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Telerik.WinControls.UI.RibbonTab)radRibbonBar1.CommandTabs[0]).IsSelected = true; Use the ‘Document Outline’ view (<Ctrl>+W, U) to manage a RadRibbonForm. Managing & Reordering RibbonBar Groups

Select the RadRibbonBar, and click the <…> on the CommandTabs Property to open RadRibbonBarCommandTab Collection Editor.
Select a RadRibbonBarTab on the left, then click the <…> on the Items property to open the RadItem Collection Editor. <Add> and reorder Groups.
Select a RadRibbonBarGroup on the left, then click the <…> on the Items property to open the RadItem Collection Editor. <Add> and reorder buttons, etc.

NOTE: Reordering CommandTabs in the wizard doesn’t seem to work. You can use this code instead:

//The RibbonGroups 'rrbctArchives' and 'rrbctNotes' should be in the 1st and 2nd positions from the left. Telerik support ticket: 1453535

this.richTextEditorRibbonBar.CommandTabs.Remove(this.rrbctArchives);

this.richTextEditorRibbonBar.CommandTabs.Insert(0, this.rrbctArchives);

richTextEditorRibbonBar.CommandTabs.Remove(this.rrbctNotes);

richTextEditorRibbonBar.CommandTabs.Insert(1, this.rrbctNotes);

Set default selected CommandTab ; === Add RadDateTimePicker to RadRibbonBar === This control is not available in the RadRibbonBar Items collection, but you can add it in code. We wanted 2 date controls followed by a dropdown list of predefined date ranges. Add the dropdown list in the designer, then insert the 2 date controls above it (top down) in code.

A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated

public frmMain()

{

    InitializeComponent();

    SetupRibbonFilters();  // add non-standard controls to RadRibbonBar

}

void SetupRibbonFilters()

{

    AddDateTimeControl(“rdtpStartDate”);

    AddDateTimeControl(“rdtpEndDate”);

}

void AddDateTimeControl(string controlName)

{

    RadDateTimePicker dtPicker = new RadDateTimePicker();

    dtPicker.Name = controlName;

    //dtPicker.ThemeName = “Office2007Blue”;  // inherits the form theme if not specified

    RadHostItem hostItem = new RadHostItem(dtPicker); // placeholder

    hostItem.MinSize = new Size(135, 25);

    hostItem.MaxSize = new Size(150, 25);

    // rrbbgDateFilter.Items.Add(hostItem);  // add new control to the specified RibbonGroup

    rrbbgDateFilter.Items.Insert(rrbbgDateFilter.Items.Count - 1, hostItem);  // insert new control from top down

}

=== Add CheckedDropDownList to RadRibbonBar === This control is not available in the RadRibbonBar Items collection, but you can add it in code.

public frmMain()

{

 InitializeComponent();

 SetupRibbonFilters(); // add non-standard controls to RadRibbonBar

}

void SetupRibbonFilters()

{

 AddOtherPartyDropDown();

}

void AddOtherPartyDropDown()

{

 Dictionary<int, string> other_parties = new Dictionary<int, string>(); // create sample data

 other_parties.Add(0, “Joe Bob”);

 other_parties.Add(1, “Jim Bob”);

 other_parties.Add(2, “Bob Bob”);

 other_parties.Add(3, “Leroy Bob”);

 AddCheckedDropDownList(“rcddOtherParty”, “key”, “value”, other_parties);

}

void AddCheckedDropDownList(string controlName, string dataMember, string valueMember, object dataSource)

{

 RadCheckedDropDownList rcddList = new RadCheckedDropDownList();

 rcddList.Name = controlName;

 rcddList.DataMember = dataMember;

 rcddList.ValueMember = valueMember;

 rcddList.DataSource = dataSource;

 RadHostItem hostItem = new RadHostItem(rcddList); // placeholder

 hostItem.MinSize = new Size(150, 25);

 hostItem.MaxSize = new Size(150, 25);

 rbgOtherParty.Items.Add(hostItem); // add new control to the specified RibbonGroup

}

==== RadPanorama ==== http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/panorama/overview RadPanorama is a control that displays elements of type RadTileElement in a mosaic manner. This control is inspired by the Metro Start Menu screen of Windows 8. ==== RadShortcut (Hotkeys) ==== http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/shortcuts/shortcuts-overview Almost each application uses the so-called “Shortcuts” – a keyboard combination that triggers a specific action. For a valid shortcut is considered any keyboard combination where a Modifier Key (Ctrl, Alt and Shift or a combination of these) is down and other key(s) is pressed. This semantic is available out-of-the-box in our framework and allows you to seamlessly plug any valid keys combination as an action accelerator. Supported are also the so-called multiple keys shortcuts where the Keys member of each shortcut may be more than one key – e.g. Ctrl + A, S is recognized by the framework. Shortcuts without modifier keys are also supported, but they should be used with caution, since they may be in conflict with other controls which intercept keyboard input. ===== RadControls Misc ===== ==== RadBreadCrumb – rbc ==== ==== RadCarousel ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/carousel-overview.html
http://www.telerik.com/support/code-library/winforms/carousel
Video: http://www.telerik.com/videos/winforms/overview-of-radcarousel-for-winforms ==== RadClock – rclock ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/clock-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/calendar-and-datetimepicker.aspx
VIDEO: http://tv.telerik.com/watch/winforms/getting-started-with-radtimepicker-for-winforms NOTE: The control cannot be resized since it uses a bitmap for its background. ==== RadDesktopAlert – rda ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/desktopalert-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/desktop-alert.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/desktopalert-getting-started.html
http://tv.telerik.com/watch/winforms/getting-started-with-raddesktopalert - Video- how to get started with RadDesktopAlert.
http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/allmembers_t_telerik_wincontrols_ui_desktopalertmanager.html
VIDEO: http://www.telerik.com/videos/winforms/getting-started-with-raddesktopalert RadDesktopAlert component displays a small pop-up window on the screen to notify the user that a specific event has occurred in the application. My sample project: \\192.168.93.1\KB_MiM\Telerik\LS.TelerikSystrayApp Popup notification similar to Outlook’s you have a new email Notify (Notification) popup. You can drag it around the screen. There are three buttons in the upper right to close, pin it to the screen and display a list of options. For multi-monitor systems use the SetActiveScreen() method of the DesktopAlertManager class to set the screen where alerts display at ‘ScreenPosition’. You can display multiple alert instances on the screen and the DesktopAlertManager will calculate the alerts’ location so that they do not overlap. Alerts are stacked on the screen in the order of their appearance. When an alert is closed, all related visible alerts are automatically relocated to utilize the screen real estate. To show multiple desktop alerts you must create a new instance for every alert. To replace an alert dispose the instance and create another new one. int i ; // create multiple instances of the for (i = 0; i ⇐ 2; i++) { RadDesktopAlert a = new RadDesktopAlert(); a.CaptionText = i.ToString(); a.Show(); } RadDesktopAllert does not support auto-size mode. You must set the size of the control so your contents will fit. Marcel tried this sample code in eTMsync but it didn’t work for him so he ended up writing his own resize code. http://www.telerik.com/forums/desktop-alert-not-resizing-accordingly-to-the-contenttext-set It offers some “HTML-like” formatting but does not support “ ”. Here is a list of supported tags and expressions. Here’s a code example to make a clickable hyperlink in the Alert Content. You can add a button (or other element) to any control, including an Alert. Here’s how to add a button:
RadButtonElement element = new RadButtonElement(); element.Text = “Button”; element.MaxSize = new Size(20, 20); this.radDesktopAlert1.Popup.AlertElement.ContentElement.Children.Add(element); Here’s Color Change examples by choosing an alternate thems or using a customized theme from Visual Style Builder. You can Preview the Alert in the IDE from the control Smart Tag in the Component Bin.

‘ScreenPosition’ accepts six possible positions from the AlertScreenPosition enumerator: TopLeft, TopCenter, TopRight, BottomLeft, BottomCenter, BottomRight
‘FixedSize’ defaults to 0,0 for a default size. Set this to override the size, or do it in code:

this.radDesktopAlert1.FixedSize = new Size(200, 200);

‘CanMove’ default True, enables the Alert to be dragged with the mouse
‘AutoCloseDelay’ how long to stay on screen (defaults to 10 sec)
‘AutoClose’ whether will disappear after the period of time defined by the property. Set = false to leave open.
‘AlertImage’ specifies an icon that will be shown on the left of the alert panel
‘ButtonItems’ collection adds custom buttons to the alert
‘Opacity’ starting opacity when it appears (defaults to 0.8 – 80%). Changes to 100% on mouse over.
‘PopupAnimation’ = true to enable animations
- ‘PopupAnimationFrames’ number frames in the popup animation. More frames means longer animation.
- ‘PopupAnimationDirection’ (default Down) direction of the animation. Down slides down from the initial location. Can aldo have Up, Left or Right.
- ‘PopupAnimationEasing’ different animation easing effects which are used to start and finish the animation.
‘FadeAnimationType‘ (default ‘FadeIn,FadeOut ‘)accepts values from FadeAnimationType enum which also allows for combinations of its values.
You can also use the FadeAnimationFrames property to define the amount of frames used to animate the opacity of the alert’s popup. By increasing the amount of frames you will increase the duration of the fade animation.
Caption Buttons
- ‘CloseButton’ closes the alert. Use ShowCloseButton to show/hide the button.
- ‘PinButton’ pin the alert on the screen and prevent it from being closed automatically. ShowPinButton to show/hide the button.
- ‘OptionsButton’ displays a drop-down menu with user-defined content from the OptionItems collection. Use ShowOptionsButton to show/hide the button.

==== RadHScrollBar – rhsb ==== See: RadVScrollBar ==== +-* RadLabel – rlbl ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/panels-and-labels-label-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/panels-and-labels.aspx Telerik themeable label with HTML-like formatting capability. Also see this video. NOTE: Our design policy it to only change the control name from default if we will programmatically change the text.

'Text' \Behavior
'Name' \Design
'Location' \Layout
'Size' \Layout
Multiline RadLabel - Set 'Auto Size' = False and ‘TextWrap’ = True. Then go directly to the 'Size' and enter 50,50, or you can drag the box size. Don't embed \n in the text. Or dock the label to a container to set the size.

Custom Text Formatting via MarkupEditor http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/panels-and-labels-label-html-like-text-formatting.html

For example making one word in a sentence bold. Click the down arrow on the 'Text' value and click <Start MarkupEditor>.
Use <Shift><Enter> for new lines. It will generate HTML. The font changes made here (color, etc) are not the same properties as those in the Properties window.

=== Hyperlink to a function in the application === Set these RadLabel properties and double click the label to stub out a click event.

‘ForeColor’ = ‘HotTrack’ - a blue visible under the color dropdown ‘System’ tab
‘Underline’ – ‘True’

=== Hyperlink to website in default browser === Instead of LinkLabel see the <Links> button on the ‘MarkupEditor’ behind the ‘RadLabel.Text’ property dropdown and open locations without additional code.

Choose link ‘Type’ of ‘http://’ or ‘https://’ and enter a web url there and the link works with no extra code. The .Text generated markup looks like this:

<a href="http:%%//%%www.legalitysoftware.com/">Legality Software</a>

<a href=“http://www.legalitysoftware.com/”>Legality Software</a> - orange font in Wizards (NOTE: Set ‘BackColor’ = 225, 228, 240 to match wizard form)

<a href="http:%%//%%support.lawtopia.net/">View log files</a>

Choose link ‘Type’ of ‘mailto:’ and enter an email address to open an email in the default client.
Choose link ‘Type’ of ‘(other)’ and enter a local file path to pop the Windows Explorer in the location.. The .Text generated markup looks like this:

<a href="file:%%//%%/C:/DevGit">View log files</a>

Make only part of the label a clickable link like this:

Click this <a href="file:%%//%%/C:/DevGit">View log files</a> to open Windows Explorer

Here’s the HTML for our company blurb for wizard pages, etc. (Set ‘TextAlignment’ = MiddleCenter): Legality Software provides packaged software products and custom software solutions for law firms. Our solutions typically enhance the capabilities of, or fix problems with, the tools you use in your firm today. We also help firms automate difficult, time consuming or repetitive tasks. Legality products and solutions are designed to solve your problems so you can achieve your goals. If you have a specific problem we may already have a solution. If not we can build one for you. Visit <a href=“http://www.legalitysoftware.com/”>Legality Software</a> to learn more. ### I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CENTER TEXT IN A MULTI-LINE LABEL === Dynamically Add Text to a Label === ### grab code from TMFU === Dynamically Replace some Placeholder Text in a Label === ### grab code from TMFU & ask Larry how he worked out the issue with the Placeholder Text is not there for the 2^nd replace ==== RadPrintDocument – rpd ==== ==== RadProgressBar – rpb ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/track-and-status-controls-progressbar-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/track-and-status.aspx RadProgressBar is designed to display progress information to the user during a long-running operation. ### Need an example ==== RadWaitingBar – rwb ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/track-and-status-controls-waitingbar-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/track-and-status.aspx
http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/track-and-status-controls/waitingbar/waitingbar
http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/track-and-status-controls/waitingbar/properties-and-methods Like a progress bar but with no start or end. It just shows activity.

Properties

‘WaitingStyle’ – Indeterminate, Throbber, Dash
‘WaitingSpeed’ – (90) animation speed
‘WaitingStep’ – (1) number of pixels to move for each step
‘.Text’ – background text on the waiting bar – set ‘ShowText’ = true to make it visible
‘StretchIndicatorsHorizontally’ – inverses the color on the shaded scrolling indicator for a nice effect

The ‘WaitingBarIndicatorElement’ is the sliding part, which has:

Its own ‘.Text’ property making the text scroll with the colored highlight.
‘ShouldPaint’ which hides the slider (even though it still moves) returning the waiting bar to a solid color – use this and the StartWaiting()/StopWaiting() methods to indicate the process is finished. See note below about multiple elements…

NOTE: A RadWaitingBar may (does) have more than 1 ‘WaitingBarIndicatorElement’, named ‘WaitingBarIndicatorElement1’ and ‘WaitingBarIndicatorElement2’ so if you use ‘ShouldPaint’, besure to change both instances.

Methods

StartWaiting() method starts the animation
StopWaiting() method stops the animation
ResetWaiting() method moves the waiting indicators to their initial position.

### Add an example here from HLS PdfParser ==== RadRating ==== http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/track-and-status-controls/rating/rating RadRating is a flexible UI component that allows users to place their rating by selecting from a finite number of items (stars, diamonds and hearts). The developers can fully customize the control by configuring its orientation, rating precision, direction etc. ==== RadRotator – rrot ==== http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/rotator/overview RadRotator is a multipurpose component for content rotation and personalization. Highly customizable, it delivers high interactivity and user involvement. You can display a series of images, web URLs or any collection of rad elements. Animation between frames can be opaque or transparent and the movement can be in any direction. You can adjust the level of granularity and interval between frames. ==== RadTitleBar – rtb ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/forms-and-dialogs-radtitlebar-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/forms-and-dialogs.aspx RadTitleBar control is used in forms and provides functionality for dragging, minimizing, maximizing and closing the form. This control is internally used by RadForm. To include a title bar with help, maximize, minimize and close button functionality simply drag it from the toolbox on the desired form. This control is great addition to the ShapedForm. To customize the help, minimize, maximize and close buttons, use the RadTitleBar.TitleBarElement's HelpButton, MinimizeButton, MaximizeButton and CloseButton objects. Each button is a RadButtonElement type that include properties to control text, image, and layout. Note: By default, the HelpButton is not shown. It is necessary to set its Visibility property to ElementVisibility.Visible in order to be displayed. ==== RadVScrollBar – rvsb ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/track-and-status-controls-scrollbar-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/track-and-status.aspx http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/track-and-status-controls-scrollbar-getting-started.html Using Telerik scrollbars is a bit more intricate compared to using the standard scrollbars because you have to handle scroll event manually. Add a RadPanel to your form then add a RadVScrollbar in the panel and dock it to the Right. Add another RadPanel inside the 1^st RadPanel and set its height to the total height you want to be available upon scrolling (taller than the 1^st RadPanel). This value can be statics e.g. 1000 pixels or dynamic determined by the scrollable content. Now add controls (the controls which are to be scrolled) to the second RadPanel. Then subscribe to the Scroll event of the vertical scrollbar and assign its negated value to the Top property of the second RadPanel: void radVScrollBar1_Scroll(object sender, ScrollEventArgs e) { this.radPanel2.Top = -this.radVScrollBar1.Value; } Finally, set the Maximum property of the scrollbar to reflect the size of the scrollable height which is the total height of the scrollable content minus the visible height. For the example of this section in particular, that is the height of the second panel minus the height of the first panel. this.radVScrollBar1.Maximum = this.radPanel2.Size.Height - this.radPanel1.Size.Height; ==== * RadWizard – rw ==== http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/wizard-overview.html http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/winforms/wizard.aspx
Design Time Settings http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/wizard-design-time.html Wizard dialog with multiple pages and <Back><Next> buttons.

Could leave as default assigned name unless we will use more than one Wizard in a project.
Drag this container to a regular form to create a Wizard.

Properties

‘Mode’ - Wizard97 for the header panel we use, or Aero for a header with nav buttons at the top

Quick Tasks Button

'Edit Pages' - use this instead of 'Add Page'. It gives you more control. You should add Welcome, Working (Wizard), and Completion pages.
- This seems backwards but the 'Title' is the big text on top and the 'Header' is the smaller text under the Title.
Use the <Back>/<Next> buttons on the actual form to navigate in design time.

Another option is to click page name in 'Pages' Collection Editor to jump/view.

### I’m not sure how to change the “Help” hyperlink in the lower left corner. Contains the following elements:

Pages collection – collection which contains Internal, Welcome and Completion RadWizard pages.
Page header – element which is located above each page and contains elements for title text, header text and page icon.
Command area – element which is located below each page and contains command button – Back (Wizard 97), Next, Cancel, Finish, and Help.
Welcome image – element which contains the image of the Welcome page.
Completion image - element which contains the image of the Completion page.
Top element – element which contains the Back button of Wizard Aero view.

Events - help you to follow the state of the control at run time, implement custom pages sequence and page processing validation.
http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/wizard-events.html

ModeChanging - Fires before the mode of RadWizard is changed. It is cancelable event. The arguments of the event provide the current and the next WizardMode.
ModeChanged - Fires after the mode of RadWizard is changed. The arguments of the event provide the previous and the current WizardMode.
Next - Fires when the Next command button is clicked. It is cancelable event.

Add custom/Validation functionality to Wizard Next Button

Subscribe to the Next event

this.radWizard1.Next += new WizardCancelEventHandler(radWizard1_Next);

Handle the Next event

private void radWizard1_Next(object sender, WizardCancelEventArgs e)

{

if (this.radWizard1.SelectedPage == this.radWizard1.Pages[1]) // Check if this is the desired page

{

// Do some validation here

e.Cancel = true; // If the validation does not pass

this.radWizard1.SelectedPage = this.radWizard1.Pages[0]; // Could return to 1^st page

// Or you could show some message to the user

}

}

Previous - Fires when the Back command button is clicked. It is cancelable event.
SelectedPageChanging - Fires before the selected page of RadWizard is changed. It is cancelable event. The arguments of the event provide the selected page of the control and the page to be selected.
SelectedPageChanged - Fires after the selected page of RadWizard is changed. The arguments of the event provide the previous selected page and the selected page of the control.
Finish - Fires when the Finish command button is clicked.
Cancel - Fires when the Cancel command button is clicked.
Help - Fires when the Help command button is clicked.

Custom Page Branching Sample Project Custom CommandArea Controls like Navigation Buttons Create multiple Welcome or Completion pages

‘WelcomePage’ - Select one of multiple Welcome pages
‘WelcomePage.Name’ – Provide a rwppagenameWelcomePage style name from one of multiple Welcome pages
‘CompletionPage’ - Select one of multiple Completionpages
‘CompletionPage.Name’ – Provide a rwppagenameCompletionPage style name from one of multiple Completionpages
Edit one of the alternate pages by selecting it from the Quick Task ‘Edit Pages’ list or ‘Pages’ collection, then click <Cancel> (believe it or not). If you click <OK> it will jump to a different page.

RadWizardPage - rwp

Only change from default if we will programmatically change the text)