VS.Net Style Toolbox - Docking/MDI for Windows Forms Forum

Posted 18 years ago by Rick - Developer, Visual Software Systems LLC

Version: 2.0.78

I'm trying to replicate as close as possible a view that mimics the VS.Net controls toolbox. I thought of using the NavBarPanel with the SubHeadings style inside a ToolWindow, but I don't see a way to shrink the panel to just the SubHeading with appropriate controls for the user to toggle the expansion and contraction of the panel (like the expand/collapse button on the toolbox groups in VS .Net). Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Posted 18 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Rick,

You can implement your own renderer and override the various draw/measure methods to draw the NavigationBarPanel however you want. Just assign your custom renderer to its Renderer property. Also you could create a class that inherits NavigationBarPanel and adds the button functionality if you'd like.

Then if you place a standard .NET toolbar control inside the panel, it probably would look like a toolbox control as long as your renderer draws the header like one.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v25.1.0) was released 25 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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