Display Selected Color in ColorPicker Image The PopUpColorPicker tool is a popup list of colors from which the user can select from. When no image is set for any of the Appearance objects the tool will display a box with the selected color in it. You can specify an image and have a color change in the image to wha...
Display ToolTips for Tools The WinToolbarsManager™ component has the functionality to display tooltips when the user mouses over a tool. Tooltips can be displayed by setting the ShowTooltips property to true, and will not be displayed when the ShowTooltips property is False. The text for the tooltip can be specifi...
Distinguish Between Root Tools and Instance Tools The WinToolbarsManager™ component contains two types of tools: root tools and instance tools. A root tool is a tool that belongs to the Tools collection of the UltraToolbarsManager. An instance tool belongs to the tools collection of a particular toolbar or menu, a...
Dock Toolbars to a Non-Form Container The WinToolbarsManager™ component can create toolbars that dock to containers other than a form. You can take advantage of this feature by using the DockWithinContainer property of the element. At design time Add an additional container to the form such as a panel. Go to the P...
EditMode Events Five new events related to editor tools (e.g. TextBoxTool, ComboBoxTool, FontNameTool and MaskedEditTool) have been added to the WinToolbarsManager™ and ToolBase classes. BeforeToolEnterEditMode — This cancelable event is invoked before a tool enters edit mode. BeforeToolExitEditMode — This cancela...
Enable and Disable End-User Customization By default, all the customization features of the WinToolbarsManager™ are enabled. The end-user of the application has free reign to add, delete and reposition tools or create and remove toolbars. They can also re-arrange any existing toolbars in whatever way they want. So...
Filtering a Group in the PopupGalleryTool Before You Begin The PopupGalleryTool can display several items in its drop-down, so how do you organize all these items? Each item in the PopupGalleryTool can be sorted into groups as you learned in Adding Groups and Items to the PopupGallery Tool. You can then allow the ...
About the FontList Tool In WinToolbarsManager™, tools are the basic building blocks of all toolbars and menus. Tools are analogous to MenuItems in standard .NET menus or Commands in Microsoft Office menus and toolbars. There are over 15 native tool types available in WinToolbarsManager. Each tool type can exist as...
FontList Click the links below to learn about the FontList tool: About the FontList Tool — Introduces you to the FontList tool.
Format a Tool’s Description on the Ribbon’s Application Menu {Warning} In the topic Add a Tool to the Tool Area of the Ribbon’s Application Menu, we discussed how to add a tool to the Application Menu, but not how to format the description of that tool. Each tool has a property in their SharedProps object called D...