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BaseContentContainer Members

A base class for all Content Containers types used within a WindowsUIView.

Properties

Name Description
Actions Provides access to the collection of Custom Navigation Bar Actions used within the current Content Container.
AllowButtonGlyphSkinning Gets or sets whether or not container buttons should paint their glyphs with the foreground color. See the Glyph Skinning help article to learn more.
AppearanceButton Provides access to the appearance settings used to paint WindowsUI Buttons within the current Content Container.
AppearanceSubtitle Provides access to appearance settings used to paint the current Content Container‘s BaseContentContainer.Subtitle.
ButtonBackgroundImages Gets or sets the collection of background images for the current Content Container‘s Custom Buttons.
ButtonInterval Gets or sets the distance between neighboring WindowsUI Buttons in the current Content Container.
Buttons Provides access to the Content Container’s WindowsUI Buttons collection.
CanRaiseEvents protected Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
Caption Gets or sets the current Content Container‘s caption.
Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
DesignMode protected Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
Events protected Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
ExcludeFromSearch Gets or sets whether this Content Container should be removed from the list of places where the Search Panel looks for the entered text.
Image Gets or sets an icon for the current Content Container.
ImageOptions Provides access to properties that allow you to set up raster and vector images for this container.
ImageUri Gets or sets an image stored within the DevExpress Image Gallery that should be assigned to this BaseContentContainer.
Info Gets specific information about the current Content Container.
IsActive Gets whether the Content Container is currently active.
IsAutoCreated Gets whether the current Content Container is created automatically.
IsDisposing Gets whether the BaseComponent object is currently being disposed of. Inherited from BaseComponent.
IsFilledUp Gets whether the number of current Content Container items has reached its limit.
IsHorizontal Gets whether the current Content Container is orientated horizontally.
IsInitialized Indicates whether or not the BaseComponent object has been fully initialized. Inherited from BaseComponent.
IsInitializing Returns whether or not the BaseComponent object is currently being initialized. Inherited from BaseComponent.
IsLoaded Gets if the current Content Container is loaded.
IsUpdateLocked Returns whether or not this BaseComponent is currently locked, which prevents any visual updates. Inherited from BaseComponent.
Manager Gets a DocumentManager that owns the current Content Container.
Name Gets or sets the current Content Container‘s name.
Parent Gets or sets the current Content Container‘s parent Container.
Properties Provides access to the current Content Container‘s general settings.
SearchTags Gets or sets the collection of string tags for this BaseContentContainer. The Search Panel will check these tags for the desired text.
Site Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component.
Subtitle Gets or sets the current Content Container‘s subtitle.
Tag Gets or sets a tag that labels this BaseContentContainer.
UseButtonBackgroundImages Gets or sets whether or not container buttons should display their background images.

Methods

Name Description
BeginUpdate() Locks the BaseComponent, preventing visual updates of the object and its elements until the EndUpdate or CancelUpdate method is called. Inherited from BaseComponent.
CancelUpdate() Unlocks the BaseComponent object after it has been locked by the BeginUpdate method, without causing an immediate visual update. Inherited from BaseComponent.
CreateObjRef(Type) Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
EndUpdate() Unlocks the BaseComponent object after a call to the BeginUpdate method and causes an immediate visual update. Inherited from BaseComponent.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetEnumerator() Gets an Enumerator that can iterate through the BaseContentContainer‘s content.
GetEnumerator(IContentContainer, Predicate<IContentContainer>, Int32) static Gets an enumerator that goes down the BaseContentContainer‘s hierarchy and iterates the children that meet a specific set of criteria.
GetEnumerator(Int32) Gets an enumerator that goes down the BaseContentContainer‘s hierarchy and iterates its children.
GetEnumerator(Predicate<IContentContainer>) Gets an enumerator that iterates through the current BaseContentContainer with a specific criteria.
GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService() Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetRoot(IContentContainer) static Gets the root parent for the specific Content Container.
GetService(Type) protected Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
InitializeLifetimeService() Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
IsChild(IContentContainer, IContentContainer) static Gets whether the ‘container’ Content Container is the ‘parent’ container’s child.
LayoutChanged() Updates the element. Inherited from BaseComponent.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
ToString() Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component.
UpdateDocumentActions() Refreshes document actions displayed within this BaseContentContainer‘s child documents.

Events

Name Description
ActionCustomization Occurs whenever Navigation Bars within the current BaseContentContainer are to be displayed. Allows you to customize this container’s Navigation Bar Actions.
ActualActionsChanged Fires when the current Content Container‘s actions collection changes.
ButtonChecked Occurs when a Custom Button within the current Content Container is checked.
ButtonClick Occurs when a regular Custom Button within the current Content Container is clicked.
ButtonUnchecked Occurs when a Custom Button within the current Content Container is checked.
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
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