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How to: Create Bars and Allow Them to be Docked at Any Edge of the Window

This example creates five bars docked at different positions in the window. To allow end-users to drag-and-drop bars to a specific position at runtime, a BarContainerControl is placed at this position.

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<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:dxb="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/bars" 
        xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
        xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
        x:Class="CreateBars.MainWindow"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="311" Width="413">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <dxb:BarContainerControl ContainerType="Top" Grid.Row="0">
            <dxb:MainMenuControl Caption="Main Menu">
                <dxb:BarSubItem Content="File">
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnNew" Content="New" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=New_16x16.png}"/>
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnOpen" Content="Open" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Open_16x16.png}"/>
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnClose" Content="Close" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Close_16x16.png}"/>
                </dxb:BarSubItem>
                <dxb:BarSubItem Content="Edit">
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnCut" Content="Cut" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Cut_16x16.png}"/>
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnCopy" Content="Copy" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Copy_16x16.png}"/>
                    <dxb:BarButtonItem x:Name="btnPaste" Content="Paste" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Paste_16x16.png}"/>
                </dxb:BarSubItem>
            </dxb:MainMenuControl>
            <dxb:ToolBarControl Caption="File" RotateWhenVertical="True">
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnNew"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnOpen"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnClose"/>
            </dxb:ToolBarControl>
            <dxb:ToolBarControl Caption="Edit" RotateWhenVertical="True">
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnCut"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnCopy"/>
                <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnPaste"/>
            </dxb:ToolBarControl>

        </dxb:BarContainerControl>

        <DockPanel Grid.Row="1" LastChildFill="True">
            <dxb:BarContainerControl ContainerType="Left"  DockPanel.Dock="Left">
            </dxb:BarContainerControl>
            <dxb:BarContainerControl ContainerType="Right" DockPanel.Dock="Right"/>

            <Grid>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                    <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                    <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <dxe:TextEdit Grid.Row="0" Text="Text 1" Height="50"/>
                <dxb:BarContainerControl Grid.Row="1">
                    <dxb:ToolBarControl Caption="Format">
                        <dxb:BarButtonItem Content="Clear Formatting" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=ClearFormatting_16x16.png}"/>
                        <dxb:BarCheckItem Content="Bold" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Bold_16x16.png}"/>
                        <dxb:BarCheckItem Content="Italic" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Italic_16x16.png}"/>
                        <dxb:BarCheckItem Content="Underline" Glyph="{dx:DXImage Image=Underline_16x16.png}"/>
                    </dxb:ToolBarControl>
                </dxb:BarContainerControl>
                <dxe:TextEdit Text="Text 2" Grid.Row="2"/>
            </Grid>

        </DockPanel>

        <dxb:BarContainerControl ContainerType="Bottom" Grid.Row="2">
            <dxb:StatusBarControl Caption="Status Bar">
                <dxb:BarStaticItem Content="Line:"/>
                <dxb:BarStaticItem Content="Pos:" Alignment="Far"/>
            </dxb:StatusBarControl>
        </dxb:BarContainerControl>

    </Grid>
</Window>