How to use RadConversationView Control without action button?

[Deepak]

Hi,
   I would like to implement the RadConverstion Control without an action button so that i can use an application bar button to send the messages.Can anyone help me with this? 

Thank you.

[Victor]

Hi Deepak,

You can simply set the TextBoxTemplate property to a data template of your choice. The only requirement is that you set the x:Name property of your text box to PART_TextBox. Then in this template, you can set the ActionButtonVisibility of RadTextBox to Collapsed. Here is the default text box template for your convenience:

<DataTemplate>
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="3*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <primitives:RadPointerContentControl Grid.Column="1"
                                             TargetPoint="160, 300">
            <primitives:RadPointerContentControl.PointerTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <Polygon Width="12"
                             Height="24"
                             Points="0,0 12,0 12,12"
                             StrokeThickness="0"
                             RenderTransformOrigin="0.5, 0.5"/>
                </DataTemplate>
            </primitives:RadPointerContentControl.PointerTemplate>

            <telerikPrimitives:RadTextBox x:Name="PART_TextBox"
                                          ActionButtonVisibility="Visible">
                <telerikPrimitives:RadTextBox.ActionButtonStyle>
                    <Style TargetType="telerikTextBox:TextBoxActionButton">
                        <Setter Property="ButtonType"
                                Value="Custom"/>
                        <Setter Property="RestStateImageSource"
                                Value="/Telerik.Windows.Controls.Data;component/ConversationView/Images/SendIcon.png"/>
                    </Style>
                </telerikPrimitives:RadTextBox.ActionButtonStyle>
            </telerikPrimitives:RadTextBox>
        </primitives:RadPointerContentControl>
    </Grid>
</DataTemplate>

Regards,
Victor
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