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Tags: .NET, Frameworks (XAF & XPO), eXpressApp Framework

Created O n :
3/6/2015 1:12:16 PM

Mo dified O n :
3/10/2015 2:48:39 PM

Ivn P. 3 months ago

B u ild:
v2014 vo l 1.7 / 24-Sep -2014

Hi,
I'm trying to add a new action on the Quick Access Toolbar. It will be a textbox to search inside my Navigation control items. I attach a sample of what I'm
trying to do.

O p eratin g System:
W in do w s 8.1 x64
IDE:
Micro so ft Visu al Stu dio 2013

Does XAF have a simple way to accomplish this task?, Do you think my proposal is possible?
Thank you in advance.

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Alexey (DevExpress Support) 3 months ago

Hello Ivn,
Yes, it is possible to implement such a control.
You can create a WindowController, add ParametrizedAction and set the QuickAccess property to true. As a result, the Action will be added to the Quick
Access Toolbar.
After that, you can use the How to: Customize Controls Associated with an Action approach to customize the Action's control or the How to create a custom
action type with a custom control (BarCheckItem), associated with it approach to create a custom Action to display a drop-down control. For example, you
can use RepositoryItemLookUpEdit to display a drop-down control.
You can use approaches described in the How to show a window ( View ) representing data in XAF article to show View via code.
Please let me know if you need further assistance.

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Ivn P. 3 months ago

Hi Alexey, th an k yo u fo r an sw erin g.
O k I see, b u t h o w can I h ave all th e item actio n s fro m my Navigatio n co n tro l?
It w ill b e n ice if w e can lau n ch th e even ts o f th ese actio n s, o th erw ise w e n eed to create all o p tio n s man u ally an d attach th e sh o w a XAF
w in do w even t, w h ich is n o t su itab le.
O n th e o th er h an d, is it p o ssib le to filter Navigatio n co n tro l items?

Alexey (DevExpress Support) 3 months ago

Yo u can access Ap p licatio n Mo del in co de th ro u gh th e Ap p licatio n .Mo del p ro p erty, iterate th ro u gh all n avigatio n items an d co llect th e
requ ired in fo rmatio n .
On the other hand, is it possible to filter Navigation control items?
Yes, it is also p o ssib le. I reco mmen d yo u review th e Ho w to allo w search in g n avigatio n items ? th read, w h ich illu strates h o w to imp lemen t it.
Also it is p o ssib le to en ab le a defau lt TreeList co n tro l search fu n ctio n ality.
See also :
Ho w to : Access Navigatio n Co n tro l

Ivn P. 3 months ago

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Alexey (DevExpress Support) 3 months ago

It seems stran ge to me. Please try o p en it later.
Also h ere is u sefu l co de sn ip p et:

public class NavBarViewChangingController : WindowController {

private NavigationActionContainer navActionContainer;
protected override void OnActivated() {
base.OnActivated();
Window.ProcessActionContainer += Window_ProcessActionContainer;
}
protected override void OnDeactivated() {
Window.ProcessActionContainer -= Window_ProcessActionContainer;
UnsubscribeFromContainerEvents();
navActionContainer = null;
base.OnDeactivated();
}
void Window_ProcessActionContainer(object sender, ProcessActionContainerEventArgs e) {
UnsubscribeFromContainerEvents();
if (e.ActionContainer is NavigationActionContainer) {
navActionContainer = e.ActionContainer as NavigationActionContainer;
SubscribeToContainerEvents();
SetupNavBar();
}
}
private void SubscribeToContainerEvents() {

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if (navActionContainer != null) {
navActionContainer.NavigationControlCreated += navigationControlCreated;
}
}
private void UnsubscribeFromContainerEvents() {
if (navActionContainer != null) {
navActionContainer.NavigationControlCreated -= navigationControlCreated;
}
}
private void navigationControlCreated(object sender, EventArgs e) {
SetupNavBar();
}
private void SetupNavBar() {
if (navActionContainer != null &&
navActionContainer.NavigationControl is TreeListNavigationControl) {
TreeListNavigationControl treeListNavigationControl = (TreeListNavigationControl)navActionContainer.NavigationControl;
treeListNavigationControl.OptionsBehavior.AllowIncrementalSearch = true;
}
}
}

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