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AndyD273
AndyD273

Reputation: 7279

WPF Navigation Window with more controls

I'm learning WPF, and NavigationWindow in particular. I want to add stuff to the window, like a status bar, a favorite bar, etc. Unfortunately when I try adding anything, I get an error.

I'm hoping there might be a way that pages can be bookmarked as someone browses between them; let the user drag pages up to a favorite bar.

Something similar with the status bar; I'd like to have page specific information on the status bar, without having to have it on each individual page.

Is this possible with a navigation window, or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Edit:

<NavigationWindow x:Class="Window2"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Nav Test" Height="300" Width="300" Source="Window1.xaml" >
    <StatusBar></StatusBar> ' The type 'NavigationWindow' does not support direct content.
</NavigationWindow>

Update, What I went with:

<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Tracks" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="20" />
            <RowDefinition Height="26" />
            <RowDefinition Height="265*" />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Menu Name="Menu1" />
        <Frame Grid.Row="2" Name="Frame1" Source="PageSearchResults.xaml" />
        <ToolBar Grid.Row="1" Name="ToolBar1" >
            <Button Content="+" Name="Button1" />
        </ToolBar>
    </Grid>
</Window>

I ended up putting the status bar on the individual pages, so that I can more easily change what's displayed from page to page, but the tool bar behaves nicely with the frame.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3367

Answers (2)

Joe White
Joe White

Reputation: 97708

If you want your own content apart from the Page, then don't use NavigationWindow. Use a regular Window instead. Then, in the place where you want your navigation content, add a Frame. Frame supports all the same navigation you can do with a NavigationWindow (in fact, a NavigationWindow is basically just a Window with a Frame filling it).

Upvotes: 3

LPalmer
LPalmer

Reputation: 256

I'm new to WPF too but I believe a NavigationWindow needs a starting "Page" and that all your controls should be added to that page, not the NavigationWindow it's self. You could add a frame to the start page and do your navigations to other pages from that frame while the start page could contain your favorite bar, status bar etc.

Upvotes: 2

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