Pan while mouse over container shape

[Alex]

I've already changed the diagram's activetool to the pan tool, but this does not seem to take affect when the mouse is over a container shape, some of my container shapes are very large, and I don't really need the capability to select them, so is it possible to make the mouse pan while over a container shape?

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Alex,

Indeed, when the mouse is over a container or a shape, the selection behavior have bigger precedence then the ActiveTool. However, you can achieve your requirement using a custom PointerTool. 

Here are few snippets that demonstrates such approach:

var toolService = this.diagram.ServiceLocator.GetService<IToolService>() as ToolService;
toolService.ToolList[0] = new MyPointerTool();
toolService.ActivateTool(MyPointerTool.ToolName);

public class MyPointerTool : PointerTool
{
    public override bool MouseDown(PointerArgs e)
    {
        var result = base.MouseDown(e);
        if (this.HitItem != null && this.DontLikeHitItem())
            this.HitItem = null;

        return result;
    }

    private bool DontLikeHitItem()
    {
        return !MyProperties.GetCanSelect(this.HitItem as FrameworkElement);
    }
}

public static class MyProperties
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty CanSelectProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("CanSelect", typeof(bool), typeof(MyProperties), new PropertyMetadata(true));

    public static bool GetCanSelect(DependencyObject obj)
    {
        return (bool)obj.GetValue(CanSelectProperty);
    }

    public static void SetCanSelect(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
    {
        obj.SetValue(CanSelectProperty, value);
    }
}

<telerik:RadDiagramContainerShape local:MyProperties.CanSelect="false">

For your convenience I also attached a sample project with this implementation. I hope it helps.

Regards,
Martin
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