BaseLayoutItem.AllowDock Property

Gets or sets whether the dock item can be docked to another item (panel or group). This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool AllowDock { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property AllowDock As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the dock item can be docked to another item; otherwise, false.

Remarks

To dynamically prevent an item from being docked, handle the DockLayoutManager.DockItemStartDocking, DockLayoutManager.DockItemDocking and/or DockLayoutManager.DockItemEndDocking events.

To dock a specific dock panel in code, use the DockController.Dock method provided by the DockLayoutManager.DockController object.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-dock-layout-manager-show-different-captions-in-tab-and-panel-headers-of-a-tabbed-group/VB/DevExpressLayout/SampleWindow.xaml#L17

</dxd:LayoutGroup>
<dxd:TabbedGroup x:Name="tbdGroup" Padding="25" AllowDock="False" AllowFloat="False" AllowMove="False">
    <dxd:LayoutPanel x:Name="pnlProduct" Caption="Product" TabCaption="Tab 1" AllowFloat="False">

how-to-create-a-modal-documentpanel-in-docklayoutmanager-t153405/CS/Example1/ModalHelper.cs#L156

AllowClose = window.AllowClose,
AllowDock = window.AllowDock,
AllowDrag = window.AllowDrag,

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-modal-documentpanel-in-docklayoutmanager-t153405/VB/Example1/ModalHelper.vb#L81

item.AllowClose = state.AllowClose
item.AllowDock = state.AllowDock
item.AllowDrag = state.AllowDrag