That would make sense. Hidden I assume means that all the events such as button clicks, hover, etc. are still fired whereas with collapsed this isn't possible.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Vishwanath Humpy <vhu...@rediffmail.com>wrote: > I think it must be due to compatibility with WPF. WPF has an additional > value for Visibility called "Hidden" which can be useful as the UI element > retains it's dimensions. > > The weird thing is that Silverlight doesn't have "Hidden" I think. I don't > find the need for a converter a problem. You code it once and job done. > > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:56:20 +0530 wrote > > >Hi all, > > > >Does anyone else get annoyed at the extra hastle required to set and bind > the Visibility property? > > > >I mean, how easy was it in the "old days" to simply set IsVisible=true or > IsVisible=false? You didn't > >need a Visibility to Bool converter, which is extra unneccessary > processing, and an extra point of > >failure if it's forgotten, and more text to make mistakes. > > > >I mean, come on, there are only two states. There will never be a third > state. Instead of writing in > >my code: > > > >TermTextBox.IsVisible = MyBoolVar; > > > >I have to write something like: > >TermTextBox.Visibility = (MyBoolVar ? Visibility.Visible > :Visibility.Collapsed); > > > >Does it somehow give it extra contextual meaning for all the extra effort? > No. > > > >Can there be a third state, somehow semi-visible. No - that would be > handled via an opacity or > >animation. > > > >There is only a single meaning! > > > >It's Friday, bring it on! > > > >Regards, > >Tony > > > >_______________________________________________ > >ozsilverlight mailing list > >ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com<http://prism/writemail?&mode=mail_to_individual&email=ozsilverli...@ozsilverlight.com&output=web&els=2e176912d075299f49c2b4025e4c86f6> > >http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight<http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fprdlxvm0001%2Ecodify%2Enet%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fozsilverlight> > > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > ozsilverlight@ozsilverlight.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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