Toolbar Serialization and Deserialization

Users can customize the layout of toolbars at runtime. See Runtime Toolbar Customization.

The layout of toolbars (including the layout of toolbar commands) can be saved to a stream, and loaded from it later (for instance, the next time your application runs). To do this, use the following layout serialization and deserialization methods:

• ToolbarManager.SaveLayout — Saves the layout of toolbars to a stream.
• ToolbarManager.RestoreLayout — Loads the previously saved layout from a stream.

Note

All toolbars and toolbar items must have unique names, which you can specify with the Name property. Unique names ensure correct identification and serialization of toolbars and their items.

<mxb:Toolbar x:Name="FileToolbar" ...>

<mxb:ToolbarButtonItem Name="btnNew" .../>

The following example shows how you can save and restore the layout of toolbars to/from a file.

string fileName = "bars_layout.xml";
private void BtnSave_Click(object sender, Avalonia.Interactivity.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    using (var stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write))
    {
        toolbarManager1.SaveLayout(stream);
    }
}

private void BtnLoad_Click(object sender, Avalonia.Interactivity.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (!File.Exists(fileName)) return;
    using (FileStream fileStream = File.OpenRead(fileName))
    {
        toolbarManager1.RestoreLayout(fileStream);
    }
}