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NavigationPane.AllowNavigationThroughPages Property

Gets or sets whether users can focus page headers and navigate between them with the keyboard.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Navigation

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public DefaultBoolean AllowNavigationThroughPages { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
DefaultBoolean Default

true to allow users to focus page headers and navigate between them with the keyboard; otherwise, false.

Available values:

Name Description Return Value
True

The value is true.

0

False

The value is false.

1

Default

The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.

2

#Remarks

The Default value depends on the WindowsFormsSettings.KeyboardNavigationExtensions property value.

Enable the AllowNavigationThroughPages option to allow users to focus page headers with the mouse or Tab key. Once a page header is focused, users can perform the following actions:

  • Press Left and Right Arrow keys to navigate to the previous/next page header.
  • Press Home and End keys to navigate to the first/last page header.
  • Press the Space key to expand/collapse the NavigationPane.

You can use the ShowHeaderFocus property to specify whether to highlight a focused page header with a dashed rectangle.

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