Setting the Selected Document Pane

[fgalarraga]

How do you call form using the docking manager and set the select Document Pane.

I tried this code but it does not set the correct focus to the Document Pane I am looking for.

Thank you!

    Private Sub RadButton2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadButton2.Click
        Dim frmShowSearch As DialogResult
        Dim frmSearch As New Search
        frmSearch.DocumentPane2.Select()
        frmSearch.DocumentPane2.Activate()
        frmShowSearch = frmSearch.ShowDialog()
    End Sub

[Julian Benkov]

Hello Frank,

you can use the Shown event of your search form. In the event handler call documentPane2.Activate(). The form must be loaded and visible before activating any IDockable item. Your search form will be only created and shown:

Private Sub RadButton2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RadButton2.Click
    Dim frmShowSearch As DialogResult
    Dim frmSearch As New Search
    frmShowSearch = frmSearch.ShowDialog()
End Sub

FYI, we have improved the Activation/Deactivation behavior of the DockingManager quite a bit for SP2. It will be available for download early next week.


Sincerely yours,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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