[Solved] Removing the close button from a floating pane

[Jonathan]

Hi,

Is there a way to remove the close button from a floating pane? Setting CanUserClose to False only removes it from pinned/unpinned panes. It's still there when the pane is floating, though it's disabled. I don't want it to show at all since that's confusing to the user.

Thanks,
Jonathan

[Nasko]

Hello Jonathan,

In order to achieve the desired appearance of the ToolWindow (floating pane) you need to modify its default Style's Template. In that ControlTemplate the Button with x:Name="CloseButton" should be removed - thus the desired appearance should be achieved:

<Style BasedOn="{StaticResource ToolWindowStyle}" TargetType="dock:ToolWindow">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        ...
        <!--Remove the Button-->
        <!--<telerik:RadButton x:Name="CloseButton" Style="{StaticResource ToolWindow_CloseButtonStyle}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Margin="1 1 3 1" Command="telerik:WindowCommands.Close"/>-->
        ...
    </Setter>
</Style>

We also recommend you to use Implicit Styles  because many of the parts of the control are dynamically created including the ToolWindows. In order for those dynamically created elements to be styled correctly the custom style should be added to the App.xaml.

Hopes this helps.

Regards,
Nasko
Telerik

[Jonathan]

Thanks Nasko. Works perfectly.