Design-Time, add UserControl in a RadToolStripItem

[hon]

Hi
I want to add UserControl in a RadToolStripItem. Not when the coding.



Thanks

[hon]

As shown in figure

[Richard Slade]

Hi, 

This wouldn't be possible. The main reason is that RadToolStripItems accepts only items of type RadItem. If you make a user control, then it would no longer be a RadItem. 
Best regards, 
Richard

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello Hon,

There might be a way using RadHostItem, you could check out this similar KB Article that shows how to add controls to a Ribbon Bar.

The usage of RadHostItem is very simple and intuitive:

var button = new RadButton();

var hostItem = new RadHostItem(button);

radToolStripItem1.Items.Add(hostItem);

But i have to warn you, you might have to do some tests and tweaks before you will get the size and everything right.

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga

[Richard Slade]

Hi again,

There is a forum post here about adding a different control to a ToolStripItem, but as Emanuel said, you will probably have some issues with sizing. However, as far as I'm aware, there is a replacement for the Toolstrip on its way for Q3,

Hope that helps
Richard

[Stefan]

Hello hon, 

Thank you for writing.

Indeed, the way to place a user control in RadTooStrip is to first put it in a RadHostItem. However, since RadToolStrip is using our old layout system, some sizing issues might be expected.

I want to confirm Richard's statement regarding the new control that we are currently developing - RadCommandBar. This control will be introduced in Q3 2010 and it will substitute the current toolstrip implementation.

Kind regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team