RadSplitButtonElement Question

[Kenneth Jackson]

Here is a sample of a quick test project I made to represent the issue I am having ...

    public Form1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();

      RadSplitButtonElement btnAttachFileDocument;
      btnAttachFileDocument = new RadSplitButtonElement();
      btnAttachFileDocument.Text = "Attach File";
      btnAttachFileDocument.Click += new EventHandler(btnAttachFileDocument_Click);
      btnAttachFileDocument.DropDownOpened += new EventHandler(btnAttachFileDocument_DropDownOpened);
      RadLabelElement oMenuItem;

      oMenuItem = new RadLabelElement();
      oMenuItem.Text = "Cover Sheet";
      oMenuItem.Click += new EventHandler(oMenuItem_Click);
      btnAttachFileDocument.Items.Add(oMenuItem);

      oMenuItem = new RadLabelElement();
      oMenuItem.Text = "Master Waybill Doc";
      btnAttachFileDocument.Items.Add(oMenuItem);

      radRibbonBar1.CommandTabs[0].Items.Add(btnAttachFileDocument);

    }

    void oMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      this.Text = "Cover Sheet Clicked";
    }

    void btnAttachFileDocument_DropDownOpened(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      this.Text = "DropDown";
    }

    void btnAttachFileDocument_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      this.Text = "Clicked";
    }

I have 2 issues .

 

Firstly I cannot get a seperate event when clicking the dropdown arrow of the button or when clicking the button itself.

I want to generate a default click event if the user clicks the button but if he opens the drop down I want to wait for him

to select the appropriate item from the list. At the moment I always get the click event when the dropdown opens. How

do I prevent this ?

 

Secondly , with the splitbutton control I can mouseover the dropdown arrow and button seperately and it highlights them
seperately . WIth the splitbuttonelement that I add to the ribbonbar however it always highlights it all as one control always
and I can only ever see the Image regardless of the textimage relation I setup . My text is always invisible ...

 

[Victor]

Hi Kenneth Jackson,

Thank you for writing.

You can distinguish the events of the split button by subscribing to the Click events of the ActionButton and ArrowButton. For instance:

this.radSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.ArrowButton.Click += new EventHandler(ArrowButton_Click);

this.radSplitButton1.DropDownButtonElement.ActionButton.Click += new EventHandler(ActionButton_Click);

As to your other question, the split button highlights as a whole because there is a glitch with the theme for the RadRibbonBar. This is only a visual issue, split button functions in exactly the same way.
Please write back if you need further assistance.

Best wishes,
Victor
the Telerik team

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