Visibility of RadDock objects

[hkdave95]

Hi

What is the best way to control the visibility of a RadDock object ?

• RadDock1.Closed = True/False ?
• RadDock1.Visible = True/False ?

I need to display and hide certain Docks at various times so which is the best way.

I have tried both methods so far but have problems persisting thier state.

My aspx ..

                    <telerik:RadDockLayout runat="server" ID="darrdlPostIts" EnableViewState="true" StoreLayoutInViewState="true">
                        <telerik:RadDock  ID="darrdPostIt00" Title="&nbsp;" Width="190px" Top="200px" Left="550px" DefaultCommands="All" Pinned="true" DockMode="Floating" runat="server" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Skin="PostIt" EnableViewState="true" EnableAjaxSkinRendering="true">
                        </telerik:RadDock>
                        <telerik:RadDock  ID="darrdPostIt01" Title="&nbsp;" Width="190px" Top="200px" Left="550px" DefaultCommands="All" Pinned="true" DockMode="Floating" runat="server" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Skin="PostIt" EnableViewState="true" EnableAjaxSkinRendering="true">
                        </telerik:RadDock>
                        <telerik:RadDock  ID="darrdPostIt02" Title="&nbsp;" Width="190px" Top="200px" Left="550px" DefaultCommands="All" Pinned="true" DockMode="Floating" runat="server" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Skin="PostIt" EnableViewState="true" EnableAjaxSkinRendering="true">
                        </telerik:RadDock>
                        <telerik:RadDock  ID="darrdPostIt03" Title="&nbsp;" Width="190px" Top="200px" Left="550px" DefaultCommands="All" Pinned="true" DockMode="Floating" runat="server" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Skin="PostIt" EnableViewState="true" EnableAjaxSkinRendering="true">
                        </telerik:RadDock>
                        <telerik:RadDock  ID="darrdPostIt04" Title="&nbsp;" Width="190px" Top="200px" Left="550px" DefaultCommands="All" Pinned="true" DockMode="Floating" runat="server" EnableEmbeddedSkins="false" Skin="PostIt" EnableViewState="true" EnableAjaxSkinRendering="true">
                        </telerik:RadDock>
                    </telerik:RadDockLayout>

Kind Regards

David

[-DJ-]

Hi David,

I would like to think that setting the visibility to false should be sufficient, but I'm sure that if you explicitly call some databinding methods on the dock they still get executed, adding some overhead to the application.

Not sure how it works if it's set to close.

Personally I find it easiest to manage state by using autopostback on all commands and then writing the state of each dock in a cookie.

Regards,

-DJ-

[Petio Petkov]

Hi,

You should use the RadDock.Closed property. All RadDocks are enclosed with a RadDockLayout so everything related to the state should be OK. 



Greetings,

Petio Petkov
the Telerik team

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