Background for TabbedMdiContainer

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Posted 16 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Right now it appears that Background property sets the area "behind" the document tabs. But by your message you want to set the area behind the content of the document windows right?

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Posted 16 years ago by uran1

Not exactly. I want to set custom background in case, when no document is loaded.

Set code:


<ribbon:RibbonWindow
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:shared="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/shared"
    xmlns:docking="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/docking"
    xmlns:ribbon="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/ribbon"
    xmlns:Themes="clr-namespace:ActiproSoftware.Windows.Themes;assembly=ActiproSoftware.Shared.Wpf30"
    xmlns:Controls="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=PresentationFramework"
    xmlns:Media="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Media;assembly=PresentationCore"
    xmlns:Drawing="clr-namespace:System.Drawing;assembly=System.Drawing"
      x:Class="MainApp.MainWindow"
      ApplicationName="AAA" WindowState="Maximized"  
    Themes:ThemeManager.Theme="Office2007Black"
  
  
  >
    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True" x:Name="MainDockPanel" >
        <ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="ribbon" DockPanel.Dock="Top"  >
            <ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
                <ribbon:Tab Label="General">
                    <ribbon:Group Label="Files">
                        <ribbon:Button  Label="Load plugin"/>
                    </ribbon:Group>
                </ribbon:Tab>
            </ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
        </ribbon:Ribbon>
        <docking:DockSite x:Name="dockSite" >
            <docking:Workspace>
                <docking:TabbedMdiHost x:Name="tabbedMdiHost">

                    <docking:TabbedMdiContainer  Name="tabbedMdiContainer" Background="Gold">
                       
                    </docking:TabbedMdiContainer>
                </docking:TabbedMdiHost>
            </docking:Workspace>
        </docking:DockSite>
    </DockPanel>
</ribbon:RibbonWindow>

Posted 16 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

In that case maybe set the TabbedMdiHost.Background instead. But when no documents are loaded you should not have en empty TabbedMdiContainer in there. The TabbedMdiHost should be empty in that case.

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Posted 16 years ago by David Mullin

I, however, do want to set the color of the tab itself, and the color of the frame around the document window. I've tried setting the Background property on Workspace, TabbedMdiHost, TabbedMdiContainer, and DocumentWindow, but none of these seem to work. What am I missing?

David Mullin

Posted 16 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi David,

We'll update the tabbed MDI theme so that it uses the Background when unselected. Also the TabbedMdiContainer should control the background of the area around the tabs.

Could you possibly mock up a screen showing how you could like to additionally customize everything and send that over? We'll see what we can do to add functionality for future builds to accommodate. We're open to suggestions in this area on what you'd like to see.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 16 years ago by David Mullin

Consider this Xaml:


<docking:Workspace>
    <docking:TabbedMdiHost x:Name="tabbedMdiHost">
        <docking:TabbedMdiContainer Background="Orange">
            <docking:DocumentWindow Title="Main 1" x:Name="Main1" Background="Red">
            </docking:DocumentWindow>
        </docking:TabbedMdiContainer>
    </docking:TabbedMdiHost>
</docking:Workspace>

The background of the area around the tab is orange, as indicated. The background of the unselected tab is one color, and the selected tab (as well as the frame around the document) is another color. I'd like to be able to control the color of the selected tab and the frame around the document (well, and the unselected tab as well - perhaps two Background properties?).

It would be nice if there were properties on the DocumentWindow that controled these settings, rather than on the container - that way, it would be possible to have color coded tabs (if I so desired).

David

Posted 16 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Thanks David, we'll mark down this info and will add a TODO item for it.

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Posted 15 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi David,

Just in case you missed it, we add support for colored tabs in our previous release.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 15 years ago by David Mullin

I did see that - thanks!

David

The latest build of this product (v24.1.3) was released 7 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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