Panorama Tiles That Re-Position Automatically

[Derek]

Hi,

I am creating an app that utilizes the RadPanorama tool. In the options tile, the user has the option to select what tiles they would like to see and what tiles that they would like to get rid of. However, when the user selects a tile to hide, the Rad Panorama leaves an empty space where that tile originally was. I would like the app to fill any blank spaces that might be created by the user in a tile row. I was wondering if the Rad Panorama had the functionality to move all the tiles back to the original start position (Row 0, Column 0) so that there are no awkward spaces when a tile is hidden? 

Thanks,

Derek O.

[Dimitar]

Hello Derek,

Thank you for writing.

Currently, there is no such functionality in RadPanorama. In this case you have to iterate over all visible elements and set their Row and Column properties manually. Please refer to the following code snippet:

radTileElement2.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed

int col = 0;
int row = 0;
foreach (RadTileElement item in radPanorama1.Items)
{
    if (item.Visibility != Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed)
    {
        item.Column = col++;
        item.Row = row;
    }
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have any other questions, I will be glad to assist you.

Regards,
Dimitar
Telerik

[Daniel]

Hi,

What if the Tile is on different Groups?

I want to hide tiles in first group, how should I set the second group to fill the gap that the hidden tile used to fill ?

Regards,
Daniel

[Dimitar]

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for writing back.

In this case you should manually transfer the items form the second group to the first one. Then you can just rearrange the items in the second group and no empty columns will remain:

private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    radTileElement2.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

    int col = 0;

    int itemsTotransfer = tileGroupElement1.Items.Count;

    foreach (RadTileElement item in tileGroupElement1.Items)
    {
        if (item.Visibility != Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed)
        {
            item.Column = col++;

            itemsTotransfer--;
        }

        Console.WriteLine(item.Column);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < itemsTotransfer; i++)
    {
        var tempItem = tileGroupElement2.Items[i];
        tileGroupElement2.Items.Remove(tempItem);
        tileGroupElement1.Items.Add(tempItem);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < tileGroupElement2.Items.Count; i++)
    {
        ((RadTileElement)tileGroupElement2.Items[i]).Column = i;
    }
}

Please let me know if there is something else I can help you with. 

Regards,
Dimitar
Telerik

 

 

[Sam]

How about if the tiles have different sizes? Tile (small, wide, and large (col 1, 2 and row 1, 2)) the reposition logic would be very complex especially if I want to remove gaps and re order the tiles.

[Dimitar]

Hi Sam,

Thank you for writing.

As I have mentioned in my first post this functionality does not comes out of the box and should be manually implemented. We do provide the API to rearrange the tiles as per your requirement. Even in Windows there are a cases where if you hide an item an empty space will remain and it is not clear how the gap should be filled (see attached image). So it depends on you how this should behave and how the items will be rearranged. Please note that the user can rearrange the tiles and he/she can fill any gaps manually. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Regards,
Dimitar
Telerik

 

 

[Alexandre]

Hi Derek,

I am also currently developing a small application for my business.

The objective and create a customized desktop for my users.

I try coupling a desktop tile mode dynamically displaying information from a MSSQL Server database.

Would you have a source code to help me out?

I thank you in advance for your help.

Regards.

Alexandre
[e-mail]

[Dimitar]

Hi Alexandre,

Thank you for writing.

RadPanorama does not provide any data binding functionality. The idea of the control is to display a menu like in Windows 8. This is why you should manually create the tiles and add them to RadPanorama.

I hope this information helps. 

Regards,
Dimitar
Telerik

[Alexandre]

Thanks for your answer.

Do you implement in the near future in this module can create a connection between Panoama module and Ms-Sql?

If so, have you any idea of the targeted quarter?

Best regards

[Dimitar]

Hi Alexandre,

Thank you for writing back.

Currently, we do not have any plans to implement this functionality. If we receive more request for this we will consider to implement it. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Dimitar
Telerik

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

 

I have been using the RadPanorama component for a start-menu for an application i am trying to create, but i am having an issue trying to save the tiles position once the user has moved them and rearranged them to their liking. I'm not sure if this can be done but i though i might ask.

 

Regards,

Cooper 

[Dimitar]

Hello Cooper, 

We have a feature request for this. You can track its progress, subscribe for status changes and add your comment to it here. Please note that there is a sample project that shows how you can implement this attached to one of the comments.

I hope this will be useful. 

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

 

Wow,thanks for the speedy reply. I have had a look and it is in C#, i was wondering if there was one for VB?

 

Regards,

Cooper

[Dimitar]

Hello John,

I have attached a converted version.

Should you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

 

Thank you for the conversion of the file. It is really appreciated. If i have any more issues ill will definitely ask you. 

 

Kind Regards,

Cooper

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

 

I have implemented the savng tile feature that you have provided, but there is a problem when trying to click the tile once the tiles have been saved. When the tile is moved then saved and then once it is loaded. The tile will no longer run the code when clicked. Do you know a fix for this?

 

Kind Regards,

Cooper 

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

I have implemented the savng tile feature that you have provided, but there is a problem when trying to click the tile once the tiles have been saved. When the tile is moved then saved and then once it is loaded. The tile will no longer run the code when clicked. Do you know a fix for this?

Kind Regards,
Cooper 

[Dimitar]

Hello Cooper,

Loading the layout will create new objects (items) and the event subscriptions will be lost. After the layout is loaded you need to add the subscriptions again. 

I hope this will be useful. 

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

How would i do that ? 

[Dimitar]

Hi Cooper,

You need to add the handler after the layout is loaded (with code):

Public Sub RestoreEvenHandler()
    For Each group As TileGroupElement In radPanorama1.Groups
        For Each item In group.Items
            AddHandler item.Click, AddressOf Item_Click
        Next item
    Next group
End Sub
Private Sub Item_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim item = TryCast(sender, RadTileElement)
    Console.WriteLine(item.Text)
End Sub

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik

[John]

Hi Dimitar,

 

I'm not sure how to implement this code into my program. Could you please post this code implemented into the previous code you posted for the panorama tile saving.

This would be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

Cooper

[Dimitar]

Hello John,

I have attached a new version of the project. 

Regards,
Dimitar
Progress Telerik