ActionSet.Navigators Namespace

SimpleNavigator Component

SimpleNavigator as its name suggest is simple navigation component. It does not provide any groups or other more complex features and is a simple list of items which provide navigation facility. This control is ideal for options dialogs and similar simplified scenarios.

Items

SimpleNavigator maintains collection of its items in Items property. It is of type NavigatorGroupBase collection and items used in the list are of type NavigatorGroupSubitem.

Selected Item

Currently selected item can be accessed by SelectedItem property. It is get/set property so it is possible to change the currently selected item by code as well.

Item Tag

Item has property Tag of type Object. This allows you to enter any object as associated data with the item and the item then has it always there for your needs. This is typically used to store some item specific data for the window to be shown when the item is selected, for example an ID of the object from Database, or the SQL Command showing the data or even the data set associated with the item.

Item Text Edit

Upon hitting the F2 item enters its edit mode. User can change the name of the item then. When Enter is hit in the edit mode, the entered text is then applied as new name for the Item. Whether the name is applied or not can be driven by an event. Check the section below about events to find out more.

Context Menu

Each item has MenuItems property. It is a collection of NavigatorMenuItemsBase objects. It can hold items of NavigatorMenuItem, NavigatorMenuSeparator and/or NavigatorMenuSection, which allows developers to create advanced Office 2007 like context menus. Simply use the collection editor to build the ContextMenu for an item in SimpleNavigator.

ScreenTip

As in other components in the toolkit, SimpleNavigator provides ScreenTip facility for its items. Simply change ScreenTip property of the item.