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ASPxFloatingActionButton Class

A floating action button.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

public class ASPxFloatingActionButton :
    ASPxWebControl,
    IControlDesigner

Remarks

ASPxFloatingActionButton appears in front of a container (HTML element or a control) when users interact with the container’s elements.

FAB-Overview

The floating action button supports two types of actions:

FAB with a single action
Executes the action once users click the floating action button.
FAB with multiple actions
The floating action button serves as a container for multiple actions. When pressed, the floating action button expands nested actions.

Run Demo: Floating Action Button - Features Run Demo: External FAB for GridView

Concept

Create a Floating Action Button

Design Time

The ASPxFloatingActionButton control is available on the DX.24.2: Navigation & Layout toolbox tab in the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Drag the control onto a form and customize the control’s settings, or paste the control’s markup in the page’s source code.

<dx:ASPxFloatingActionButton ID="ASPxFloatingActionButton1" runat="server" VerticalPosition="Bottom" HorizontalPosition="Right" TextVisibilityMode="Always">
    <Items> 
        <dx:FABAction ContextName="button1" Text="Action 1" ActionName="Action1" />
        <dx:FABActionGroup ContextName="button2" Text="Action Group"> 
            <Items> 
                <dx:FABActionItem ActionName="Action2" Text="Action 2" />
                <dx:FABActionItem ActionName="Action3" Text="Action 3" />
            </Items> 
        </dx:FABActionGroup> 
    </Items>
</dx:ASPxFloatingActionButton>

Run Time

using DevExpress.Web;
...
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

ASPxFloatingActionButton floatingActionButton = new ASPxFloatingActionButton();
    floatingActionButton.ID = "fab";
    Page.Form.Controls.Add(floatingActionButton);

    FABAction Action1 = new FABAction("button1", "Action1");
    FABActionGroup Group = new FABActionGroup();
    FABActionItem Action2 = new FABActionItem("Action2");
    FABActionItem Action3 = new FABActionItem("Action3");
    Group.Items.Add(Action2);
    Group.Items.Add(Action3);
    floatingActionButton.Items.Add(Action1);
    floatingActionButton.Items.Add(Group);
}

Client-Side API

The ASPxFloatingActionButton control supports a client-side functionality implemented with the JavaScript language.

Availability

Available by default.

Client object type

ASPxClientFloatingActionButton

Access name

ASPxFloatingActionButton.ClientInstanceName

Events

ASPxFloatingActionButton.ClientSideEvents

Container Element

You can associate the floating action button with any HTML element or web control on a page (ContainerElementID). The page displayes the floating action button in front of the container.

FAB-Container

Position

Use the VerticalPosition and HorizontalPosition properties to specify the floating action button’s position relative to the container.

<dx:ASPxFloatingActionButton runat="server" 
    VerticalPosition="Bottom" 
    HorizontalPosition="Right" >
    ...
</dx:ASPxFloatingActionButton>

Appearance Customization

You can specify an image for each floating action button’s type and nested action items.

FABActionItem.Image
Specifies an image displayed within the action item.
FABActionGroup.CollapseImage
Specifies an image which collapses the action group on a click.
FABActionGroup.ExpandImage
Specifies an image which expands the action group on a click.
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