ASPxNavBar.CollapseImage Property

Gets an image a click on which collapses a group within the navbar.

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public ImageProperties CollapseImage { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property CollapseImage As ImageProperties

Property Value

Type	Description
ImageProperties	An ImageProperties object that contains image settings.

Remarks

The CollapseImage property provides access to the settings that define an image for the expand buttons displayed within the navbar’s expanded groups. A click on this image collapses the corresponding group.

A specific collapse image can be associated with a particular group by using its NavBarGroup.CollapseImage property.

Example

The example demonstrates how to create the ASPxNavBar groups and items at runtime to create a FAQ page.

Data can be obtained from any type of a datasource. For example, the data can be obtained from the Access database file using the OLE DB provider.The sample was built from the kindly provided How to use the ASPxNavBar with an Access or SQL datasource suggestion article, containing the URL to the tutorial video file.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-the-faq-page-using-the-aspxnavbar-e2342

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v13.2, Version=13.2.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxNavBar" TagPrefix="dx" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>How to create the FAQ Page using the ASPxNavBar</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .heading {
            font-size: large;
            color: Blue;
        }

        .Question {
            color: Gray;
            font-size: 11pt;
        }

            .Question img {
                vertical-align: middle;
            }

            .Question span {
                vertical-align: middle !important;
            }

        .Answer {
            font-size: 11pt;
            padding-left: 35px !important;
            padding-top: 8px;
            padding-bottom: 8px;
        }

        .defaultStyle {
            padding-left: 0px;
            list-style-type: none;
            margin: 0px;
        }
        .groupPadding {
            padding-left:0px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div style="min-height: 500px;">
            <div class="heading">
                Frequently Asked Questions
            </div>
            <div style="padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;">
                <dx:ASPxNavBar ID="navFAQ" runat="server" ExpandButtonPosition="Left"
                    AutoCollapse="True" GroupSpacing="5px" EncodeHtml="False" CssPostfix="None" CssClass="defaultStyle">
                    <GroupHeaderStyle CssClass="Question" ImageSpacing="8px">
                    </GroupHeaderStyle>
                    <CollapseImage Url="~/Images/nbCollapse.png">
                    </CollapseImage>
                    <ExpandImage Url="~/Images/nbExpand.png">
                    </ExpandImage>
                    <ItemStyle CssClass="Answer defaultStyle" />
                    <GroupContentStyle CssClass="groupPadding"></GroupContentStyle>
                </dx:ASPxNavBar>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.OleDb;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack) {
            Load_FAQ();
        }
    }

    public void Load_FAQ()
    {
        string SQL = "SELECT [Sort], [Question], [Answer] FROM [FAQ] ORDER BY [Sort], [Question]";
        string Question = null;
        string Answer = null;
        int i = 0;
        OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DB_Conn_FAQ"].ConnectionString);
        OleDbCommand SelectCommand = new OleDbCommand(SQL, conn);
        try {
            conn.Open();
            OleDbDataReader Reader = SelectCommand.ExecuteReader();
            while (Reader.Read()) {
                if (Reader.HasRows) {
                    Question = Reader["Question"].ToString();
                    Answer = Reader["Answer"].ToString();
                    navFAQ.Groups.Add(Question);
                    navFAQ.Groups[i].Items.Add(Answer);
                }
                i += 1;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
        } finally {
            conn.Close();
            conn.Dispose();
            SelectCommand.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.v13.2, Version=13.2.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a" Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxNavBar" TagPrefix="dx" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>How to create the FAQ Page using the ASPxNavBar</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .heading {
            font-size: large;
            color: Blue;
        }

        .Question {
            color: Gray;
            font-size: 11pt;
        }

            .Question img {
                vertical-align: middle;
            }

            .Question span {
                vertical-align: middle !important;
            }

        .Answer {
            font-size: 11pt;
            padding-left: 35px !important;
            padding-top: 8px;
            padding-bottom: 8px;
        }

        .defaultStyle {
            padding-left: 0px;
            list-style-type: none;
            margin: 0px;
        }
        .groupPadding {
            padding-left:0px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div style="min-height: 500px;">
            <div class="heading">
                Frequently Asked Questions
            </div>
            <div style="padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;">
                <dx:ASPxNavBar ID="navFAQ" runat="server" ExpandButtonPosition="Left"
                    AutoCollapse="True" GroupSpacing="5px" EncodeHtml="False" CssPostfix="None" CssClass="defaultStyle">
                    <GroupHeaderStyle CssClass="Question" ImageSpacing="8px">
                    </GroupHeaderStyle>
                    <CollapseImage Url="~/Images/nbCollapse.png">
                    </CollapseImage>
                    <ExpandImage Url="~/Images/nbExpand.png">
                    </ExpandImage>
                    <ItemStyle CssClass="Answer defaultStyle" />
                    <GroupContentStyle CssClass="groupPadding"></GroupContentStyle>
                </dx:ASPxNavBar>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Imports System.Data.OleDb

Partial Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            Load_FAQ()
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Sub Load_FAQ()
        Dim SQL As String = "SELECT [Sort], [Question], [Answer] FROM [FAQ] ORDER BY [Sort], [Question]"
        Dim Question As String = Nothing
        Dim Answer As String = Nothing
        Dim i As Integer = 0
        Dim conn As New OleDbConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("DB_Conn_FAQ").ConnectionString)
        Dim SelectCommand As New OleDbCommand(SQL, conn)
        Try
            conn.Open()
            Dim Reader As OleDbDataReader = SelectCommand.ExecuteReader()
            Do While Reader.Read()
                If Reader.HasRows Then
                    Question = Reader("Question").ToString()
                    Answer = Reader("Answer").ToString()
                    navFAQ.Groups.Add(Question)
                    navFAQ.Groups(i).Items.Add(Answer)
                End If
                i += 1
            Loop
        Catch ex As Exception
        Finally
            conn.Close()
            conn.Dispose()
            SelectCommand.Dispose()
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

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ASPxNavBar.CollapseImage Property

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