Hello,
I have a RadDocking with dynamic panes. I simulate an ItemsSource using an attached property to create the panes on startup and during the application runtime.
When I load the layout, I want to restore the pane positions and visibility for all _existing_ panes, but do not want to change the panes collection. At the moment, LoadLayout() deletes all panes which were not existing when the Layout was saved, and creates empty panes for missing items.
Can I somehow avoid this behavior?
Alex
I have a RadDocking with dynamic panes. I simulate an ItemsSource using an attached property to create the panes on startup and during the application runtime.
When I load the layout, I want to restore the pane positions and visibility for all _existing_ panes, but do not want to change the panes collection. At the moment, LoadLayout() deletes all panes which were not existing when the Layout was saved, and creates empty panes for missing items.
Can I somehow avoid this behavior?
Alex
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Hi Alex,
Thank you for contacting us.
In our latest versions of RadDocking after the Q3 2013 SP release of Telerik UI for WPF the control now has a built-in PanesSource property in order to provide a better MVVM pattern integration. The PanesSource collection works with a DockingPanesFactory which is responsible for visualizing the bound objects from that collection in the context of the RadDocking control. More details about the PanesSource/DockingPanesFactory feature can be found in our online help. Additionally you can take a look at the SDK examples located in our GitHub repository. Those examples illustrate how this feature works together with the Save/LoadLayout functionality in simpler and complex scenarios:
Regards,
Vladi
Telerik
Thank you for contacting us.
In our latest versions of RadDocking after the Q3 2013 SP release of Telerik UI for WPF the control now has a built-in PanesSource property in order to provide a better MVVM pattern integration. The PanesSource collection works with a DockingPanesFactory which is responsible for visualizing the bound objects from that collection in the context of the RadDocking control. More details about the PanesSource/DockingPanesFactory feature can be found in our online help. Additionally you can take a look at the SDK examples located in our GitHub repository. Those examples illustrate how this feature works together with the Save/LoadLayout functionality in simpler and complex scenarios:
- Custom DockingPanesFactory - shows how to create a simple custom factory
- Visual Studio like IDE with RadDocking - shows a more complex scenario with the Save/LoadLayout functionality. There is also a blog post about this example here.
- Shell Prism - shows how the RadDocking control could be used when integration with PRISM is desired.
Regards,
Vladi
Telerik
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answered on 08 Aug 2014, 02:50 PM
Thanks for your answer.
The new approach seems interesting. I will see if I can refactor our current solution (where I created my own ItemsSource + code to generate the panes) with your DockingPanesFactory when I find the time. At the moment I will be using my workaround to delete/readd the panes manually.
Alex
The new approach seems interesting. I will see if I can refactor our current solution (where I created my own ItemsSource + code to generate the panes) with your DockingPanesFactory when I find the time. At the moment I will be using my workaround to delete/readd the panes manually.
Alex
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Hi Alex,
This feature has been implemented into the control as the demand for a MVVM friendly approach of using the RadDocking was one of the most voted feature requests. We hope that it provides an easy to understand and use functionality to the control which integrates seamlessly with the other built-in features.
Hope it is helpful.
Regards,
Vladi
Telerik
This feature has been implemented into the control as the demand for a MVVM friendly approach of using the RadDocking was one of the most voted feature requests. We hope that it provides an easy to understand and use functionality to the control which integrates seamlessly with the other built-in features.
Hope it is helpful.
Regards,
Vladi
Telerik
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