Working With Items at the Server

Using the server-side API, you can programmatically add, remove, disable, or select items in RadToolBar.

Adding items

Use the Add method of the RadToolBarItemCollection object to add items programmatically. To add buttons to the RadToolBarDropDown or RadToolBarSplitButton, use the Buttons collections of these objects as shown below:

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {
        RadToolBarButton button = new RadToolBarButton();
        button.Text = "Button1"; 
        button.Value = "1"; 
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(button);
        RadToolBarDropDown dropDown = new RadToolBarDropDown();
        dropDown.Text = "DropDown1"; 
        dropDown.Buttons.Add(new RadToolBarButton("Child Button1")); 
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(dropDown);
        RadToolBarSplitButton splitButton = new RadToolBarSplitButton(); 
        splitButton.Text = "SplitButton1"; splitButton.Value = "1"; 
        splitButton.Buttons.Add(new RadToolBarButton("Child Button1"));
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(splitButton);
    }
}	

VB.NET

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        Dim button As New RadToolBarButton()
        button.Text = "Button1"
        button.Value = "1"
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(button)
        Dim dropDown As New RadToolBarDropDown()
        dropDown.Text = "DropDown1"
        dropDown.Buttons.Add(New RadToolBarButton("Child Button1"))
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(dropDown)
        Dim splitButton As New RadToolBarSplitButton()
        splitButton.Text = "SplitButton1"
        splitButton.Value = "1"
        splitButton.Buttons.Add(New RadToolBarButton("Child Button1"))
        RadToolBar1.Items.Add(splitButton)
    End If

End Sub	

Removing items

Use the Remove method of the RadToolBarItemCollection or the Buttons collections of the RadToolBarDropDown or the RadToolBarSplitButton objects to remove items:

C#

//find the item by text. The item could either be a button, dropdown or splitbutton
RadToolBarItem itemToRemove = RadToolBar1.FindItemByText("Button1");
//remove the item from the RadToolBarItemCollection
RadToolBar1.Items.Remove(itemToRemove);
//to remove a button from the Buttons collection of dropdown or a splitbutton use:
splitButton.Buttons.Remove(childButton);
dropDown.Buttons.Remove(childButton);	

VB.NET

'find the item by text. The item could either be a button, dropdown or splitbutton
Dim itemToRemove As RadToolBarItem = RadToolBar1.FindItemByText("Button1")
'remove the item from the RadToolBarItemCollection
RadToolBar1.Items.Remove(itemToRemove)
'to remove a button from the Buttons collection of dropdown or a splitbutton use:
splitButton.Buttons.Remove(childButton)
dropDown.Buttons.Remove(childButton)	

Disabling items

Use the Enable property of the RadToolBarItem object to enable or disable an item:

C#

//find the item by text. The item could either be a button, dropdown or splitbutton
RadToolBarItem itemToDisable = RadToolBar1.FindItemByText("Button1");
itemToDisable.Enabled = false;

VB.NET

'find the item by text. The item could either be a button, dropdown or splitbutton
Dim itemToDisable As RadToolBarItem = RadToolBar1.FindItemByText("Button1")
itemToDisable.Enabled = False	

See Also

• Working With Items at the Client

• Overview