Title Templates when RadPane in different situations

[Miles]

Hi,

I am trying to get titletemplates to work depending their associated RadPane docking positions within a RadDocking control. The title template should contain a button next to the header which I have set correctly if the RadPane is docked and visible.

However, if the panel is unpinned/closed or floating I need to hide the button. How do I achieve this? Currently I have a bad workaround which checks FindAncestor for type AutoHideArea, ToolWindow or RadPaneGroup in a Visibility Binding for the button.

 

Could anyone please suggest a better way for me to check what the RadPane's current state would be within a separate template for titletemplates?

Thank you.

M.Young

 

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello Miles,

To better assist you and understand your scenario, can you send me code snippet which demonstrates how you have set this button in the header of the pane.

To know when pane state is changed you subscribe to the PaneStateChange or ToolWindowCreated events. The first event is fired when pane changed its states. You can check if it is changed to a floating using IsFloating property.

private void radDocking_PaneStateChange(object sender, Telerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var pane = e.OriginalSource as RadPane;
    if (pane.IsFloating)
    {
        ;
    }
}

The second event is fired when ToolWindow is created. You can get the ToolWindow from the event arguments.

private void radDocking_ToolWindowCreated(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Controls.Docking.ElementCreatedEventArgs e)
{
    var window = e.CreatedElement as ToolWindow;
}

Regards,
Dinko
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