Toolbar as part of a bigger control

[Ben Boger]

I have a basic control that will be used in different areas. It has a couple of toolbars on it. I need to be able to add buttons to the toolbars in the control later on and I can do this right now no problem through code. 

What I would like to be able to do is add the buttons in the XAML file like so

              

<Controls:SomeControl  Name="smartList" ToolbarTopVisibility="Collapsed">
            <Controls:SomeControl.Toolbar1>
                <Button Name="_addButton" Margin="0,5,0,0" Click="AddButtonClick"
                        Content="{Binding Path=ApplicationStrings.Add, Source={StaticResource ResourceWrapper}}"/>
                <Button Name="_editButton" Margin="0,5,0,0" Click="EditButtonClick"
                        Content="{Binding Path=ApplicationStrings.Edit, Source={StaticResource ResourceWrapper}}"/>
                <Button Name="_deleteButton" Margin="0,5,0,0" Click="DeleteButtonClick"
                        Content="{Binding Path=ApplicationStrings.Delete, Source={StaticResource ResourceWrapper}}"/>

            </Controls:SomeControl.Toolbar1>
        </Controls:SomeControl>

as shown below, by adding a property ( Toolbar1 ) to my Control and returning the Items in the RadToolBar I am able to have the above code working, events fire and everything in general works just as you would expect.

public class SomeControl
{
    public SomeControl()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public ItemCollection RightButtons
    {
        get{ return Toolbar1.Items; }
    }
}

The problem I am having is I would like to be able to access the buttons for enabling and disabling using the names declared in the XAML file. but when I try to do this the controls are null. the Items in the toolbar they are declared under are not null.

Is there a way to make sure the controls I declared are not null so that I can access the buttons or any other control from the name I have given it?

[Kiril Stanoev]

Hi Ben,

For this particular scenario you will have to loop through ToolBar's items and find the desired buttons. Something like this:

private void ToggleIsEnabled_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // initially, the _add button is null, therefore we need to find it.
    if (_add == null)
    {
        var result = (from n in slControl1.ToolBar1.Items
                where (n as Control).Name == "_add"
                select n).FirstOrDefault();

        _add = result as Button;
    }

    // do whatever you want with the _add button
    _add.IsEnabled = !_add.IsEnabled;
}

I am attaching my sample project for further reference. Have a look at it and let me know if it helps. I'd be glad to further assist you.

Greetings,
Kiril Stanoev
the Telerik team

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