FAQ: How do I add Favorites/Bookmark features and Tabbed feature to my own web browser?

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How do I add Favorites/Bookmark features and Tabbed feature to my own web browser?

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Answer 1

1)     To add Favorites/Bookmark features to your own web browser, you can use My.Settings (Choose System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection data type) to persist/store all items of Favorites or Bookmark.

 

For example: Implement the Favorites feature for your web browser.

Firstly create a New Settings variable:

Project -> Properties -> Settings ->create a setting as below

Name  favList                          

Type   System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection (Browser and locate this type)

Scope  User         

Value  (Set several initial items)

 

Prerequisites: Drag&drop MenuStrip1 (with ToolStripMenuItem1 and ToolStripMenuItem2) and WebBrowser1 onto Form1.s

 

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                      ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ToolStripMenuItem1.Text = "Favorites"
        ToolStripMenuItem2.Text = "Add"
        WebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.microsoft.com")

        ' Load Settings to Favorites menu when opening form   
        For Each item As String In My.Settings.favList
            Dim menuItem1 As New ToolStripMenuItem
            menuItem1.Text = item.ToString
            ToolStripMenuItem1.DropDownItems.Add(menuItem1)
        Next

        'Add Click Event handler for each Favorite link ToolStripMenuItem   
        For Each C As ToolStripItem In ToolStripMenuItem1.DropDownItems
            If TypeOf (C) Is ToolStripMenuItem Then 'Exclude ToolStripSeparator items 
                AddHandler C.Click, AddressOf ToolStripMenuItem_Click
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    'Add item to Favorites menu and FavList Settings   
    Private Sub ToolStripMenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                        ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _Handles ToolStripMenuItem2.Click
        Dim menuItem1 As New ToolStripMenuItem
        menuItem1.Text = WebBrowser1.Url.ToString
        ToolStripMenuItem1.DropDownItems.Add(menuItem1)
        My.Settings.favList.Add(WebBrowser1.Url.ToString)
    End Sub

    'Open faverite link page when selecting link item from Faverite menu   
    Private Sub ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
                        ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        WebBrowser1.Navigate(sender.ToString)
    End Sub

    'Save Settings when closing form   
    Private Sub Form1_FormClosed(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                        ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) _
                        Handles MyBase.FormClosed
        My.Settings.Save()
    End Sub
End Class

 

Related thread:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/thread/46729475-ffc5-4666-b4d0-f0d162a49acc

 

2)     Here is the main idea to add Tabbed feature to your own web browser:

Add your Web Bowser to a new TabPage object, then add the TabPage object to the TabControl object.

 

e.g. How to open a new page in the new tab window?

 

Dim wb As New WebBrowser
wb.Navigate("URL")
Dim tab As New TabPage("Title")
tab.Controls.Add(wb)
TabControl.TabPages.Add(tab)
TabControl.SelectedTab = tab

 

Here are some tutorials about Tabbed web browsers:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vbgeneral/thread/827d96b1-2868-4624-ad32-10917d87a9ed

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/TabPages.aspx

 

For more FAQ about Visual Basic .NET General, please see Visual Basic .NET General FAQ

 

 

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