BarContainerControl.Orientation Property

Gets or sets the orientation of the current BarContainerControl object. This property is in effect when the BarContainerControl.ContainerType is set to BarContainerType.None. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Bars

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Orientation Orientation { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Orientation As Orientation

Property Value

Type	Description
Orientation	An Orientation enumeration value that specifies whether the bar container is horizontal or vertical.

Example

This example shows how to manually create different types of bar containers: 1) A bar container used to display bars at the top of the window, 2) A float bar container (it's created automatically when setting the Bar.DockInfo.ContainerType property to Floating), 3) A standalone bar container that can be freely positioned within the window.

The following image shows the result:

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-float-bar-and-different-types-of-bar-containers-e1553.

Xaml

<dxb:BarManager.Bars>
    <dxb:Bar x:Name="barFormat" Caption="Format">
        <dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
            <dxb:BarDockInfo ContainerType="Top" />
        </dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
        <dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnBold" />
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnItalic" />
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnUnderline" />
        </dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
    </dxb:Bar>
    <!--Create a floating bar-->
    <dxb:Bar x:Name="barFont" Caption="Font">
        <dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
            <dxb:BarDockInfo ContainerType="Floating" FloatBarOffset="100,100" />
        </dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
        <dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
            <dxb:BarButtonItemLink BarItemName="btnFont" />
        </dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
    </dxb:Bar>
    <!--Create a bar displayed in the standalone container-->
    <dxb:Bar x:Name="barAlignment" Caption="Alignment">
        <dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
            <dxb:BarDockInfo ContainerName="StandaloneContainer" />
        </dxb:Bar.DockInfo>
        <dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnLeft" />
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnCenter" />
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnRight" />
            <dxb:BarCheckItemLink BarItemName="btnJustify" />
        </dxb:Bar.ItemLinks>
    </dxb:Bar>
</dxb:BarManager.Bars>
<!--Create containers to display bars-->
<DockPanel Name="dockPanel1" LastChildFill="False">
    <dxb:BarContainerControl x:Name="TopBarContainer"
                             ContainerType="Top"
                             DockPanel.Dock="Top" />
    <dxe:TextEdit Name="textBox"
                  Margin="8"
                  Width="300"
                  HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                  VerticalAlignment="Top"
                  DockPanel.Dock="Top"
                  EditValue="Sample text"
                  TextElement.FontSize="13" />
    <dxb:BarContainerControl x:Name="StandaloneContainer"
                             ContainerType="None"
                             DockPanel.Dock="Top"
                             Orientation="Horizontal" />
</DockPanel> 

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-a-float-bar-and-different-types-of-bar-containers-e1553/VB/BarContainers/Window1.xaml#L72

                             DockPanel.Dock="Top"
                             Orientation="Horizontal" />
</DockPanel>