NavigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement Property

Returns the UIElement for the UltraExplorerBarGroup that appears at the top of the Outlook Navigation Pane (i.e., the currently selected Group).

Syntax

Visual Basic

'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property NavigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement As GroupUIElement

C#

public GroupUIElement NavigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement {get;}

Remarks

Returns null if the Style is not ‘3 – OutlookNavigationPane’ or if there is no currently selected group.

Example

The following code sample demonstrates how to use the NavigationPaneFlyoutMaximumSize and NavigationPaneFlyoutMinimumSize properties in conjunction with the NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying event to prevent resizing of the navigation pane flyout:

For an overview of how to handle events in Visual Basic or Visual C#, see Event Handlers in Visual Basic and Visual C#. For specific information and code examples illustrating how to consume events in your application, see Consuming Events in the .NET Framework Developer's Guide.

Visual Basic

Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinExplorerBar


    '   Handles the Form's 'Load' event
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        '	Hook the NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying event
        AddHandler Me.ultraExplorerBar1.NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying, AddressOf Me.ultraExplorerBar1_NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying
    End Sub

    '	Handles the ExplorerBar's 'NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying' event.
    Private Sub ultraExplorerBar1_NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplayingEventArgs)
        Dim explorerBar As UltraExplorerBar = sender

        '	Set the NavigationPaneFlyoutMaximumSize and NavigationPaneFlyoutMinimumSize
        '	properties to the same value, to prevent it from being resized.
        Dim navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement As UIElement = explorerBar.NavigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement
        Dim height As Integer = IIf(Not navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement Is Nothing, navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement.Rect.Height, 0)
        Dim width As Integer = 200
        Dim flyoutSize As Size = New Size(width, height)
        explorerBar.NavigationPaneFlyoutMaximumSize = flyoutSize
        explorerBar.NavigationPaneFlyoutMinimumSize = flyoutSize

        '	Set the PreferredSize property of the event arguments to that size as well.
        e.PreferredSize = flyoutSize
    End Sub

C#

using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinExplorerBar;
using System.Diagnostics;


		//	Handles the Form's 'Load' event.
		private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			//	Hook the NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying event
			this.ultraExplorerBar1.NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying += new NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplayingEventHandler( this.ultraExplorerBar1_NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying );
		}

		//	Handles the ExplorerBar's 'NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying' event.
		private void ultraExplorerBar1_NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplaying( object sender, NavigationPaneFlyoutDisplayingEventArgs e )
		{
			UltraExplorerBar explorerBar = sender as UltraExplorerBar;

			//	Set the NavigationPaneFlyoutMaximumSize and NavigationPaneFlyoutMinimumSize
			//	properties to the same value, to prevent it from being resized.
			UIElement navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement = explorerBar.NavigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement;
			int height = navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement != null ? navigationCurrentGroupAreaUIElement.Rect.Height : 0;
			int width = 200;
			Size flyoutSize = new Size( width, height );
			explorerBar.NavigationPaneFlyoutMaximumSize = flyoutSize;
			explorerBar.NavigationPaneFlyoutMinimumSize = flyoutSize;

			//	Set the PreferredSize property of the event arguments to that size as well.
			e.PreferredSize = flyoutSize;
		}

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2