PopupControlContainer location and alignment

[Administrator]

I'm using a PopupControlContainer and associating it with a TextBox and it's working well.
But, I was wondering if there's a way to influence the location when it pops up.
Right now, it seems to display below the TextBox if it can but it will display above the TextBox if there isn't enough room below.
Is there a way to make it always dispay above the associated control if it can? that is, make "above the control" the default?

thanks,
Mark

[Arulraj A]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your interest in Syncfusion Products.

To make the popup always on the top of the Control, you can make use of the Location of the ParentControl and decrease the Y value with popupControlContainer's height and then call the ShowPopup() method points to the control's(here TextBox) parent(here GroupBox) PointToScreen. The below code explains the same.

private void dropDownBtn_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
  this.popupControlContainer1.ParentControl = this.sourceTextBox;
  Point loc = this.sourceTextBox.Location;
  loc.Y -= this.popupControlContainer1.Height;
  this.popupControlContainer1.ShowPopup(this.sourceTextBox.Parent.PointToScreen(loc));
}

Here is a sample for your reference.
http://www.syncfusion.com/uploads/redirect.aspx?&team=support&file=PopupDemo328389169.zip

Please Let me know if you have any further concerns.

Regards,
Arulraj.A

[Administrator]

Well, I don't just want to make the popup display above the parent control. I really want to make it popup above when it can and below when there's not enough room above.

It seems like popping up below is the default or preferred location. I'd like to make "above" the default but I don't necessarily want it to popup above the control 100% of the time.

I started looking into some of the virtual methods in the PopupHost control. Some of them look promising.

[Lingaraj S]

Hi Mark,

Thank you for the update.

By default, PopupControlContainer will show above when the space is not enough in below the parent control. I have attached video file to demonstrate the behavior.
http://www.syncfusion.com/uploads/redirect.aspx?&team=support&file=TestVideo-1643842987.zip

Below code is used to show the popupcontrolcontainer below when not enough space in above control(Previous provided sample).

   this.popupControlContainer1.ParentControl = this.sourceTextBox;
            Point loc = this.popupControlContainer1.ParentControl.Location;
            loc.Y -= this.popupControlContainer1.Height;
            if (Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Contains(this.popupControlContainer1.ParentControl.PointToScreen(loc)))
            {
                this.popupControlContainer1.ShowPopup(this.popupControlContainer1.ParentControl.Parent.PointToScreen(loc));
            }
            else
            {
                this.popupControlContainer1.ShowPopup(Point.Empty);
            }         

Please let me know if you have any queries. Thanks for providing additional information any.

Regards,
Lingaraj S.

[CoolDolphin]

Hi! I apologize for my English.
The above code I have not worked! Had to be rewritten. Spread your option:

Point locationPopUp = new Point(-((popUpContainer.Width / 2) - (simpleButton3.Width / 2)), simpleButton3.Height + 2);
Point bottomPointPopUp = new Point(locationPopUp.X, locationPopUp.Y + popUpContainer.Height + 5);
if (Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Contains(simpleButton3.PointToScreen(bottomPointPopUp)))
{
popUpContainer.ShowPopup(barManager, simpleButton3.PointToScreen(locationPopUp));
}
else
{
locationPopUp.Y -= simpleButton3.Height + popUpContainer.Height + 10;
popUpContainer.ShowPopup(barManager, simpleButton3.PointToScreen(locationPopUp));
}

[Arulraj A]

Hi,

Thanks for the update

The code you provided works fine. Please let us know if you have any further concerns.

Regards,
Arulraj.A