r.a.d.calendar takes full advantage of the smart tags introduced in Visual Studio 2005. In the infrastructure of Visual Studio 2005, smart tag entries are called designer action items and are shuttled around the design time in groups known as designer action lists. As a requirement for smart tag support, r.a.d.calendar passes designer action list containing at least one designer action item to the Web Forms designer. The same designer action list is then passed to the smart tag panel, which converts each designer action item into an equivalent visual task.
Using the Smart Tag Panel
When an instance Telerik RadCalendar is selected on the Web Form's design surface, a smart tag anchor is displayed at its top-right edge. The anchor is a button, when clicked, opens the smart tag panel. A smart tag panel is a designer-managed UI that exposes component configurations as a set of smart tag entries.
The screenshot below shows the smart tag panel after clicking on the anchor button on an instance of a Telerik RadCalendar.
Using the smart tag panel the developer can ready customize the appearance and behavior of a control. The smart tag panel of Telerik RadCalendar uses the default designer when hosted in the Web Forms designer.
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