Hello,

We are trying to overlay another component (telerik ui blocker) but it seems impossible to go above the web browser component.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Jim

Hello,

Thanks for replying so fast!

By modal dialog you mean the custom wpf window and the use of window.showDialog() and window.close(), right?

Regards,

Jim

Awesome, we'll follow this route then.

thank you

Regards,

jim

Hi,

You can but it won't solve the problem for you. The root of the problem is not because WebView's WPF flavor doesn't work. The root of the problem is because WebView uses it's own window handle (all modern browser engine do, IE does the same) and WPF can't render controls over controls that uses its own window handle. Using the "plan" WebView does not rid WebView of its own window handle thus still won't solve this problem. In another word, no matter what flavor of WebView you use, you won't be able to put anything over it in WPF.

On the other hand, Windows Form can render child controls over everything. That's why it will work in Windows Forms, even if you use the "plain" WebView. In another word, no matter what flavor of WebView you use, you can always place other controls over the WebView in Windows Forms.

The WPF and Windows Form wrapper control are just small "adapters" to make the "plain" WebView easier to integrate with the corresponding platform (particular design time behaviors). They do not change anything fundamentally.

Hope this clears up.

Thanks!

It won't work. As explained, it doesn't matter what flavor of WebView you use, as long as your host application is WPF, it can not render child control over a windowed control. How you wrap the WebView control in this case, either directly, or through the WPF wrapper, or through a Win Form host control and then through a Windows Forms wrapper is irrelevant because it does not change the fact that your host application is still a WPF application.

Thanks