Layout Management
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This section contains layout management solutions, capable of building application layouts of any type and complexity – from simple flow layouts to complex data entry forms and Visual Studio inspired Dock Window interfaces.
Note
Controls and components for creating Windows Modern-inspired application layouts are gathered separately in the Windows Modern UI section.
Dock Windows | |
The Dock Layout Manager component solves two tasks at once: implementing a docking UI and building a control layout. Using this component you can instantly emulate the Visual Studio UI in its entirety. Includes the following features.
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Tile and Layout | |
This bundle includes six separate controls for building huge, yet completely customizable and persistent control layouts.
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Tab Control | |
A control that implements a tabbed layout of items. Key features include:
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Carousel | |
A stylish control that arranges any visual elements along the specified path and allows you to cycle through these elements, applying animation effects.
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Book Control | |
Uses a book metaphor to display information on screen. Represents data records as book pages and provides a life-like page turning UI. To navigate contents within the book, you “drag” individual pages to one side or the other. You can populate individual pages with info using content templates and bind the control to data, so that each page represents a single record. | |
Workspace Manager | |
An auxiliary component that saves and restores an application’s control layout. You can create multiple states (or layouts) for visual controls and then use the Workspace Manager to instantly switch between them at runtime. To spice things up, there are several visual transition effects built-in. The Workspace Manager can be used with any DevExpress visual control that supports serialization (e.g., Bar Manager, DockLayoutManager, DXGrid, etc.) The target visual control may also contain other serializable DevExpress controls as children. |