NavigationAreaMaxGroups Property

Returns/set desired number of groups in the navigation area of the XamOutlookBar. This is a dependency property.

Syntax

Visual Basic

'Declaration
 
Public Property NavigationAreaMaxGroups As Integer

C#

public int NavigationAreaMaxGroups {get; set;}

Remarks

By default, NavigationAreaMaxGroups is -1 which meaning that XamOutlookBar will put as much as possible groups in the navigation area depending on available space.

Example

Represents the creation of XamOutlookBar instance by code

Create XamOutlookBar

C#

void CreateXOB()
{
    //create new instance of XamOutlookBar class
    Infragistics.Windows.OutlookBar.XamOutlookBar xamOutlook = new Infragistics.Windows.OutlookBar.XamOutlookBar();
    xamOutlook.SelectedAreaMinHeight = 79;
    xamOutlook.NavigationAreaMaxGroups = 0;
    xamOutlook.MinimizedWidth = 60;
    xamOutlook.Theme = "Office2k7Silver";
    xamOutlook.ToolTip = "XamOutlookBar tooltip";
    xamOutlook.AllowMinimized = true;
    xamOutlook.ShowToolTips = true;
    xamOutlook.ShowGroupHeaderAsToolTip = true;
    xamOutlook.IsMinimized = true;
    xamOutlook.MinimizedStateThreshold = 20; // set minimized threshold to 10 points over MinimizedWidth        
}

XAML

<Window x:Class="xobsnippets.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300" 
    xmlns:igOutlookBar="http://infragistics.com/OutlookBar">
    <Grid>
        <igOutlookBar:XamOutlookBar x:Name="xamOutlookBar" 
                                    SelectedAreaMinHeight="70" NavigationAreaMaxGroups="0" 
                                    Theme="Office2k7Silver" ShowToolTips="True"
                                    MinimizedWidth="60" MinimizedStateThreshold="10"
                                    ShowGroupHeaderAsToolTip="True">
            <igOutlookBar:OutlookBarGroup Header="Group 1">
                <Grid />
            </igOutlookBar:OutlookBarGroup>
            <igOutlookBar:OutlookBarGroup Header="Group 2">
                <Grid />
            </igOutlookBar:OutlookBarGroup>
        </igOutlookBar:XamOutlookBar>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Create XamOutlookBar

Visual Basic

Sub CreateXOB()

   'create new instance of XamOutlookBar class 
    Dim xamOutlook As New Infragistics.Windows.OutlookBar.XamOutlookBar()

    xamOutlook.SelectedAreaMinHeight = 79
    xamOutlook.NavigationAreaMaxGroups = 0
    xamOutlook.MinimizedWidth = 60
    xamOutlook.Theme = "Office2k7Silver"
    xamOutlook.ToolTip = "XamOutlookBar tooltip"
    xamOutlook.AllowMinimized = True
    xamOutlook.ShowToolTips = True
    xamOutlook.ShowGroupHeaderAsToolTip = True
    xamOutlook.IsMinimized = True
    xamOutlook.MinimizedStateThreshold = 20 ' set minimized threshold to 10 points over MinimizedWidth      

End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, 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