ADD. RadPanorama - add save/load layout functionality so one can save and load the tiles size and position

This will allow the users to scroll through the tiles in all rows when the available height is insufficient.

WORKAROUND:
 class CustomPanorama : RadPanorama
    {
        RadScrollBarElement vScroll;

        protected override void CreateChildItems(Telerik.WinControls.RadElement parent)
        {
            base.CreateChildItems(parent);

            this.vScroll = new RadScrollBarElement();
            this.vScroll.ScrollType = ScrollType.Vertical;
            this.vScroll.StretchHorizontally = false;
            this.vScroll.StretchVertically = true;
            this.vScroll.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(16, 0);
            this.vScroll.Alignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.TopRight;

            this.PanoramaElement.Children.Add(vScroll);

            this.vScroll.ValueChanged += new EventHandler(vScroll_ValueChanged);
            this.PanoramaElement.GroupLayout.RadPropertyChanged += new Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventHandler(GroupLayout_RadPropertyChanged);
            this.PanoramaElement.TileLayout.RadPropertyChanged += new Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventHandler(GroupLayout_RadPropertyChanged);

            this.ScrollBarAlignment = HorizontalScrollAlignment.Bottom;
        }

        void GroupLayout_RadPropertyChanged(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.RadPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Property == RadElement.BoundsProperty && sender == this.GetCurrentLayout())
            {
                UpdateVScroll();
            }
        }

        protected override void OnSizeChanged(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnSizeChanged(e);
            UpdateVScroll();
        }

        private void UpdateVScroll()
        {
            vScroll.Maximum = this.GetCurrentLayout().Size.Height;
            vScroll.LargeChange = Math.Max(0, (int)(this.Size.Height - this.PanoramaElement.ScrollBar.Size.Height));

            if (vScroll.LargeChange >= vScroll.Maximum)
            {
                vScroll.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden;
            }
            else
            {
                vScroll.Visibility = ElementVisibility.Visible;
            }

            if (this.PanoramaElement.ScrollBar.Visibility == ElementVisibility.Visible)
            {
                vScroll.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(0, 0, 0, this.PanoramaElement.ScrollBar.Size.Height);
            }
            else
            {
                vScroll.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(0);
            }
        }

        void vScroll_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.GetCurrentLayout().PositionOffset = new System.Drawing.SizeF(0, -this.vScroll.Value);
        }

        private LayoutPanel GetCurrentLayout()
        {
            if (this.ShowGroups)
            {
                return this.PanoramaElement.GroupLayout;
            }

            return this.PanoramaElement.TileLayout;
        }

        public override string ThemeClassName
        {
            get
            {
                return typeof(RadPanorama).FullName;
            }
            set
            {
                base.ThemeClassName = value;
            }
        }
    }

If i have lots of group, the horizontal axis gets full with the square 4x4 groups, but the vertacal axis has lots of empty space.
I could break the squareness of the groups to make them longer in the vertical axis, but that seems a bit ugly.

However, I cannot seem to find a way to put a group under another group, therefore utilising both the X and Y dimensions well.

Can it be done?



i.e.

--Group 1--   --Group2--

Tile     Tile     Tile     Tile

Tile     Tile     Tile     Tile



--Group 3--

Tile      Tile

Tile      Tile

Before (How it is now):

  After (How I'm proposing it can be):

It would be nice if the user is allowed to edit the tiles.

ADD. RadPanorama - add selection support with checkboxes

Currently RadPanorama animates all visible tiles when clicking on a tile.

example:

 RadLiveTileElement tileElement = new RadLiveTileElement();
            tileElement.Text = "&Applications";
            tileElement.UseMnemonic = true;
            panorama.Items.Add(tileElement);

The user should be able to select tiles with the mouse or with the arrow keys.

IMPROVE. RadPanorama - increase the RowsCount when the form's size is increased, so the user will be able to drag items there.

IMPROVE. RadPanorama - the Items collection of the control should not accepts TileGroupElements

Current: Right-Clicking a RadTileElement in a RadPanorama responds the same as a Left-Click.

Request: Right-Click displays a ContextMenu.

Enabling scrolling through the tiles at design time will let the developers select and edit in the designer tiles that are off-screen.

Provide means of auto arranging tiles without setting the Column and Row property.