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NavBarItemControl Class

Represents a control (visual object) used to render the NavBarItem object (logical object) onscreen.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.NavBar

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.NavBar.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.NavBar, DevExpress.Wpf.Navigation

Declaration

public class NavBarItemControl :
    ButtonBase,
    INavBarContainer

Remarks

NavBarItem objects are logical elements of the NavBarControl. These elements are rendered onscreen using the NavBarItemControl objects.

In some cases, you may need to perform direct appearance customization of these visual objects. The NavBarItem.VisualStyle property allows you to provide a Style object that targets to the NavBarItemControl visual object. See the Styling View Content Elements topic to learn more.

Example

This example demonstrates how the appearance of groups and items can be customized at different levels within the NavBarControl by using specific style properties. To learn more about appearance customization, please refer to Styling View Content Elements.

Example-VisualStyle-GroupItem.png

View Example

<Window x:Class="VisualStylesOfGroupsAndItems.Window1" 
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        Title="Window1" Height="400" Width="200" 
        xmlns:dxn="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/navbar">

    <Window.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="ViewStyle" TargetType="dxn:NavBarViewBase">
            <Setter Property="GroupLayoutSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarLayoutSettings TextHorizontalAlignment=Center}" />
            <Setter Property="GroupFontSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarFontSettings FontStyle=Italic,FontSize=25}"  />
            <Setter Property="ItemFontSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarFontSettings FontStyle=Oblique,FontSize=20}"  />
            <Setter Property="ItemLayoutSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarLayoutSettings TextHorizontalAlignment=Right}" />
        </Style>

        <Style x:Key="GroupStyle" TargetType="dxn:NavBarGroup">
            <Setter Property="ItemLayoutSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarLayoutSettings TextHorizontalAlignment=Center}" />
            <Setter Property="ItemFontSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarFontSettings FontStyle=Italic}" />
            <Setter Property="LayoutSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarLayoutSettings TextHorizontalAlignment=Center}"/>
            <Setter Property="FontSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarFontSettings FontStyle=Oblique,FontWeight=ExtraLight}" />
        </Style>

        <Style x:Key="ItemStyle" TargetType="dxn:NavBarItem">
            <Setter Property="LayoutSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarLayoutSettings TextHorizontalAlignment=Left}" />
            <Setter Property="FontSettings" Value="{dxn:NavBarFontSettings FontWeight=Bold}"/>
        </Style>
        <Style x:Key="ItemVisualStyle" TargetType="{x:Type dxn:NavBarItemControl}">
            <Setter Property="Control.Foreground" Value ="Magenta"/>
        </Style>
        <Style x:Key="GroupVisualStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ButtonBase}">
            <Setter Property="Control.Foreground" Value ="Yellow"/>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>

    <DockPanel Margin="5">

        <dxn:NavBarControl Name="navBarControl1">
            <dxn:NavBarControl.View>
                <dxn:ExplorerBarView Style="{StaticResource ViewStyle}"  />
            </dxn:NavBarControl.View>
            <dxn:NavBarControl.Groups>
                <dxn:NavBarGroup Header="Group1">
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item11"/>
                </dxn:NavBarGroup>
                <dxn:NavBarGroup Header="Group2">
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item21"/>
                </dxn:NavBarGroup>
                <dxn:NavBarGroup Header="Group3" Style="{StaticResource GroupStyle}">
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item31"/>
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item32"/>
                </dxn:NavBarGroup>
                <dxn:NavBarGroup Header="Group4"  VisualStyle="{StaticResource GroupVisualStyle}">
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item41"/>
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item42" Style="{StaticResource ItemStyle}"/>
                    <dxn:NavBarItem Content="Item43"  VisualStyle="{StaticResource ItemVisualStyle}"/>
                </dxn:NavBarGroup>
            </dxn:NavBarControl.Groups>
        </dxn:NavBarControl>

    </DockPanel>
</Window>
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