Using MediaManager within custom control but hide it from the default toolbar

[Mark]

Hi,

we have our own custom control to insert flash and video into the website. Within the control we are using the media manager to let the user choose the files.
The problem we have is that we want to hide the media manager icon from the default toolbar but still be able to open the media manager from within our custom control.
If we remove the mediamanager entry in the ToolFile.xml the media manager also won't open in our custom control.
If we leave it there it works, but the default media manager icon is still present.

Is there any possibility to just hide the default media manager icon?

Thanks
Mark

[Ianko]

Hi Mark,

The described behavior occurs because of optimization matters. When a dialog tool is not defined in the toolbar, its Dialog Definitions are not being registered.

To workaround this issue and use the desired dialog only in the custom dialogs you could set the Visibility property of the tool to false, so that it appears defined in the toolbar, but it would be not visible to the user.

Please follow either of these approaches to achieve the desired functionality:

• If the tool is set in the editor's markup you could use the Visible property of the tool:

  <telerik:RadEditor runat="server" ID="RadEditor1">
      <Tools>
          ...
          <telerik:EditorToolGroup>
              ...
              <telerik:EditorTool Name="MediaManager" Visible="false" />
              ...
          </telerik:EditorToolGroup>
          ...
      </Tools>
  </telerik:RadEditor>

• In case that the tool is set in the ToolsFile.xml file you could use JavaScript, C# or VB approach:
  
  JavaScript example:

  <telerik:RadEditor runat="server" ID="RadEditor1"
      ToolsFile="ToolsFile.xml" OnClientLoad="OnClientLoad">
  </telerik:RadEditor>
  
  <script type="text/javascript">
      function OnClientLoad(editor, args) {
          var toolAdapter = editor.get_toolAdapter();
          var mediaTool = toolAdapter.getToolByName("MediaManager");
          mediaTool.set_visible(false);
      }
  </script>

  
  C# example:

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      EditorToolGroupCollection tools = RadEditor1.Tools;
      string toolName = "MediaManager";
      for (int i = 0; i < tools.Count; i++)
      {
          if (tools[i].Contains(toolName))
          {
              EditorTool mediaTool = tools[i].FindTool(toolName);
              mediaTool.Visible = false;
          }
      }
  }

  
  VB example:

  Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
      Dim tools As EditorToolGroupCollection = RadEditor1.Tools
      Dim toolName As String = "MediaManager"
  
      For Each toolGroup As EditorToolGroup In tools
          If toolGroup.Contains(toolName) Then
              Dim tool As EditorTool = toolGroup.FindTool(toolName)
              tool.Visible = False
          End If
  
      Next
  End Sub

Regards,
Ianko
Telerik