I have a RadPanelBar with Several GroupElements. I like the look and feel of the OutlookNavPane GroupStyle.

[Khizar Khan]

I have a RadPanelBar with Several GroupElements. I like the look and feel of the OutlookNavPane GroupStyle.

 

There are an indeterminate number of GroupElements. In the picture below(attached image1), 4 groups.

I would like to the RadPanelBar to look like this:(attached image2)

With just two groups showing, the rest minimized on the bar at the bottom. The User can achieve this y either dragging the dotted line down, or by using the Down Arrow at the bottom right, and choosing “Show Less Buttons”.

How can I do this programmatically, at Initialization time?

 

Also (onus Question), how do I style the top Caption bar?  Is it Themable?

I am using 2009 Q3, SP1

[Boyko Markov]

Hi Khizar Khan,

1. If you want to minimize some of the groups, you can do the following:

OutlookStyle outlookStyle = (this.radPanelBarDemo.PanelBarElement.CurrentStyle as OutlookStyle);
         outlookStyle.ShowFewerButtons();

2. The code snippet below will show you how to access and modify some of the visual properties of Outlook style caption:

RadPanelBarVisualElement caption = this.radPanelBarDemo.PanelBarElement.Children[0].Children[0] as RadPanelBarVisualElement;

            caption.Padding = new Padding(15);
            caption.BackColor = Color.Blue;
            caption.BackColor2 = Color.Blue;
            caption.BackColor3 = Color.Blue;
            caption.BackColor4 = Color.Blue;

I hope this helps.

Sincerely yours,
Boyko Markov
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[Khizar Khan]

Thanks this was of help..

a question about theme,

I have a user control where I have panelbar control. and my user control is included in another control which has a theme "Breeze", all the other control look good in breeze theme, but I didn't like Panel Bar in Breeze theme
I want to apply aqua theme to panel bar, I tried within the control

ThemeResolutionService.ApplyThemeToControlTree(radPanelBar1, "Aqua");

it is not apply rather, it is takine the parent control theme. any help or suggestions..

Regards,
khizar

[Boyko Markov]

Hello Khizar Khan,

Thank you for contacting us. In order to apply the Aqua theme to RadPanelBar, you can do the following:

this.radPanelBarDemo.ThemeName = "Aqua";
    
Please contact us again, in case you need more information.

Sincerely yours,
Boyko Markov
the Telerik team

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