NavBarControl.SelectedLinkChanged Event
Fires immediately after a link has been selected.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraNavBar
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraNavBar.v18.2.dll
Declaration
Event Data
The SelectedLinkChanged event's data class is NavBarSelectedLinkChangedEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Group | Gets a group containing the link which has been selected. |
| Link | Gets the link which has been selected. |
Remarks
Write a SelectedLinkChanged event handler to perform specific actions each time a link is selected. Use the NavBarControl.LinkSelectionMode property to enable link selection.
Example
This example shows how to create a NavBarControl in code.The NavBarControl will have two groups ('Charts' and 'Settings') with items. Item link selection is enabled by setting the LinkSelectionMode property to LinkSelectionModeType.OneInGroupAndAllowAutoSelect. To respond to a link selection, the SelectedLinkChanged event is handled. In the OneInGroupAndAllowAutoSelect mode, each group can have a single selected link independent of other groups. When a group is activated and it has no selected link, the first link is auto-selected. At runtime, you will see that the SelectedLinkChanged event fires on group activation, while the LinkClicked event does not. The example demonstrates two methods of assigning images to navbar items:1) explicit assignment of Image objects to items (see the 'Charts' navbar group item initialization);2) implicit assignment, using image indexes (see the 'Settings' navbar group item initialization).
Note
A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-navbarcontrol-in-code-e5096
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraNavBar;
namespace CreateNavBar {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
// Create a NavBarControl.
NavBarControl navBar = new NavBarControl();
this.Controls.Add(navBar);
navBar.Width = 150;
navBar.Dock = DockStyle.Left;
// Apply the "NavigationPaneView" style.
navBar.PaintStyleKind = NavBarViewKind.NavigationPane;
// Create the 'Charts' navbar group.
NavBarGroup groupChart = new NavBarGroup("Charts");
// Display a large image in the group caption.
groupChart.LargeImage = global::CreateNavBar.Properties.Resources.chart_32x32;
// Create an 'Area' item and assign an image to it from the project resources.
NavBarItem itemChartArea = new NavBarItem("Area");
itemChartArea.LargeImage = global::CreateNavBar.Properties.Resources.area_32x32;
// Create a 'Bar' item.
NavBarItem itemChartBar = new NavBarItem("Bar");
itemChartBar.LargeImage = global::CreateNavBar.Properties.Resources.bar_32x32;
// Create a disabled 'Refresh' item.
NavBarItem itemChartRefresh = new NavBarItem("Refresh");
itemChartRefresh.LargeImage = global::CreateNavBar.Properties.Resources.refresh_32x32;
itemChartRefresh.Enabled = false;
//Assign an image collection to the NavBarControl.
//Images from this collection are used in the 'Settings' navbar group
navBar.LargeImages = imageCollection1;
// Create the 'Settings' navbar group.
NavBarGroup groupSettings = new NavBarGroup("Settings");
// Display a large image in the group caption.
groupSettings.LargeImage = global::CreateNavBar.Properties.Resources.customize_32x32;
// Create an 'Edit Settings' item and assign a large image to it by its index in the navBar.LargeImages collection.
NavBarItem itemEditSettings = new NavBarItem("Edit Settings");
itemEditSettings.LargeImageIndex = 0;
// Create an Export item and assign a large image to it by its index in the navBar.LargeImages collection.
NavBarItem itemExport = new NavBarItem("Export");
itemExport.LargeImageIndex = 1;
// Add the created items to the groups and the groups to the NavBarControl.
// Prevent excessive updates using the BeginUpdate and EndUpdate methods.
navBar.BeginUpdate();
navBar.Groups.Add(groupChart);
groupChart.ItemLinks.Add(itemChartArea);
groupChart.ItemLinks.Add(itemChartBar);
// Add a separator.
groupChart.ItemLinks.Add(new NavBarSeparatorItem());
groupChart.ItemLinks.Add(itemChartRefresh);
//Enable the display of large images in the group.
groupChart.GroupStyle = NavBarGroupStyle.LargeIconsText;
navBar.Groups.Add(groupSettings);
groupSettings.ItemLinks.Add(itemEditSettings);
groupSettings.ItemLinks.Add(itemExport);
//Enable the display of large images in the group.
groupSettings.GroupStyle = NavBarGroupStyle.LargeIconsText;
// Activate the 'Charts' group.
navBar.ActiveGroup = groupChart;
// Specify the event handler to process item clicks.
navBar.LinkClicked += new NavBarLinkEventHandler(navBar_LinkClicked);
// Specify the event handler to process item selection.
navBar.SelectedLinkChanged += navBar_SelectedLinkChanged;
// Enable link selection.
// Each group can have a single selected link independent of other groups.
// When a group is activated and it has no selected link, the first link is auto-selected.
// At runtime, you will see that the SelectedLinkChanged event fires on group activation,
// while the LinkClicked event does not.
navBar.LinkSelectionMode = LinkSelectionModeType.OneInGroupAndAllowAutoSelect;
navBar.EndUpdate();
// Manually select the second link:
//groupChart.SelectedLinkIndex = 1;
}
void navBar_SelectedLinkChanged(object sender, DevExpress.XtraNavBar.ViewInfo.NavBarSelectedLinkChangedEventArgs e) {
string s = string.Format("'{0}' selected", e.Link.Caption);
listBoxControl1.Items.Add(s);
}
void navBar_LinkClicked(object sender, NavBarLinkEventArgs e) {
string s = string.Format("'{0}' clicked", e.Link.Caption);
listBoxControl1.Items.Add(s);
}
}
}