I am using asp.net mvc3 razor engine and trying to use the MVCSiteMap provider for rendering the menu, but when i am using the multi-level Site-map, menu control render all the node over the page without and Hover functionality.
Please tell, there is any way to this.
This isn't worded very well, but basically he's asking for navigation menu functionality. I'm looking for the same thing myself. Basically, the MVC sitmap provider default template just seems to show all the nodes all at once, regardless if it's a child node or not. What he's looking for (and myself as well) is for only the TOP level nodes to be shown (which you can do easily enough), but for the CHILD level nodes to be visible when you hover over the parent links. Basically, the way the old asp:Menu used to work in ASP.Net with the original sitemapprovider.
I'm sure this is just a templating issue, but I'd be shocked if no one else has already done this. Not having much luck finding it though.
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I am just trying to streamline my MVC3 development approach. I use Razor in the View and was wondering what the recommendation is for easily creating more fancy UI widgets such as Menus. I would hope I could leverage some good open source components and plug them in. I do subscribe to a good 3rd party component library, but wonder whether this type of feature is best implemented via JQuery UI or old style HTML/CSS?
Many thanks.
In general, Stack Overflow isn't here to recommend tools for you. However, I will say that whether to choose a javascript tool or straight html/css depends on the needs.
It's best to work with the simplest solution that solves your problem. CSS can do menus quite well, and straight CSS menus are often the best choice. However, if you need things straight css can't do, then you need to add javascript. For instance, one problem with CSS menus is that it's very easy to "roll off" the menu and have it disappear from under your pointer. Most javascript menus add a delay that allows you to roll off for a second and get back before the menu disappears. This improves usability.
Even lots of fancy effects can be done strictly in CSS, but as with many such things.. it won't be compatible across all browsers, which is again where javascript comes into play. Sometimes the only way to be compatible across the board is with js (at least without losing functionality).
I wouldn't recreate the wheel on this one, since so many web sites already do this. If you are trying to streamline your development, I'd say use your 3rd party library or find a good jQuery plugin. You could probably easily create your own in HTML/CSS/Jquery, but it will add on to your testing later. An existing 3rd party/jQuery type of component would take significantly less time and have a lot of features you want already built in.
I'd recommend using MVC SiteMap Provider in conjecuyion with a JavaScript menu of choice e.g. SuperFish http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/. The menu fancy JS part part is the least important.
From the MVC point of view what I think really matters is how you manage and maintain your menu. MVC SiteMap Provider makes it really easy to build an maintain menus (can even use Attributes to make Actions appear on the menu). It can also do things like Security Trimming so if a user doesn't have permission to get to the action etc it isn't displayed on the menu.
I'd check that out.
I'm starting the design of the front-end part of a complex application. If possible, I would like to build it as a Desktop style application, which actually acts as a group of sub-applciations.
For instance, by using Dijit I've prepared a structure layout that will be valid for the whole application, with a left column with a Tree based menu, and a right column where the content is displayed.
By clicking a menu node, the associated Dojo application is loaded and displayed in the right panel. The applciation is made by 2 basic parts: the HTML structure and the JS code.
What would it be the best way to achieve this? Do you suggest just to use iFrames for the right part (I wouldn't like that much...)? Other suggestions?
Put a dijit.layout.ContentPane in the right part of the layout. It can handle a mix of widgets and HTML contents... no need for iFrames !
I am using the asp.net Repeater control. (My company is heavily invested in that, so I can't change it.)
I need a way to create a poup edit window, specific to the row the user clicked on in the repeater, so the user can edit the data in that record.
We have the Telerik controls to use, but I don't know which one. I saw the radwindow, but can find no examples of using it in a repeater. Frankly, Telerik documentation is confusing.
I prefer to use client-side code, ajax and web-services. I'd like to prevent post-backs.
1) Please give me a reference to a specific example of using the Telerik radwindow inside a repeater for this purpose.
OR
2) Clue me in to a better idea.
Thank you.
I don't think there are explicit examples with an asp Repeater, but I found this one with a GridView. The approach should be the same, as it is just another databound control - it shows an easy way to open a RadWindow on the client by passing some parameters (it is actually not possible to open it on the server, it is a client-side object).
Some more complex examples I found on their site here and here. They both update a grid, yet they show a nice way to use AJAX to prevent a full postback.
I want to a html page inside a dynamically created silverlight child window without telerik control.
The telerik control isn't doing anything you can't do yourself with enough effort - it's all just transparent user code.
So, you could create <div> and position it carefully just like the telerik control does - but of course this can be a lot of work (that's why folks would want to pay for their control).
This also only works when the plugin is windowless, which has lots of trade-offs (see MSDN - for example, accessibility support is greatly reduced or gone entirely, I can't recall which).
In out-of-browser mode, you can use the WebBrowser control, in case that helps should you wish to make your app available OOB later.
try one of these links:
1. http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/t/51784.aspx or
2. http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2010/05/10/integrating-html-into-silverlight-applications.aspx
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So I have a PRISM v2 (M-V-VM) application up and running. It's 4 modules that load into a tab control. Great.
Now my question is - where to go from here? Most tutorials seem to stop at this point.
Maybe I'm overthinking this, but it almost seems like I'd need each module to be its own PRISM application, but that can't be right.
Please help a PRISM n00b figure out where to go from here.
What I'm looking to do next: Each tab (module) has its own toolbar with buttons, etc. Clicking a button should change the content (view) below the toolbar.
How to achieve this (correctly) with PRISM? Each module (tab) should have control over its content, however, clicking cetain buttons in one tab may trigger an event in another tab (hence the use of PRISM).
So what's the correct-PRISM way to change views within a module?
I think you are thinking about this a bit hard. I'll explain.
What is commonly referred to as the "Shell" should contain all of your navigation controls. For example, if I wanted a tabbed UI, my Shell would contain a tab control (usually you'd decorate that TabControl with a RegionName, like "ShellTabs").
Your Modules will contribute views to these shell elements. So let's say you have the email module, it will contribute an inbox view to your collection of tabs. It could contribute these views by registering them with the RegionManager for the app (like registering your view with the Region called "ShellTabs").
Modules don't have to contribute anything visual. I have one module in our app that takes care of logging and other background processes.
Hopefully this clears up some of the nomenclature and helps you know what the responsibility of each part is.