style the header so it does not appear greyed or faded

[C]

Is there a way to style the header so it does not appear greyed/faded out ?

[Todor]

Hello Ciaran,

There is a way to get the effect you desire, by placing the following code-block into RadRichTextBox resources:

<telerik:RadRichTextBox.Resources>
        <!-- HeaderFooterPresenterBase -->
        <Style TargetType="telerikUI:HeaderFooterPresenterBase" x:Key="HeaderFooterPresenterBaseStyle">
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="telerikUI:HeaderFooterPresenterBase">
                        <Grid>
                            <StackPanel x:Name="WrappingStackPanel">
                                <telerik:RadRichTextBox x:Name="BodyRichTextBox"
                            AllowScaling="False"
                            BorderThickness="0"
                            Background="Transparent"
                            Margin="0"
                            Padding="0"
                            MouseOverBorderThickness="0"/>
                            </StackPanel>

                            <Rectangle x:Name="FadingRectangle" Fill="Transparent" />
                        </Grid>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>

        <Style TargetType="telerikUI:HeaderPresenter" BasedOn="{StaticResource HeaderFooterPresenterBaseStyle}" />
        <Style TargetType="telerikUI:FooterPresenter" BasedOn="{StaticResource HeaderFooterPresenterBaseStyle}" />
    </telerik:RadRichTextBox.Resources>

Please note, the values of the StackPanel Background property and the Rectangle's Fill property.

Hope this helps.
Greetings,
Todor
the Telerik team

[ric]

I tried this with the latest Radtools and got a HeaderFooterBase does not exist error. Tried styling the HeaderPresenter / FooterPresenter seperately but it doesn't make a difference. In fact, no matter what I do to FadingRectangle it refuses to respect my styles, suggesting to me that code is manipulating it?

[Todor]

Hello Ric,

In the latest 2013 Q2 SP1 version of the controls, in addition to the code below, you should also set the following style to the HeaderFooterContainer:

<Style TargetType="telerikUI:HeaderFooterContainer">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="telerikUI:HeaderFooterContainer">
                <ContentPresenter />
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
    <Setter Property="OverlayBrush" Value="Transparent" />
</Style>

The telerikUI namespace from this snippet and the one above is:

xmlns:telerikUI="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Documents.UI;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Documents"

This said, we have tried to reproduce the problem with the exception, but to no avail. In order to help you, can you please try to isolate the issue in a project and send it to us?

In addition, please answer to the following questions:

• What version are the binaries which are referred in your application - normal or NoXAML? 
• Which theme is applied when you are facing that issue?

Looking forward to your reply.

 

Regards,
Todor
Telerik

[ric]

it's not an exception, it's a compile error, but it appears that I got the telerikUI namespace wrong

combination of both pieces of XAML makes the fade go away, but now I can't double click to edit the header text!

version = 2013.1.403.1050

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Ric,

We tried the code below with the version of controls you use, but were not able to reproduce the problem. Please find attached a test project.

In case you don't manage to solve the issue in your application, we would appreciate it if you could open a support ticket and attach a project of yours illustrating the problem.

Regards,
Iva Toteva
Telerik

[ric]

Thanks, yes your solution sorted it for me, turns out it was something else unrelated I was trying that prevented the click!

[ric]

Thanks, yes your solution sorted it for me, turns out it was something else unrelated I was trying that prevented the click!