LayoutPanel Class

Represents a dock panel.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v14.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class LayoutPanel :
    ContentItem,
    IGeneratorHost,
    IClosable

VB.NET

Public Class LayoutPanel
    Inherits ContentItem
    Implements IGeneratorHost,
               IClosable

Returned By

Properties and methods that return LayoutPanel instances:

• ClosedPanelCollection.Item[String]
• DockControllerBase.AddPanel(DockType)
• DockControllerBase.AddPanel(Point, Size)

Remarks

The LayoutPanel object represents a regular dock panel.

To specify a content for a panel, use the ContentItem.Content property. In XAML, an element added between the start and end LayoutPanel tags is used to initialize the ContentItem.Content property.

NOTE

1. Do not combine dock and Layout Items within a single group.
2. Do not combine groups containing dock items with groups containing layout items. If you need to arrange layout items next to dock items, add the layout items into a dock panel (a LayoutPanel object).

NOTE

Do not place a DocumentPanel into a LayoutPanel, and vice versa.

See Layout (Dock) Panels to learn more.

For an example of creating various kinds of panels, see the How to create a simple layout of dock panes help topic.

Examples

The following image shows the created structure of dock panels:

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.psvFrameworkElement

BaseLayoutItem

ContentItem

LayoutPanel

DocumentPanel

Extension Methods

ResourceStorage.TryFindResourceInStorage(ThemeKeyExtensionGeneric)