Hi,

I solved this by calling toggle state after initializing padding etc of the group. However, I have another question:

How do I apply layouts to the groups used in the expand collapse decorator once it is toggled?

The example provided in the sample applies the table layout. I tried changing it to NCompactDepthTree but it does nothing and each toggled group just appears one below the other(see attached).  

Please let me know how to accomplish this.

Thanks,

Gauri

Hi,

I create Nshape's for nodes  and then perform the following snippet of code:

batchGroup.Group(DrawingDocument.ActiveLayer, false, out grnooups[parentCounter]);

if (groups[parentCounter] != null)

{

groups[parentCounter].CreateShapeElements(ShapeElementsMask.Decorators);

NFrameDecorator frameDecorator = new NFrameDecorator();

frameDecorator.ShapeHitTestable = true;

frameDecorator.Header.Style = new NStyle {FillStyle = new NGradientFillStyle(GradientStyle.Horizontal,GradientVariant.Variant1,Color.White,Color.White)};

frameDecorator.Background.Style = new NStyle { FillStyle = new NGradientFillStyle(GradientStyle.Horizontal, GradientVariant.Variant1, Color.LightGray, Color.LightGray) };

NAbilities headerProtection = frameDecorator.Header.Protection;

headerProtection.Delete = true;

headerProtection.InplaceEdit = true;

headerProtection.Select = true;

frameDecorator.Header.Protection = headerProtection;

frameDecorator.Background.Style = new NStyle();

groups[parentCounter].Decorators.AddChild(frameDecorator);

NExpandCollapseDecorator expandCollapseDecorator = new NExpandCollapseDecorator();

groups[parentCounter].Decorators.AddChild(expandCollapseDecorator);

groups[parentCounter].Padding = new NMargins(5);

groups[parentCounter].Padding = new NMargins(5, 5, 30, 5);

groups[parentCounter].UpdateModelBounds();

groups[parentCounter].AutoUpdateModelBounds = true;

Abilities protection = groups[parentCounter].Protection;

protection.Delete = true;

groups[parentCounter].Protection = protection;

expandCollapseDecorator.ToggleState();

}

I then draw appropriate NLineShapes connecting nodes and then applied the table layout.. to layout the groups properly. I followed the examples in the documentation for the expand collapse decorator. It works perfectly for table layout. But when i apply any other, the nodes are just stacked on top of each other. For example :

I instantiate the NCompactDepthTreeLayout and then call the layout method

_nLayout.Layout(shapes, layoutContext);

This doesnt seem to work. Please let me know what i'm doing wrong.

Thanks,

Gauri