ButtonStyle Property (AddNewBox)

Specifies the style of buttons in the add-new box.

Syntax

Visual Basic

'Declaration
 
Public Property ButtonStyle As Infragistics.Win.UIElementButtonStyle

C#

public Infragistics.Win.UIElementButtonStyle ButtonStyle {get; set;}

Remarks

ButtonStyle property specifies the style of buttons in the add-new box. Note that you can specify the overall look of all the buttons that the UltraGrid displays using the Override's UltraGridOverride.ButtonStyle property.

Example

Following code configures the look of add-new-box in the ultragrid. Add-new-box allows easy adding of rows by clicking on add new buttons in it. Each add new button in add-new-box corresponds to a band in the ultragrid.

Visual Basic

Imports Infragistics.Shared
Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid

  Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button3.Click

      ' Make the addnew box visible.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Hidden = False

      ' Change the prompt on the add new box.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Prompt = "Add a new row"

      ' Make the add new box compact to save space.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Style = AddNewBoxStyle.Compact

      ' Set the back color of the add new box area and set the border style to etched.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Appearance.BackColor = Color.White
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.BorderStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched

      ' Configure the way button connectors look
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonConnectorStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonConnectorColor = Color.Red

      ' Configure the way buttons look.
      ' Set the buttons' style to PopupSoft and set the appearance of the buttons.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.PopupSoft
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackColor = Color.SkyBlue
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackColor2 = Color.Blue
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.Horizontal

      ' You can also customize the caption of the buttons that show up in the add-new-box.
      ' Each band has a button in the add-new-box. You can change the caption of these
      ' buttons by setting the AddButtonCaption property off the bands. You can also set
      ' the tool-tip text for those buttons as well by setting AddButtonToolTipText property.
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands("Customers").AddButtonCaption = "New Customer"
      Me.UltraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands("Customers").AddButtonToolTipText = "Click to add a new Customers record."

  End Sub

C#

using Infragistics.Shared;
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid;
using System.Diagnostics;

private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

	// Make the addnew box visible.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Hidden = false;

	// Change the prompt on the add new box.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Prompt = "Add a new row";
          
	// Make the add new box compact to save space.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Style = AddNewBoxStyle.Compact;
	
	// Set the back color of the add new box area and set the border style to etched.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.Appearance.BackColor = Color.White;
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.BorderStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched;

	// Configure the way button connectors look
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonConnectorStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched;
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonConnectorColor = Color.Red;
	
	// Configure the way buttons look.
	// Set the buttons' style to PopupSoft and set the appearance of the buttons.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.PopupSoft;
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackColor = Color.SkyBlue;
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackColor2 = Color.Blue;
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.AddNewBox.ButtonAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.Horizontal;

	// You can also customize the caption of the buttons that show up in the add-new-box.
	// Each band has a button in the add-new-box. You can change the caption of these
	// buttons by setting the AddButtonCaption property off the bands. You can also set
	// the tool-tip text for those buttons as well by setting AddButtonToolTipText property.
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands["Customers"].AddButtonCaption = "New Customer";
	this.ultraGrid1.DisplayLayout.Bands["Customers"].AddButtonToolTipText = "Click to add a new Customers record.";

}

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