Hi,
I'm looking for an NetAdvantage Winforms control that would provide interface functionality similar to the main news feed in Facebook. I'm not so much interested in the data source or data binding but more interested in a control that would provide a similar layout: Image on the left, with a text or other posting on the right/below it and then sub posts indented below the main post. Is there an existing control that would provide this or recommendations on the best way to create a control like this?
Thanks,John
Hello John,
You could use different controls to solve this task. For example you could use our UltraTree or UltraGrid (using GroupByColumn option or hierarchical datasource). Using these one of these two controls you could achieve the same look and feel. I made small sample for you where I`m using UltraTree control. Please take a look at the attached sample for mroe details and let me know if you have any questions.
Regards
this is the sample
Thanks for taking the time to create a sample Georgi. That would certainly handle the left panel structure on Facebook. However, I'm looking for a control to emulate the actual news feed area -- the main panel where updates frequently come in and friends can comment on each. I didn't want to post an image of a personal Facebook page but if you search for "Facebook news feed" on Google Images you can see what I mean.
John
Maybe one possible approach could be if you are using our UltraGrid`s Row Layout with suitable AppStyle. I made small sample for you. Please take a look at the attached sample and video file for more details.
Let me know if you have any questions.
This is the video file
This is the sample
Thank you for your feedback.
Please feel free to let us know if you have any other questions with this matter.
Thanks again for your time and effort Georgi. Your sample is a good reference and starting point.