Getting Started in Windows Forms xp taskbar (XPTaskBar)

6 Oct 20225 minutes to read

This section describes how to add XPTaskBar control in a Windows Forms application and overview of its basic functionalities.

Assembly deployment

Refer control dependencies section to get the list of assemblies or NuGet package needs to be added as reference to use the control in any application.

Please find more details regarding how to install the nuget packages in windows form application in the below link:

How to install nuget packages

Creating simple application with XPTaskBar

You can create the Windows Forms application with XPTaskBar control as follows:

  1. Creating project
  2. Adding control via designer
  3. Adding control manually using code

Creating the project

Create a new Windows Forms project in the Visual Studio to display the XPTaskBar with functionalities.

Adding control via designer

The XPTaskBar control can be added to the application by dragging it from the toolbox and dropping it in a designer view. The following required assembly references will be added automatically:

  • Syncfusion.Grid.Base.dll
  • Syncfusion.Grid.Windows.dll
  • Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll
  • Syncfusion.Shared.Windows.dll
  • Syncfusion.Tools.Base.dll
  • Syncfusion.Tools.Windows.dll

Adding control via designer

Adding XPTaskBarBox

To add XPTaskBarBox, click on Add TaskBarBox in Smart Tag of XPTaskBar in design view.

Adding XPTaskBarBox

Adding XPTaskBarItems

XPTaskBarItems can be added to XPTaskBarBox using Items collection, in Smart Tag of XPTaskBarBox in design view.

Adding XPTaskBarItems

Adding control manually using code

To add control manually in C#, follow the given steps:

Step 1 - Add the following required assembly references to the project:

    * Syncfusion.Grid.Base.dll
    * Syncfusion.Grid.Windows.dll
    * Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll
    * Syncfusion.Shared.Windows.dll
    * Syncfusion.Tools.Base.dll
    * Syncfusion.Tools.Windows.dll

Step 2 -Include the namespaces Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.

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using Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools;
Imports Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools

Step 3 - Create XPTaskBar control instance and add it to the form.

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XPTaskBar xpTaskBar1 = new XPTaskBar();
   
   this.Controls.Add(xpTaskBar1);
Dim xpTaskBar1 As XPTaskBar = New XPTaskBar()
   
   Me.Controls.Add(xpTaskBar1)

Adding XPTaskBarBox

Create an instance for XPTaskBarBox class and add it to XPTaskBar’s controls collection.

XPTaskBarBox xpTaskBarBox1 = new XPTaskBarBox();
XPTaskBarBox xpTaskBarBox2 = new XPTaskBarBox();
XPTaskBarBox xpTaskBarBox3 = new XPTaskBarBox();

this.xpTaskBarBox1.Text = "xpTaskBarBox1";
this.xpTaskBarBox2.Text = "xpTaskBarBox2";
this.xpTaskBarBox3.Text = "xpTaskBarBox3";

this.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(this.xpTaskBarBox1);
this.xpTaskBar2.Controls.Add(this.xpTaskBarBox2);
this.xpTaskBar3.Controls.Add(this.xpTaskBarBox3);
Dim xpTaskBarBox1 As XPTaskBarBox = New XPTaskBarBox()
Dim xpTaskBarBox2 As XPTaskBarBox = New XPTaskBarBox()
Dim xpTaskBarBox3 As XPTaskBarBox = New XPTaskBarBox()

Me.xpTaskBarBox1.Text = "xpTaskBarBox1"
Me.xpTaskBarBox2.Text = "xpTaskBarBox2"
Me.xpTaskBarBox3.Text = "xpTaskBarBox3"

Me.xpTaskBar1.Controls.Add(Me.xpTaskBarBox1)
Me.xpTaskBar2.Controls.Add(Me.xpTaskBarBox2)
Me.xpTaskBar3.Controls.Add(Me.xpTaskBarBox3)

Adding XPTaskBarBox

Adding XPTaskBarItems

XPTaskBarItems can be added to XPTaskBarBox using Items collection in XPTaskBarBox class.

this.xpTaskBarBox1.Items.AddRange(new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem[] {
            new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem("XPTaskBarItem5", System.Drawing.Color.Empty, -1, "XPTaskBarItem5"),
            new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem("XPTaskBarItem6", System.Drawing.Color.Empty, -1, "XPTaskBarItem6")});
Me.xpTaskBarBox1.Items.AddRange(New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem[] {
            New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem("XPTaskBarItem5", System.Drawing.Color.Empty, -1, "XPTaskBarItem5"),
            New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarItem("XPTaskBarItem6", System.Drawing.Color.Empty, -1, "XPTaskBarItem6")})

Adding XPTaskBarItems