TabStrip Text Direction

[Scott Anderson]

If I set the TabStripAlignment to left, the text is vertical but switches reading direction depending upon whether the toolwindows are pinned or not pinned.

Please see the 2 attached images and it will be very clear. (I marked the pinned tabs with green and the unpinned/autohide tabs with red.)

My question is how can I make the text read the same way and stop the switching?

I have not found any properties that causes/controls this.

[Julian Benkov]

Hello Scott Anderson,

You can use this code snippet:

private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RootRadElement rootElement = this.radDock1.RootElement;
    AutoHideTabStripElement autoHideElement = rootElement.Children[0].Children[2].Children[2] as AutoHideTabStripElement;   //left AutoHideTabStripElement
    if (autoHideElement != null)
    {
        autoHideElement.AngleTransform = 180;
    }
}

For the future version of RadDock we will simplify this API.

Regards,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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[Scott Anderson]

Julian,

Thanks for your reply.

That solution worked, well, sort of.

The text is the same direction but the tabs are now at the bottom of the left panel instead of at the top.

Please see the attached screen shots.

Is there another property that will fix this?

[Julian Benkov]

Hi Scott Anderson,

Currently - for this particular scenario - you can use this workaround:

private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    LayoutLeftAutoHideTabStrip();
}

private void LayoutLeftAutoHideTabStrip()
{
    RootRadElement rootElement = this.radDock1.RootElement;
    AutoHideTabStripElement autoHideElement = rootElement.Children[0].Children[2].Children[2] as AutoHideTabStripElement;
    if (autoHideElement != null)
    {
        autoHideElement.AngleTransform = 180;
        int itemsWidth = 0;
        foreach (TabItem tabItem in autoHideElement.Items)
        {
            itemsWidth += tabItem.Size.Width;
        }

        autoHideElement.ItemsOffset = this.radDock1.Height - (itemsWidth + 30);
    }
}

protected override void OnResize(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnResize(e);

    LayoutLeftAutoHideTabStrip();
}

We will simplify this API in the future.

Kind regards,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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