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BaseLayoutItem.CaptionWidth Property

Gets or sets the width of the item’s Caption area. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

#Declaration

public double CaptionWidth { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Double

The width of the item’s Caption area.

#Remarks

The CaptionWidth property is in effect when the LayoutControlItem object’s BaseLayoutItem.CaptionAlignMode property is CaptionAlignMode.Custom, BaseLayoutItem.Default, or CaptionAlignMode.AlignInGroup.

The following code sample sets the LayoutControlItem‘s CaptionWidth property to 150.

<dx:ThemedWindow
  ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking"
  xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup Caption="LayoutRoot">
      <dxdo:LayoutControlItem Caption="Document" CaptionWidth="150">
        <RichTextBox>
          <!-- ... -->
        </RichTextBox>
      </dxdo:LayoutControlItem>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>

DockLayoutManager - Caption Width Property

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