropertyChangingEventArgs args)

{
    args.Cancel = true;

}

[Peter]

Hello Michelle,

We will address this issue in our upcoming service pack. We will include also a fix in the internal build which will be available next week.

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Best wishes, Peter
the Telerik team