Re: IDE Options dialog

Try a tab control in button mode (with no borders), and then place a
logo image over the top covering the buttons.

http://www.xceptionsoftware.com/wizard.gif shows the same control in
normal tabbed mode, and wizard mode. All you'd need is the treeview on
the left, and you really don't even need that logo image - your tab
control could just be moved up off the top of screen to hide the
buttons.

Dino

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion relating to the specifics of the C# and Managed C++
languages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Osucha
Sent: Friday, 23 March 2007 08:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DOTNET-CX] IDE Options dialog

The IDE Options dialog in the VS NET IDE is, I think, a very useful,
compact dialog for viewing and modifying all kinds of information.  I am
wondering what your thoughts are on how it was created.  I mean, there
are hundreds of tree nodes in the selection box - all (or most) offering
a different form section from which to make changes.  Surely, there
isn't a huge 'Switch' statement and an equally lengthy section of blocks
to create and located the controls necessary for the corresponding tree
selection.  

 

How would you go about making such an extensive dialog if you had to?

 

Peter


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