RepositoryItemSearchControl Class

An item in an editor container’s repository used to create a SearchControl.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class RepositoryItemSearchControl :
    RepositoryItemMRUEdit

Public Class RepositoryItemSearchControl
    Inherits RepositoryItemMRUEdit

The following members return RepositoryItemSearchControl objects:

Remarks

Use RepositoryItemSearchControl objects to embed a SearchControl in bars and ribbons.

SearchControl_WithinBar

See the following topic to learn more on how repository items are used to embed editors into XtraGrid, XtraVerticalGrid, XtraTreeList, and XtraBars: Editors and Simple Controls.

Do the following to embed a SearchControl in a bar in code:

Create a BarEditItem and RepositoryItemSearchControl objects.
Assign the RepositoryItemSearchControl object to the BarEditItem.Edit property.
Use the AddItem method to add the created BarEditItem to a bar.

C#
VB.NET

using DevExpress.XtraBars;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository;

RepositoryItemSearchControl repositoryItemSearchControl1 = new RepositoryItemSearchControl();
BarEditItem barEditItem1 = new BarEditItem();
barEditItem1.Edit = repositoryItemSearchControl1;
bar1.AddItem(barEditItem1);

Imports DevExpress.XtraBars
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Dim repositoryItemSearchControl1 As New RepositoryItemSearchControl()
Dim barEditItem1 As New BarEditItem()
barEditItem1.Edit = repositoryItemSearchControl1
bar1.AddItem(barEditItem1)

The image below shows how to embed a SearchControl in a bar at design time.

SearchControl_OnBar