I've been trying to style the WebDataMenu using the AppStylist and manually via trial & error editing of the css. My client will be using a DesktopApp to, among other things, define product categories. These will be updated and stored in the Website database and the menu that will appear on top of each page needs to reflect those choices.
This is my target style:
Question 1: can I insert images at the left and right ends of the control so that I can have rounded corners in IE.
Question 2: Can I (and if I can, how) insert a textbox that will be used for search input.
Question 3: I created a test app to work on the styling (see attached images below) and I have not been able to find the class that targets the font color for the root menu item (link) when the mouse is over the item (hover, active, selected - whatever...
Question 4: For the life of me I can't get the background image on the mouse over state (hove, active, selected - whatever) positioned from the top at the same spot as the no-mouse over state background:
Question 5: same as question 4, but for the bottom margin:
Any help you give will be much, much appreciated. I have until Friday to get this part of the project done.
Regards.
Hi rablinz,
I am looking into your requirements right now. I want to inform you that you idea is very good for styling guides and it will be implemented not only for WebDataMenu instead for all new Aikido controls.
Regards
Update:
After two and a half days of trying to customize the WebDataMenu to my project requirements, without adequate documentation and support, I gave up. Because I'm on a deadline I've been working about 14 hours straight and have just about finished my own custom control.
Two and a half days wasted that could've been saved if documentation existed on specifically styling this control - either telling me that it couldn't be customized the way I need it, or enough information so I could customize it without spending days on trial & error...
This is my bad, I know better. When I couldn't find adequate documentation (after a few hours of searching) I should have steered clear, but the wpf DataGrid proved to be such a useful tool I risked it.
As developers, it's hammered into us constantly to thoughorly document our code, controls etc. I'm really surprised a commercial product was released with such poor documentation.