hi guys,
i've been trying out the RadDock control via "RadControls_for_WPF_2009_3_1314_TRIAL.msi" for the past two and something weeks for my company, we're looking to buy docking capabilities to our WPF .Net 3.5 app.
it's looks great, feels great, and easy to program with - NICE work you guys.
some things that i need some help with trying the control:
my basic WPF app - in XAML: i've put a dock panel in a window inside a grid. added an expander (RadExpander of course) docked to the right side. added two RadDock controls one of them docked to the Top and one to the Bottom.
1. i had to set the DockPanel.Dock attached property on both RadDock controls -
when i set only one to dock to the Top and nothing on the other one - the RadDock didn't show... although it should make the second RadDock fill the available space in the panel, no?
2. i want to be able to resize each of the RadDock controls, 'cause now i can't really control their size as a user on run time. i thought about putting them into a grid with splitter between them, but is that the best way?
3. in that same example - when i drag a pane from the top-docked RadDock control - moving it downwards makes it "hide" behind the bottom-docked RadDock control (that's normal i guess?) but dragging it to the right i can move it, still floated, on top of the RadExpander, it's looks odd 'cause it's hiding behind the bottom-docked RadDock control but on top of the RadExpander,
any ideas of making it look better?
4. the Close button on a pane makes it Hidden (that's great!) but in our app we have the need sometimes to create a lot of floated panes that the user can close and open new ones, i wanna know if there is a way to "really" close the pane i.e. get ride of it, dispose it - whatever, my fear is from large memory usage because some of these panes store lots of data and controls in them,
i'm working on trying big quantities of data and control in panes to see what happens - thought about asking first how to deal with it.
hope i was able to explain myself clearly,
thank you so much in advance.
Lior.