Feature Request for TabPaintManager

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   In recent versions of Microsoft Office, they have introduced the "Task Pane Toolbar".  This is basically a Dockable Pane that allows the user to switch between multiple tasks.  In Outlook 2003, for instance, you have the options of "Help", "Search Results", "Research", and "Clipboard".
To provide similar functionality in the current version of DockingPanes, you would create four different panes and attach each pane to a single frame.  In most themes supported by DockingPanes, this would produce a tab strip for each pane that allowed the user to switch between panes.
My feature request is to implement the pane-switching functionality present in the Office 2003 Task Pane Toolbar.  Instead of a tab strip, the header portion of the pane displays the currently selected pane as part of a drop-down list to switch to the other panes.  Additionally, two buttons "forward" and "back" are present to move between the panes.
The following screen print details the request:

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Boyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 December 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Feature Request for TabPaintManager Posted: 18 May 2004 at 10:39am
	In recent versions of Microsoft Office, they have introduced the "Task Pane Toolbar". This is basically a Dockable Pane that allows the user to switch between multiple tasks. In Outlook 2003, for instance, you have the options of "Help", "Search Results", "Research", and "Clipboard". To provide similar functionality in the current version of DockingPanes, you would create four different panes and attach each pane to a single frame. In most themes supported by DockingPanes, this would produce a tab strip for each pane that allowed the user to switch between panes. My feature request is to implement the pane-switching functionality present in the Office 2003 Task Pane Toolbar. Instead of a tab strip, the header portion of the pane displays the currently selected pane as part of a drop-down list to switch to the other panes. Additionally, two buttons "forward" and "back" are present to move between the panes. The following screen print details the request:

svenn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 May 2004 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote svenn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 June 2004 at 11:44am
	It looks to me as if the titlebar of Codejock's DockingPane is a Commandbar? If so is the case, the real beuty would be to get access to the command bar and be able to override its features and create navigation of any kind, even place buttons in there as well.

Boyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 December 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 February 2005 at 9:44am
	Some feedback would have been nice, but I'm pleased to say that this feature is now implemented.

gshawn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 October 2004 Status: Offline Points: 227	Post Options Post Reply Quote gshawn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 February 2005 at 9:51am
	This is a nice new feature to have. Thanks CodeJock. Overall I am very happy with this update so far. Boyd, Have you been able to figure out how to enable the forward and back arrows in the pane header?

Boyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 December 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 285	Post Options Post Reply Quote Boyd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 February 2005 at 10:26am
	Sorry, I haven't looked at this feature yet. As best I can tell, the forward and back arrows are NOT implemented with this feature, so you'll need to add them to each pane yourself.

developer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 August 2004 Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote developer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 December 2005 at 11:34am
	Hi I have a couple of questions on this one. :) 1. Was this ever fully implemented? 2. Is there a sample on how to turn this on? 3. Was the Forward and Back Arrows ever added? 4. Does codejock have any "Clipboard Pane" that is already made? Thanks in advance.