XtraNavBar Suite

What's new in XtraNavBar Suite v2011 vol 1?

• Visual Studio 2010 Skin – This version introduces a Visual Studio style Application Wide Skin.
• WinForms Project Wizard for Visual Basic - With this release, DevExpress have introduced a new Wizard to help you get started building Visual Basic based applications when using DevExpress WinForms controls.

What's new in XtraNavBar Suite v2010 vol 2?

• WinForms Project Wizard for C# - With this release, DevExpress have introduced a new Wizard to help you get started building C# based applications when using DevExpress WinForms controls.

What's new in XtraNavBar Suite v2010 vol 1?

• Full Support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Client Profile

What You Can Build with the XtraNavBar

• Side Bars
• Explorer Bars
• Microsoft Office 2003/2007 Navigation Pane

How You Can Present Data in the XtraNavBar

• Small Images Layout - Links are arranged vertically one under another. Link images are displayed to the left of their text
• Large Images Layout - Links are arranged vertically one under another. Link text is displayed under the link image
• Icons Flow Layout - the group displays only the icons of items arranged into multiple columns and rows

Link Selection Support - If you are using the SideBar or Navigation Pane paint style, you can enable link selection and only need to set the control's AllowSelectedLink property to True for this purpose. Additionally, you can specify whether the control has a single link selected or each group can have its own selected link. Use the EachGroupHasSelectedLink property to control this behavior.

Control Container Groups - Setting a group's GroupStyle property to ControlContainer automatically creates a container control within the group's client area. This enables you to fill the group with any Windows Forms controls just by dragging them onto the group and managing their layout in the same manner as on any other container control.

Intuitive Design-time Customization

• On-Form Control Customization - The XtraNavBar control gives you the ability to add and customize groups, links and embedded controls directly on a form without the need for any dialogs
• Selecting Groups and Items by Clicking Them
• The Property Editor Dialog

End User Capabilities

• Automatic Internal Drag and Drop - The XtraNavBar allows your application's end users to use drag and drop to move items between groups
• Automatic Content Scrolling - If a SideBar or Navigation Pane view is used and the links don't fit into the active group's client area, the group displays scroll buttons

Paint Styles and Appearance Customization

• Windows Theme Support
• Explorer Bar and Navigation Pane views fully support skins
• Customizable Styles for Every XtraNavBar Element In Every State
• Alpha-blending and Background images
• Custom Painting for Every XtraNavBar Element

Miscellaneous Features

• Automatic Caption Word Wrapping for Groups and Items
• Customizable Distances Between Groups and Links
• Hit Information
• Saving and Restoring the XtraNavBar's Layout
• Customizable Hints and Cursors for Every Group and Item