Prevent Splitter from closing

[Administrator]

I am using vs 3.201.1.515 of the grid control inside a TabBarSplitterControl.

What is the easiest way to prevent closing of a pane? There is no way to cancel the PaneClosing event. I would like to prevent the PaneClosing event from destroying the grid control.

Thanks,

Per

[Administrator]

The only way I know to do this is to derive the control and ignore the MouseUp if it is outside the grid. Here is a try at this. You will want to tweak the values to get the behavior you want.

public class MySplitterControl : SplitterControl
{
	private Point downPT;
	protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
	{
		downPT = new Point(e.X, e.Y);
		base.OnMouseDown (e);
	}

	protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
	{
		Point pt = new Point(e.X, e.Y);
		if(pt.Y < 40 || pt.Y > this.Height - 40
			|| pt.X < 40 || pt.X > this.Width - 4)
		{
			MouseEventArgs e1 = new MouseEventArgs(e.Button, e.Clicks, downPT.X, downPT.Y, e.Delta);
			base.OnMouseUp(e1);
			return;
		}
		base.OnMouseUp (e);
	}
}

[Administrator]

Thanks Clay,

The OnMouseDown event only seems to fire when I "create" the pane by dragging the splitter from the lower right corner. If I release the splitter and then click on it again (this time in the middle of the screen) the OnMouseDown event does not fire. I hope this makes sense.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Per

>The only way I know to do this is to derive the control and ignore the MouseUp if it is outside the grid. Here is a try at this. You will want to tweak the values to get the behavior you want.
>

>public class MySplitterControl : SplitterControl
>{
>	private Point downPT;
>	protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
>	{
>		downPT = new Point(e.X, e.Y);
>		base.OnMouseDown (e);
>	}
>
>	protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
>	{
>		Point pt = new Point(e.X, e.Y);
>		if(pt.Y < 40 || pt.Y > this.Height - 40
>			|| pt.X < 40 || pt.X > this.Width - 4)
>		{
>			MouseEventArgs e1 = new MouseEventArgs(e.Button, e.Clicks, downPT.X, downPT.Y, e.Delta);
>			base.OnMouseUp(e1);
>			return;
>		}
>		base.OnMouseUp (e);
>	}
>}
>

[Administrator]

If I put a Console.WriteLine("OnMouseDown"); in the override, I see it hit when I click on a existing splitter in the middle. Am I missing your point?

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