what happened to skin "VerticalLeft"

[matt]

hello,

in the previous version of the RadControls, there was a very nifty vertical skin called "VerticalLeft". it was sleek and elegant, albeit IE-only. however for an intranet this is often acceptable.

in testing the new version, ASP.NET AJAX, i find this skin is no longer valid.

what can i do? i still have the old skin in my site here:

    RadControls\Tabstrip\Skins\VerticalLeft

....thanks!
matt

[matt]

Telerik, any input? We want to upgrade our apps to use the new version, but we felt this skin was important to our application's design.

It took up very little screen-estate and was quite effective. I realize it was IE-only, but that decision should be left to us as the application builders.

How can I restore this now missing functionality??


thanks,
matt

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hi matt,

You can use this functionality only when using the Outlook skin or a custom skin.

For using the Outlook skin, set your RadTabStrip declaration as follows:

<telerik:RadTabStrip runat="server" Skin="Outlook" Orientation="VerticalLeft" CssClass="VerticalText">

And add the following CSS styles to your site:

div.VerticalText .rtsLevel .rtsUL
{
    float: left;
    width: auto;
}

div.VerticalText .rtsLI
{
    width: 30px;
}

div.VerticalText .rtsUL .rtsLI .rtsOut .rtsIn
{
    padding: 10px 5px;
}

div.VerticalText .rtsTxt
{
    writing-mode: tb-rl;
    filter: flipH() flipV();
    padding: 0;
}

Regards,
Alex
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[matt]

thank you, alex. that does get me the functionality, but w/ the Outlook skin.

if i still have a copy of the previous version's "VerticalLeft" skin (which IMO looked better) from "RadControls\Tabstrip\Skins\VerticalLeft", how can i convert it into a skin for the new version?

matt