Support: How to create an XPTaskBar : Syncfusion

Windows Forms Navigation Package XP TaskBar

How to create an XPTaskBar

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Using the designer

First, you have to make sure you have added the components in the Syncfusion.Tools assembly to your toolbox. You do this by right-clicking your toolbox and selecting the components from the above assembly that you find listed under .NET Framework Components.

Once you have the Syncfusion components in your toolbox, you drag-and-drop the XPTaskBar component onto your form. Then use the XPTaskBar’s "Add Menu Category" to add XPTaskBarBoxes to the bar. You can add one or more items to the boxes through the property browser.

In Code

In code, creating an XPBarControl is simple:

XPTaskBarBox taskBarBox1 = new XPTaskBarBox();

taskBarBox1.HeaderBackColor = Color.Blue;taskBarBox1.ImageList = this.imageList1;taskBarBox1.Text = "Header Text";

taskBarBox1.ItemBackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke;

taskBarBox1.Items.Add(new XPTaskBarItem("Item 1", Color.Black, 0, "Tag1"));

taskBarBox1.Items.Add(new XPTaskBarItem("Item 2", Color.Black, 0, "Tag2"));

taskBarBox1.ItemClick += new ItemClickHandler(taskMenuBox_ItemClick);

XPTaskBarBox taskBarBox2 = new XPTaskBarBox();

taskBarBox2.HeaderBackColor = Color.Blue;

taskBarBox2.ImageList = this.imageList1;

taskBarBox2.Text = "Another Header Text";

taskBarBox2.ItemBackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke;

taskBarBox2.Items.Add(new XPTaskBarItem("Item 3", Color.Black, 0, "Tag3"));

taskBarBox2.ItemClick += new ItemClickHandler(this.taskMenuBox_ItemClick);

XPTaskBar xpTaskBar1 = new XPTaskBar();

this.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(taskBarBox1);

this.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(taskBarBox2);

taskBarBox1 As XPTaskBarBox = New XPTaskBarBox()

taskBarBox1.HeaderBackColor = Color.Blue

taskBarBox1.ImageList = Me.imageList1

taskBarBox1.Text = "Header Text"

taskBarBox1.ItemBackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke

taskBarBox1.Items.Add(New XPTaskBarItem("Item 1", Color.Black, 0, "Tag1"))

taskBarBox1.Items.Add(New XPTaskBarItem("Item 2", Color.Black, 0, "Tag2"))

taskBarBox1.ItemClick += New ItemClickHandler(taskMenuBox_ItemClick)

taskBarBox2 As XPTaskBarBox = New XPTaskBarBox()

taskBarBox2.HeaderBackColor = Color.Blue

taskBarBox2.ImageList = Me.imageList1

taskBarBox2.Text = "Another Header Text"

taskBarBox2.ItemBackColor = Color.WhiteSmoke

taskBarBox2.Items.Add(New XPTaskBarItem("Item 3", Color.Black, 0, "Tag3"))

taskBarBox2.ItemClick += New ItemClickHandler(Me.taskMenuBox_ItemClick)

xpTaskBar1 As XPTaskBar = New XPTaskBar()

Me.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(taskBarBox1)

Me.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(taskBarBox2)