Panel Behavior

[Wendy Hunt]

I have created a panelbar that has 3 sections.  The second section always comes up when the page is loaded.  I would like for the 1st to come up instead.  What properties would I set to make this happen?  I have had various properties set before and nothing has helped so far.  One that I was using is [  Selected="true"  ] for the section I wanted to open up on when the page loads, but to no avail.

<telerik:RadPanelBar runat="server" ID="RadPanelBar1" ExpandMode="SingleExpandedItem" Width="800px" Height="750px">
        <Items>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="Project Search" runat="server" Selected="true" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="ProjectSearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                   ...
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="Contract Search" runat="server" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="ContractSearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                  ...
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="SOI Search" runat="server" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="SOISearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                  ...
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
        </Items>
        <CollapseAnimation Duration="100" Type="None" />
        <ExpandAnimation Duration="100" Type="InElastic" />
    </telerik:RadPanelBar>

FYI - I would like to use the aspx-side to set these properties instead of the cs-side.

Any help would be great.  Thanks!

[Shinu]

Hello Wendy,

Set the Expanded property to true for the RadPanelItem that you want to open when page is loaded.

aspx:

<telerik:RadPanelBar runat="server" ID="RadPanelBar1" ExpandMode="SingleExpandedItem" Width="800px" Height="750px">
    <Items>
      <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="Project Search" runat="server" Expanded="true" Selected="true" Font-Bold="true">
        <Items>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="ProjectSearch" runat="server">
            <ItemTemplate>
               ...
            </ItemTemplate>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
        </Items>
      </telerik:RadPanelItem>
      . . .
    </Items>
</telerik:RadPanelBar>

-Shinu.

[Wendy Hunt]

Hi Shinu -

It didn't work.  Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

[Kamen Bundev]

Hi Wendy,

I've tested it with your markup and Expanded="true" set on your first RadPanelItem and it worked as it should. Can you post your markup after applying the fix? Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

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[Wendy Hunt]

<telerik:RadAjaxPanel ID="RadAjaxPanel1" runat="server" style="z-index:1; position:absolute; top:150px;left:50px;">
      <telerik:RadPanelBar runat="server" ID="RadPanelBar1" ExpandMode="SingleExpandedItem" Width="800px" Height="750px">
        <Items>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="Project Search" runat="server" Expanded="true" Selected="true" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="ProjectSearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                  <div>
                    <br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label9" runat="server" Text="Project Name:" style="width: 113px; text-align: right;"></asp:Label><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="projectNameRadComboBox" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true"  ZIndex="99999" Width="500px" Height="150"></telerik:RadComboBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Identifier:"></asp:Label><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:TextBox ID="identifierTextBox" runat="server" Width="250px"></asp:TextBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label13" runat="server" Text="Project Group:" style="text-align: right;"></asp:Label><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="projectGroupRadComboBox" runat="server"  ZIndex="99999" Width="500px" Height="150"></telerik:RadComboBox><br /><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Button ID="projectSearchButton" runat="server" Text="Search" SkinID="smallGreenButton" Width="50px" onclick="projectSearchButton_Click" /><br />
                    <br />
                    <telerik:RadGrid ID="projectRadGrid" runat="server"

                      AllowSorting="True" GridLines="None"
                      AllowPaging="True" AllowFilteringByColumn="True" ShowGroupPanel="True"  >
                      <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="False">
                        <RowIndicatorColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </RowIndicatorColumn>
                        <ExpandCollapseColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </ExpandCollapseColumn>

                        <Columns>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Name" HeaderText="Name"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Identifier" HeaderText="Identifier"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                        </Columns>

                      </MasterTableView>
                      <ClientSettings AllowDragToGroup="True">
                        <Scrolling AllowScroll="True" UseStaticHeaders="True" />
                      </ClientSettings>

                    </telerik:RadGrid>
                  </div>
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="Contract Search" runat="server" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="ContractSearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                  <div>
                     <br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label11" runat="server" Text="Contract Number:"
                      style="width: 119px;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:TextBox ID="contractNumberTextBox" runat="server" Width="250px"></asp:TextBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:CheckBox ID="executedCheckBox" runat="server" Text="Executed"
                      style="width: 92px;" /><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:CheckBox ID="terminatedCheckBox" runat="server" Text="Terminated"
                      style="width: 99px;" /><br /><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Button ID="contractSearchButton" runat="server" Text="Search" Width="50px"
                      SkinID="smallGreenButton" onclick="contractSearchButton_Click" /><br /><br />

                    <telerik:RadGrid ID="contractRadGrid" runat="server"
                        GridLines="None" AllowSorting="True"
                        AllowFilteringByColumn="True" AllowPaging="True" ShowGroupPanel="True"  >
                      <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="False">
                        <RowIndicatorColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </RowIndicatorColumn>
                        <ExpandCollapseColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </ExpandCollapseColumn>

                        <Columns>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ContractNumber" HeaderText="Contract #"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Executed" HeaderText="Executed"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Terminated" HeaderText="Terminated"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="RequestedBy" HeaderText="Requested By"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>

                        </Columns>

                      </MasterTableView>
                      <ClientSettings AllowDragToGroup="True">
                        <Scrolling AllowScroll="True" UseStaticHeaders="True" />
                      </ClientSettings>
                    </telerik:RadGrid>


                  </div>
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
          <telerik:RadPanelItem Text="SOI Search" runat="server" Font-Bold="true">
            <Items>
              <telerik:RadPanelItem Value="SOISearch" runat="server">
                <ItemTemplate>
                  <div>
                    <br />
                     &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Tier:"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="tierRadComboBox" runat="server" ZIndex="99999" EnableViewState="True"
                      Width="350px" Height="150">
                    </telerik:RadComboBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Text="Lead Organization:"
                      style="width: 123px; text-align: right;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="leadOrganizationRadComboBox" runat="server" ZIndex="99999" EnableViewState="True"
                      Width="350px" Height="150">
                    </telerik:RadComboBox> <br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label6" runat="server" Text="Project Group:"
                      style="text-align: right; width: 121px;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="projectGroup2RadComboBox" runat="server" ZIndex="99999"
                      Width="350px" Height="150">
                    </telerik:RadComboBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label7" runat="server" Text="Submit Date:"
                      style="width: 94px;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadDatePicker ID="submitDateRadDatePicker" runat="server"
                      SkinID="greenTelerikCalendar" >
                    </telerik:RadDatePicker><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label10" runat="server" Text="Participating Entity:"
                      style="width: 131px;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="participatingEntityRadComboBox" runat="server" ZIndex="99999"
                      Width="350px" Height="150">
                    </telerik:RadComboBox><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Label ID="Label15" runat="server" Text="Requesting Entity:"
                      style="width: 133px;"></asp:Label><br />
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<telerik:RadComboBox ID="requestingEntityRadComboBox" runat="server" ZIndex="99999"
                      Width="350px" Height="150">
                    </telerik:RadComboBox><br /><br />

                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<asp:Button ID="SOISearchButton" runat="server" Text="Search"
                      onclick="SOISearchButton_Click" SkinID="smallGreenButton" Width="50px" /><br /><br />


                   <telerik:RadGrid ID="SoiRadGrid" runat="server"
                      AllowSorting="True" GridLines="None"
                      AllowFilteringByColumn="True" AllowPaging="True" ShowGroupPanel="True">
                      <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="False">
                        <RowIndicatorColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </RowIndicatorColumn>
                        <ExpandCollapseColumn>
                          <HeaderStyle Width="20px" />
                        </ExpandCollapseColumn>

                        <Columns>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Tier" HeaderText="Tier"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Org" HeaderText="Org"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ProjectGroup1" HeaderText="Project Group"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="RequestingEntity" HeaderText="Req Entity"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="SubmittalDate" HeaderText="Submittal Date"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ContactInfo" HeaderText="Contact Info"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Unredacted" HeaderText="Unredacted"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Redacted" HeaderText="Redacted"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                        </Columns>

                      </MasterTableView>
                      <ClientSettings AllowDragToGroup="True">
                        <Scrolling AllowScroll="True" UseStaticHeaders="True" />
                      </ClientSettings>
                    </telerik:RadGrid>
                  </div>
                </ItemTemplate>
              </telerik:RadPanelItem>
            </Items>
          </telerik:RadPanelItem>
        </Items>
        <CollapseAnimation Duration="100" Type="None" />
        <ExpandAnimation Duration="100" Type="InElastic" />
    </telerik:RadPanelBar>
  </telerik:RadAjaxPanel>

I tried to do a view source and paste the code from the page while running but it won't let me paste that much content.

Thanks!  
wen 

[Kamen Bundev]

Hello Wendy,

Happy new 2010 year.

I placed your code in a page, removed the button onclick events and tried it, but it works as expected - always showing the first RadPanelBarItem open on load/refresh. Tested in IE7/8 and Firefox. I'm attaching the resulting page for your reference.

You can't attach files to a forum thread. If you want, I can convert this thread to a support ticket in which you can attach your saved page (or you can file a new support ticket with a reference to this thread).

Regards,
Kamen Bundev
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[Wendy Hunt]

Hi Kamen -

Thank you for your response.
I went ahead and opened a support ticket last week.  The ticket number is 269998. 

wen