Introduction
ClickAndSelect is another technology to complement ClickAndEdit. ClickAndSelect is one of the key feature allowing developers to interact with the object inside the main component region. This is a significant improvement to developers' productivity as it enables many functions to be made interactively in Visual Studio IDE directly without has to open Collection Editor and so on. For instance, in WebTab, developer can click to select and activate another TabItem available in the collection the same way as it was in client side (end user) mode. When selected, the inactive TabItem will become the active TabItem and you can click on the content area and start editing.
Another ClickAndSelect implementation is customized actions or tasks based on the configured property. For example, you can select and specify the WebForm you want to assign for specific Content that used IFrame mode. Instead of requiring you to open Property Window and manually specify the path, you can click on the provided Button inside the control area and select the WebForm immediately.
The following screenshot illustrates the main function of ClickAndSelect.
Supported Products
This section lists the components which implemented ClickAndSelect technology:
- WebDesktopManager
- WebTab
- WebPaneManager
- WebDialogBox
- WebNavPane
Benefits
The following is a list of top benefits offered by ClickAndSelect:
- Improved productivity by removing complexity and unnecessary actions while interacting with container control.
- Enhanced development experience with the convenience of selection through one button click.
- Easy to use and learn, minimizing the learning curve required to develop with the components.
- Reduced efforts for user interface development since no separate Collection Editor is required.