Hello,
I've succesfully added buttons in the header of a UltraExpandableGroupBox with a creation filter, using the example on this site. However, now I need to have a track bar in the header. This doesn't seem to work as expected. When I add it, I can see the track bar in the header, but it doesn't repaint when I change it's value. When I drag the entire form out of the screen and back, I can see the value has actually changed.
I've tried all kinds of solutions. Refreshing / invalidating the trackbar, the element, etc. Can someone help me make this work? I would like to use the creation filter, because I already use it for adding buttons in my original project. Below is some sample code. Create an application "GroupBoxWithTrackBar" and add an UltraExpandableGroupBox to the form. Then override Form1.cs with the code below. I'm using version 10.3.20103.2145. Thanks in advance.
using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using Infragistics.Win; using Infragistics.Win.Misc; using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors; namespace GroupBoxWithTrackBar { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) { base.OnLoad(e); ultraExpandableGroupBox1.CreationFilter = new TrackBarCreationFilter(); } } public class TrackBarCreationFilter : IUIElementCreationFilter { private readonly UltraTrackBar TrackBar; public TrackBarCreationFilter() { TrackBar = new UltraTrackBar(); } #region IUIElementCreationFilter Members public void AfterCreateChildElements(UIElement parent) { if (!(parent is GroupBoxHeaderUIElement)) return; var rect = parent.Rect; rect.X += rect.Width - 100; rect.Width = 90; TrackBar.UIElement.Rect = rect; parent.ChildElements.Add(TrackBar.UIElement); } public bool BeforeCreateChildElements(UIElement parent) { return false; } #endregion } }
It may not be possible to make this work. You could try calling DirtyChildElement on the trackbar UIElement. But there maybe be other factors that the element needs in order to function, or internal members that have to be dirtied which you do no have access to.
Why not simply position an UltraTrackBar control over the header instead?
Mike Saltzman said:You could try calling DirtyChildElement on the trackbar UIElement.
Mike Saltzman said:Why not simply position an UltraTrackBar control over the header instead?
The same could be said for adding buttons, but this was suggested in this thread. Furthermore, like I said, I already have buttons added using a creation filter in my project, so it would be nice if I could keep the code consistent. But if it's not possible, then I will have to do it the way you suggested.
Thanks.
Hi,
Well, buttons are a little simpler than a trackbar.
But if you can post a small sample project demonstrating what you have so far, I would be happy to take a look at it and see if I can figure out why it's not working.
Yeah, there's enough info here for me to go on, so I tried it out and I get the same results you do.
I tried updating the Value of the Trackbar in code and it doesn't update. I haven't been able to track down why. But I don't think it matters, because clearly the much more important issue is to get the trackbar to respond to the mouse - otherwise, it will be pretty useless. And as far as that goes, this isn't going to work because the Control element isn't expecting to be a child of another element.
The Button element is different, because it's just a regular UIElement that is designed to work inside another element. But TrackBar.UIElement is a ControlElement and this is not designed to be embedded inside another element. I think the main reason the mouse doesn't work is that the UltraTrackBarUIElement expects to be directly in an UltraTrackBar control and it's using the control's rect to filter out mouse messages. In this case, your UltraTrackBar control exists nowhere on the screen, so no mouse messages will ever hit it.
You could probably get this to work by using the TrackBarEmbeddableUIElement, which is the element inside the UltraTrackBarUIElement which doe all the real work. But even this would be very difficult because it would require an editor owner which you would have to create and implement yourself and it's not a trivial undertaking.
Frankly, it would be a LOT simpler just to place the UltraTrackBar control into the ultraGroupBox itself. If you are concerned about positioning it correct in relation to your buttons, then use the CreationFilter. Create your own class that derives from UIElement (let's call it TrackBarContainer UIElement). Override PositionChildElement on that element an in that method, position the UltraTrackBar control over the element.
Thanks for sorting this out. I would like to use the approach of placing an UltraTrackBar control in the group box itself. However, now I face two problems.
1. Because the Track Bar is a child of UltraExpandableGroupBox, determing the location is problematic because I need the location relative to GroupBoxHeaderUIElement. Maybe I could try something with PointToScreen and PointToClient, but UIElements don't support that.
2. If I want to position the track bar on the header, it will actually be placed outside the UltraExpandableGroupBoxPanel and won't get drawn.
Or maybe I misunderstood your suggestion. In that case, could you point me in the right direction, perhaps with some sample code? Please bear in mind that in our original project, we create UltraExpandableGroupBoxes in code on the fly. So I would prefer not to add track bars to the parents of group boxes, unless we can control everything from within the group box or creation filter. Thanks!
Thank you for your feedback!
Feel free to update the thread if you have any questions.
Unfortunately, I did not have time to try it out in our project yet. But as I mentioned, if I encounter any issues, I will post them here. Thanks!
I am just checking about the progress of this issue. Let me know if you need our further assistance on it.
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Hello ,
If you are using UltraExpandableGroupBox you should internally subscribe for ExpandStatChanged/ExpandStateChanging events in order to manage the size the composite control, which could cause flickering. However you could try to achieve the same using the UltraExpandableGroupBox instead of UltraGroupBox and to evaluate which exactly approach involves less efforts for you and your scenario and works better.
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Yes, I think this is the way to go in that case. Why did you use an UltraGroupBox and created the expansion logic by yourself. Wouldn't it be easier to add an UltraExpandableGroupBox to the user control?
I will try to use this approach in our project. If I encounter any issues, I will post them here. Thanks for your help!