Way to have panel bar fully expanded by default?

[Kev]

I dont like the look of the collapsed panel bar I would rather just have the panel bar fully expanded by default with no ability to collapse expand is there a way to do this or is there another control that can give me this functionality ??

thanks
Here is my code

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<telerik:RadPanelBar ID="RadPanelBar1" Runat="server" DataFieldID="ID"

 

 

DataFieldParentID="ParentID" DataNavigateUrlField="URL"

 

 

DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataTextField="Item" PersistStateInCookie="True"

 

 

Skin="Black" Font-Names="Agency FB">

 

 

<Items>

 

 

<telerik:RadPanelItem runat="server" Expanded="True" Selected="True" >

 

 

</telerik:RadPanelItem>

 

 

</Items>

 

 

<CollapseAnimation Type="None" Duration="100"></CollapseAnimation>

 

 

 

<ExpandAnimation Type="None" Duration="100"></ExpandAnimation>

 

 

</telerik:RadPanelBar>

 

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Kev,

You can set the PreventCollapse property of your panel items to true and their Expanded property to true. If you are using declarative databinding you should do that in the DataBound event of the panelbar.

foreach (RadPanelItem item in RadPanelBar1.Items)
{
      item.PreventCollapse = true;
      item.Expanded = true;
}

Kind regards,
Albert
the Telerik team

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[Kev]

Cool Thanks if worked first try!

[Jimmie]

This solution works great. However, the collapse image still shows up on the panels (Q1 2009 Beta Vista skin). 

Currently I use this css to remove the image:
.RadPanelBar_Vista .rpExpandable .rpText, .RadPanelBar_Vista .rpExpanded .rpText {
  background-image: none!important;
}

Would it be possible to only add the collapse image to the panel only if PreventCollapse is false?

[Paul]

Thanks for the suggestion, Jimmie.

Your request goes to our ToDo list for future consideration.

Best wishes,
Paul
the Telerik team

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