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VIBlend Accordion, Outlook and ExplorerBar Navigation Controls for Windows Forms
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If you want to incorporate the latest user interface trends
in your applications, you will definitely enjoy VIBlend's navigation controls collection.
VIBlend Controls for Windows Forms includes three navigation bar controls:
accordion style navigation pane, outlook navigation pane, and explorer bar navigator
control. These controls are very easy to use, offer codeless design time experience,
and you can integrate them in your applications within minutes.
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Features
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Visual Styles & Animations
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Office 2010, 2007, and Vista-style Themes
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Configurable Items Height
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Tooltips support
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Excellent Performance
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Item images
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Keyboard navigation
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Rich programming model |
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Easy to use Design time |
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The Accordion style Navgation pane is a WinForms control that
allows you to create multiple panes which are stacked on each other. Only one of
the panes is expanded at a time. Web developers often refer to this type of control
as an accordion control. Each item in the Navgation pane control consist of a header and a panel
control. The header is used to display the item’s text and image, as well as to
handle the navigation commands. The panel is a standard Windows Forms Panel control
and you can add any number of controls in it. You can even create nested navigation
panes by adding a navigation pane control as a child control within the panel of
a navigation pane item.
One of great visual features of Accordion Navigation Pane is the smooth expand/collapse animation
activated by clicking on a item’s header. During the animation the control transitions
from the currently selected pane to the pane on which the user clicked.
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The Outlook-style Navigation Pane is similar in functionality to the Outlook 2010 and
2007 navigation bars. It is the ideal choice for building Office style user
interfaces. VIblend Outlook-style navigation pane allows you to change the number of visible groups
by dragging the grip separator. You can also access hidden groups through the overflow
panel displayed at the bottom, and customize the control using a built-in menu accessible
by clicking the arrow at the bottom right corner of the navigation pane.
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VIBlend ExplorerBar is a stylish explorer-style navigation
control for Windows Forms. It allows you to have more than one pane expanded at
a time. If the expanded panes do not fit within the control's area, the ExplorerBar
displays scroll buttons.
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VIBlend's navigation pane controls can be populated with
content and customized entirely through the Visual Studio designer. Everything comes
out of the box and in most case you don’t need to write even a single line of code.
You can use the design-time editor to Add, Remove, and modify properties of the
control’s items. Every item is customizable. Design-time properties allow you to
modify the text, images, font, size and tooltips of the items.
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