Add skip button to the RadWizard

[Adam]

As part of a startup wizard I am developing, one of the requirements is to be able to skip any stage of the wizard. 

I have tried adding a button in between the Next and Cancel buttons as described in another thread but it does not seem to be working in my case.

public TestForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // add a skip button
            WizardCommandAreaButtonElement skipButton = new WizardCommandAreaButtonElement
            {
                Text = "Skip",
                MinSize = new Size(radWizard1.NextButton.Size.Width, radWizard1.NextButton.Size.Height),
                Alignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight,
                Margin = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 0)
            };

            radWizard1.CommandArea.CommandElements.Add(skipButton);
        }

[Stefan]

Hello Adam,

Thank you for writing.

There are two things that you need to do in order to have a fully functioning WizardCommandAreaButtonElement. First, you should move the creating code in the Shown event of the Form, since in the constructor the size of the NextButton is not yet calculated. Second, you should set the Class property of the button, so it will know which theme to use. For example, here is how apply the same theme settings as in NextButton:

protected override void OnShown(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnShown(e);

    // add a skip button
    WizardCommandAreaButtonElement skipButton = new WizardCommandAreaButtonElement
    {
        Text = "Skip",
        Class = "NextButton",
        MinSize = new Size(radWizard1.NextButton.Size.Width, radWizard1.NextButton.Size.Height),
        Alignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleRight,
        Margin = new Padding(4, 0, 4, 0)
    };
    radWizard1.CommandArea.CommandElements.Add(skipButton);

}

Using the same approach, you can set the class to "CancelButton", "FinishButton" or "HelpButton", and your new button will take their theme settings. Alternatively, you can use RadButtonElement, instead of WizardCommandAreaButtonElement and in this case, the button will take the default button theme settings.

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I hope that you find this information useful.

Greetings,
Stefan
the Telerik team

 

 

[Adam]

This code works but only on version 2011 Q3 of the controls (I had previously downloaded a trial version to test if a particular feature was fixed) (we are using 2011 Q1). After discussions it has been decided to not include this functionality as a controls upgrade requires test runs on our full software suite (5 products)

Thank you for your assistance.

[Boryana]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for writing back.

Feel free to contact us if you encounter any issues or difficulties during the upgrade, once you decide to initiate the process. We will do our best to assist you.

Kind regards,
Boryana
the Telerik team