AJAX enabled Menus, Rich Text Editor, Toolbars, Treeview

Essential Tools is a collection of professional user interface components to create interactive ASP.NET applications. Essential Tools can be used to create robust web application interfaces using the Menu, Tree View and Editor Package (which includes a Date Picker, Masked-Edit Text Box, Percent Text Box, and others).

Docking Package

The Docking Package comes with a Snap control that enables dynamic positioning of ASP.NET content in Web pages with options for moving, docking, floating, and expand and collapse operations with complete support for rich transition effects.

• Appearance
• Drag Mode
• Server and Client-Side Events
• Snap Control
• Splitter Appearence
• Splitter Client-Side Events
• Splitter Design Time Support

Editor Package

The Editor Package is a comprehensive collection of controls most commonly used in creating data-entry forms. All editor controls have been architecture to provide a simple and powerful means to capture the input data, validate and display them in the appropriate format. The controls also support complete data binding, internationalization, and localization.

• AutoComplete Text Box
• Currency Text Box
• Calendar
• Color Picker Control
• Date Time Text Box
• Drop-Down Calendar
• Masked Edit Text Box
• Numeric Text Box
• Percent Text Box
• Generic Drop-Down
• Multicolumn Drop-Down Combo
• Rich Text Editor
• Rich Text Editor Style
• Slider Control
• Spelling Checker

Menu Package

The menu control comes with professional-looking built-in skins and a customizable application programming interface (API). Built-in support for orientation, data binding, and ActiveX overlay are provided. The menus can also be used in the Context Menu mode.

• Design-Time Features
• Appearance
• Data Binding
• Horizontal or Vertical Mode
• Context Menu Mode
• AJAX Features
• Overlay Flash ActiveX WinForms Controls
• Scrolling Support
• Static Display Levels
• Full Keyboard Support
• Transition Effects
• Menu Template Support
• Static or Pinned Menu
• Navigation Mode
• Server-Side Events
• Client-Side Events

Navigation Package

The Navigation package includes a Groupbar control that lets you implement Outlook Bar or Windows task bar like functionality. It serves as a container that can host a collection of controls where every such control represents a standard command.

• AJAX Features
• Appearance
• Content Template Support
• Client-Side Methods
• Data Binding
• Design-Time Features
• Expand Effects
• Integrate Multipage
• Groupbar
• Server- and Client-Side Events
• Layout-Control

Notification Package

The Notification Package includes controls that notify the user about events with regard to a process. These controls and their features are discussed in this section.

• File Upload and Progress
• Waiting Dialog Box
• Window Control
• Pop-up Control Container
• Progress Bar
• Rotator

Splitter Package

Splitter control includes the Splitter Bar and Sliding Panes that allow users to divide the Web page into distinct areas and resize the panes. It offers comprehensive design-time support and client-side functionalities.

• Appearance
• AutoScrolling
• Client-Side Event
• Design-Time Features
• Flexible Layout
• Resizable Pane
• Slide-Out Panel

Tab Package

In ASP.NET Essential Tools, user-friendly, tabbed interfaces can be created using the TabStrip and Multipage controls to create professional Web pages.

• Advanced Tab Structure
• AJAX Features
• Appearance
• Design-Time Features
• Integrate Multipage
• Server and Client-Side Events
• Client-Side Selection

Toolbar Package

The Toolbar control offers comprehensive design-time support with rich features including, different toolbar layouts, draggable toolbars, support for image and text, and drop-down menus.

• Appearance
• AJAX Features
• Client-Side Events
• Control Template Support
• Design-Time Features
• Floating Horizontal or Vertical Modes
• Keyboard Support
• Navigate URL
• Sprite Image Support

Tree Package

The Tree Package comes with a high performance TreeView control with AJAX support and built-in styles. The object model of the tree is highly refined to let you customize the appearance of every single element and node of the tree.

• AJAX Features
• Appearance
• Client-Side Event
• Content Template Support
• Context Menu Support
• Design-Time Features
• Drag-and-drop Features
• Edit Node
• Expand Effects
• Keyboard Support
• Multi-Select Mode
• Navigate Mode
• Node State Control
• TreeView Combo Box
• Node Sorting