BaseLayoutItem.ShowCaption Property

Gets or sets whether the item’s caption is visible. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

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

Declaration

C#

public bool ShowCaption { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ShowCaption As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the item’s caption is visible; otherwise, false.

Remarks

You can specify captions for items via the BaseLayoutItem.Caption property.

For LayoutControlItem objects, captions are always visible. You can hide them via the ShowCaption property, if required.

To display captions for LayoutGroup objects, set the ShowCaption property to True and the LayoutGroup.GroupBorderStyle property to Group or GroupBox.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-dock-layout-manager-limit-layout-group-customization-at-runtime/CS/DXDockingForLayoutPurposes/MainWindow.xaml#L25

<dxd:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxd:LayoutGroup Name="generalLayoutGroup" GroupBorderStyle="GroupBox" ShowCaption="True" Caption="General" Orientation="Vertical">
        <dxd:LayoutControlItem Name="incidentNumber" Caption="Incident Number" VerticalAlignment="Top">

wpf-docklayoutmanager-build-a-layout-ui/VB/LayoutPanel_Content_Ex/Window1.xaml#L16

              Orientation="Vertical"
              ShowCaption="True">
<dxdo:LayoutControlItem Caption="Title">

how-to-animate-a-layout-panel-by-its-width-height-e3643/CS/Q357154/MainWindow.xaml#L14

<Style TargetType="dxd:LayoutPanel">
    <Setter Property="ShowCaption" Value="False" />
    <Setter Property="ShowBorder" Value="False" />

wpf-dock-layout-manager-place-layout-panel-into-the-layout-group-group-box-or-tabbed-group/VB/MainWindow.xaml#L10

<common:LayoutGroupEx Orientation="Vertical">
    <common:LayoutGroupEx GroupBorderStyle="Group" ShowCaption="True" Caption="Group">
        <dxd:LayoutPanel Caption="Panel1"/>

how-to-share-one-common-element-in-all-dxtabcontrols-tabs-t270999/CS/DockingInWebBrowserInspiredApps/MainWindow.xaml#L36

</dxdo:LayoutPanel>
<dxdo:LayoutPanel AllowDrag="False" AllowFloat="False" AllowHide="False" AllowMove="False" AllowClose="False" ShowBorder="False" ShowCaption="False" ShowCaptionImage="False">
    <dx:ContentHost/>