Add Groups Using Code There are several ways to add Groups to WinExplorerBar™ at run time. Groups are contained by the element’s Groups collection, and you can use standard collection methods to add and work with Groups. Groups are also part of the element’s layout, and can be created by restoring a layout that ha...
Add Items Using Code There are several ways to add Items to a Group in WinExplorerBar™ at run time. Items are contained by the Items collection of individual Group objects, and you can use standard collection methods to add and work with Items. Items are also part of the element’s layout, and can be created by res...
Adding/Removing menu items from context menu A default context menu appears when you right click on Groups and items added to WinExplorerBar™. In some situations you may want to add custom menu items in addition to the default context menu or even have a context menu with just the custom menu. The ContextMenuIntia...
API Overview This section lists each namespace that is relevant to the control. We also give you several key classes that you will be using while programming with this control. The namespaces and classes on this page link directly into our API documentation. WinExplorerBar Namespace: Infragistics.Win.UltraWinExplo...
Change the Order of Groups in WinExplorerBar Groups in WinExplorerBar™ can be moved around and their order can be changed manually. The order of Groups can also be changed programmatically using the Reposition method of the UltraExplorerBarGroupsCollection object. In Visual Basic: In C#:
Change the Size of the Navigation Pane Flyout When the end user clicks the collapsed group, the Navigation Pane flyout opens to a default size and position. However, this default size may be too big or too small for your application’s needs. Keep in mind that there is a minimum and maximum size for the Navigation ...
Change the Text in the Navigation Pane Group Area The Microsoft® Office 2007-style Navigation Pane, added in 2006 Volume 3, has the ability to collapse and expand. When collapsed, only a sliver of the Navigation Pane remains, giving you much more workspace in your application. By default, when collapsed, the Navig...
Collapse the Outlook Navigation Pane WinExplorerBar™ includes a style that emulates the Microsoft® Outlook navigation pane. Microsoft developed the navigation pane to be able to collapse, saving the end user valuable screen real estate. WinExplorerBar includes this same functionality and can be easily turned on by...
Control Dragging and Dropping Items The WinExplorerBar™ control automatically supports dragging and dropping Items between Groups . There are properties you can use to provide fine-grained control over which Items can be dragged and where they can be dropped. There are also several events you can use to manage the...
Control the Appearance of Groups and Items Certain settings that control the appearance of the element, such as the style of interface to use and whether the element accepts input focus, are determined by element-level properties. (For a complete discussion of these features, see Selecting An Appearance Style.) Ho...