Overview - Navigation Bar
The Itchin .Net Navigation Bar provides Windows developers
with a common Navigation panel similar to the navigation panel seen in
Microsoft® Outlook 2003.
Consolidate your application. Provide your users with quick and easy
access to different places within your application.
Developed using VB.Net
* Now Compatible with .Net Frameworks 1 and
2
The Client Panes allow you to attach any type of control, just like a tab
control.
The .NET Navigation Panes control aims to provide the most accurate
reproduction of the Microsoft Outlook 2003 bar control plus a little extra.
Several different themes are available including Office XP, and Office
2003 and fully customizable ones.
Full Design time
support, use the component at Design time as you would at runtime.
- Create Navigation Pane user interface with ease.
- Header and button fonts can be fully customised.
- Full and rich designer support means in-place editing.
- Alpha Blended background Image
- logo Image
A watermark image that can be placed anywhere on the control. - 32bit Alpha Icon support.
- Custom Menu control (add Remove items etc).
- Each panel has its own image and text placements.
- An additional control provides access to the professional-looking header styles to separate areas of your interface.
- Plus many more....
DesignTime Support
Full design-time support is included of course, and working with the
control at design time is much the same as working with it at runtime. As
the navigation panes are selected, the client area of the control is
updated to show their contents. This client area is a standard
NavigationPane container control and can be used to host any type of child
controls.
Configuring the control at design time is as simple as using it at
runtime. When you drop the control on your form from the toolbox all it
takes is a couple of clicks and you're already adding child controls and
configuring the appearance of navigation panes.
Once the control has navigation panes, it acts almost like the familiar
Windows Forms TabControl - a different container control is displayed
depending on which tab (or navigation pane) is selected.
Alpha Support
Fully Alpha support is included.
See screenshot: Alpha Support
Also note that the Logo setting has a separate alpha section.
If you have suggestions, comments or questions, you are very welcome to mail me: Info@Itchin.net
License
Itchin .Net Component binaries are freeware. It means that any Component can be used free of charge and that no registration is necessary. You'll find the license agreement in the documentation.
Source Code
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keep all future developed components free.
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Thank you
Acknowledgements
Appreciation and thanks go to the following people: (As parts of there
code was used to complete this project)
(Drawing Class (Parts))
Carlo Queirolo: for his work
on his LybraLibrary control which can be found here: LybraLibrary
(BaseDesigner Helper Class and Themeing)
Michael Dobler: for his work
on the "XPCC - XP Common Controls" which can be found here: Steep Valley