AutoHideGroup.DockType Property

Gets or sets the DockLayoutManager‘s side to which the AutoHideGroup is docked. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#

public Dock DockType { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property DockType As Dock

Property Value

Type	Description
Dock	The DockLayoutManager‘s side to which the current AutoHideGroup object is docked.

Remarks

The following code sample displays two auto-hide groups docked to the left and right sides of the DockLayoutManager:

XAML

<dx:ThemedWindow 
  ...
  xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>
      <!--AutoHideGroup on the right-->
      <dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Right">
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel x:Name="paneProperties" Caption="Properties" ItemWidth="150">
          <RichTextBox />
        </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel x:Name="paneMessages" Caption="Messages" ItemWidth="150">
          <RichTextBox />
        </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
      </dxdo:AutoHideGroup>
      <!--AutoHideGroups on the left-->
      <dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Left">
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel x:Name="paneErrors" Caption="Errors" ItemWidth="150">
          <RichTextBox />
        </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel x:Name="paneWarnings" Caption="Warnings" ItemWidth="150">
          <RichTextBox />
        </dxdo:LayoutPanel>
      </dxdo:AutoHideGroup>
    </dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</dx:ThemedWindow>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-docklayoutmanager-create-auto-hidden-panels/CS/CreateAutoHiddenPanels/Window1.xaml#L14

<!--Create one AutoHideGroup on the right-->
<dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Right">
    <dxdo:LayoutPanel x:Name="paneProperties" Caption="Properties" ItemWidth="150">

wpf-dock-layout-manager-pin-unpin-layout-panels-in-mvvm/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L28

<dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>
    <dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Right" Name="auotHideGroup"/>
</dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>

wpf-scheduler-use-entity-framework-to-bind-to-data/CS/DXSample/MainWindow.xaml#L30

<dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>
    <dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Right">
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel AllowClose="False"

wpf-scheduler-disable-resource-colorization/CS/DXSample/MainWindow.xaml#L42

<dxdo:DockLayoutManager.AutoHideGroups>
    <dxdo:AutoHideGroup DockType="Right">
        <dxdo:LayoutPanel AllowClose="False"