Adding a RadButtonTextBox to Status or Ribbon Bar

[Monique]

Is there a way to add a ButtonTextBox to the status or ribbon bars?   I'm trying to create a fast way for users to open a form that requires parameters.   Rather than popping a form just to ask for the parameters, I'm hoping to I could have someplace in a tool bar -- much the way that there is a URL bar on your browser to put your search parameters which it passes to your search engine.

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hi, Monique,

I have prepared a sample code snippet demonstrating how to add a RadButtonTextBoxElement in RadStatusStrip:

            Dictionary<int, string> glyphs = new Dictionary<int, string>();
            List<RadButtonElement> buttons = new List<RadButtonElement>();
            glyphs.Add(0, ""); //yammer 
            glyphs.Add(1, ""); //twitter 
            glyphs.Add(2, ""); //pinterest 
            glyphs.Add(3, ""); //google 
            glyphs.Add(4, ""); //facebook 
            glyphs.Add(5, ""); //linkedin 
            glyphs.Add(6, "\ue817"); //Reddit 
            glyphs.Add(7, "\ue81d"); //Tumbler 
            glyphs.Add(8, "\ue813"); // MySpace 
            for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
            {
                RadButtonElement radButtonElement = new RadButtonElement();
                radButtonElement.DisplayStyle = Telerik.WinControls.DisplayStyle.Text;
                radButtonElement.TextElement.CustomFont = "TelerikWebUI";
                radButtonElement.TextElement.CustomFontSize = 10;
                radButtonElement.TextElement.TextRenderingHint = System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias;
                radButtonElement.Text = glyphs[i];
                buttons.Add(radButtonElement);
            }
            RadButtonTextBoxElement b = new RadButtonTextBoxElement();
            b.RightButtonItems.AddRange(buttons[0], buttons[1], buttons[3], buttons[4]);
            b.LeftButtonItems.AddRange(buttons[5], buttons[6], buttons[7], buttons[8]);
            b.AutoSize = false;
            b.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(300, 25);
            b.Text = ""; 

            this.radStatusStrip1.Items.Add(b);

A similar approach can be used for adding it to a ribbon group: 

this.radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(b);

I hope this information helps. If you need any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal
Progress Telerik

[Monique]

Thanks very much for your helpful reply.