Is there some sample code on how to place text and images on a button when you need more control than just setting the
TextAlignment and/or ImageAlignment.

In my case I need fine control over image and text margins.
For example setting

ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft

places the image too close to the left border of the button.

Regards
Erwin


    

Thanks a lot for the solution, Martin - works perfectly.

What's a bit irritating though is that you have to specify the margin explicitly, respectively that the default margin seems to be 0 which moves the image at the absolute right border of the button in my case.

I would have assumed that the default would be similar to margins used by treeview or tab strip within a theme. A margin of 0 with a themed button is rather unlikely as it interferes with the 3d shaping of the button.

I think it's quite common to have the same image on treeview, tabstrip and buttons in an application.

Regards
Erwin

Working code fragment to create a number of dynamic picture buttons on a form, in case someone else has similar requirements

            this.SuspendLayout();

            int i = 0;
            int topPosition = 30  // top position of your dynamic buttons

            foreach( .....)
            {
                RadButton btn = new RadButton();
                ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(btn)).BeginInit();  // important to call BeginInit/EndInit or button will not draw correctly
                btn.Text = myText
                btn.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
                btn.ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
                btn.ButtonElement.ImagePrimitive.Margin = new Padding(5, 0, 0, 0);  // otherwise the image is over the 3d shaping of the button
                btn.TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageBeforeText;
                btn.Tag = myTag
                btn.Top = topPosition;
                btn.Left = 10;
                btn.Width = this.ClientRectangle.Width - 20;  // change to your needs , only an example
                btn.Height = buttonHeight;
                btn.TabIndex = i;  // cange to your needs
                btn.ImageList = _imageList;  // static image list initialized with thumbnail images

                switch(......)
                {
                      // set btn.ImageKey to your needs
                }

                btn.Click += new EventHandler(btn_Click);  // add your event handler here
                topPosition += btn.Height;
                this.Controls.Add(btn);
                i++;

                ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(btn)).EndInit();  // important!

            }

           // set form height according to number of buttons

            this.Height = topButtonTop + ((numberOfButtons+1) * buttonHeight) + 10;

            this.ResumeLayout();

Hi Erwin,

Thank you for writing.

We highly appreciate this suggestion and we will consider to make this change. Thank you once again for the valuable feedback and posted code. I have updated your Telerik points.

Do not hesitate to contact me again if you have any other questions.

Greetings,
Martin Vasilev
the Telerik team