DashboardItem.ParentContainer Property

Gets or sets the dashboard item container (a group or a tab page) that stores the current item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(null)]
public IDashboardItemContainer ParentContainer { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Property ParentContainer As IDashboardItemContainer

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
IDashboardItemContainer	*null*	A dashboard item group or tab page that stores the current item.

Remarks

Use the ParentContainer property to move an item from one group / tab page to another.

The following code moves the item named list1 to a tab page that contains the card1 item.

View Example: How to Create and Modify Dashboard Items and Tab Pages

C#

dashboard.Items["card1"].ParentContainer = dashboard.Items["list1"].ParentContainer;

VB.NET

dashboard.Items("card1").ParentContainer = dashboard.Items("list1").ParentContainer

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-window-calculation-example/CS/WindowCalculationExample/TabPageLoadHelper.cs#L53

{
    if (item.ParentContainer == null)
    {

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/CS/DashboardMerger/DashboardMerger.cs#L86

foreach(DashboardItem item in ItemsAndGroups) {
    if(item.ParentContainer == null) {
        if(!(item is TabContainerDashboardItem))

winforms-dashboard-viewer-item-tabs/CS/TabSupportExample/Form1.cs#L62

// Move the card1 item to a tab page containing the list1 item.
dashboard.Items["card1"].ParentContainer = dashboard.Items["list1"].ParentContainer;
// Reorder tab pages.

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-window-calculation-example/VB/WindowCalculationExample/TabPageLoadHelper.vb#L74

For Each item As DashboardItem In itemsAndGroups
    If item.ParentContainer Is Nothing Then
        If Not(TypeOf item Is TabContainerDashboardItem) Then

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/VB/DashboardMerger/DashboardMerger.vb#L118

For Each item As DashboardItem In ItemsAndGroups
    If item.ParentContainer Is Nothing Then
        If Not (TypeOf item Is TabContainerDashboardItem) Then

wpf-dashboard-viewer-item-tabs/VB/WpfDashboardTabSupportExample/WpfDashboardTabSupportExample/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L98

Try
    dashboard.Items("card1").ParentContainer = dashboard.Items("list1").ParentContainer
Catch e1 As NullReferenceException

winforms-dashboard-viewer-item-tabs/VB/TabSupportExample/Form1.vb#L62

' Move the card1 item to a tab page containing the list1 item.
dashboard.Items("card1").ParentContainer = dashboard.Items("list1").ParentContainer
' Reorder tab pages.