DockLayoutManager.ClosedPanelsBarVisibility Property

Gets or sets the visibility state for the Closed Panels bar. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public ClosedPanelsBarVisibility ClosedPanelsBarVisibility { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ClosedPanelsBarVisibility As ClosedPanelsBarVisibility

Property Value

Type	Description
ClosedPanelsBarVisibility	A ClosedPanelsBarVisibility value that specifies the visibility state for the Closed Panels bar.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	The same as the ClosedPanelsBarVisibility.Manual option.
Manual	The Closed Panels bar is visible if an end-user enabled it via a context menu.
Auto	The Closed Panels bar is made visible if any closed panel exists. It’s possible to hide and then restore the bar via a context menu.
Never	The Closed Panels bar is always hidden and cannot be made visible via a context menu.

Remarks

The Closed Panels bar provides access to closed panels. For each closed panel, it displays a button with the panel’s caption. Clicking this button restores the panel to its previous position:

By default, an end-user can display the Closed Panels bar by selecting the Closed Panels item from a context menu (invoked by right-clicking a panel’s caption or header area). To learn more about the context menus, see the DockLayoutManager.ContextMenuCustomizations and DockLayoutManager.ItemSelectorMenuCustomizations topics.

The ClosedPanelsBarVisibility property specifies whether and how the Closed Panels bar is accessible to end-users. To disable the Closed Panels bar, set the ClosedPanelsBarVisibility property to Never.

The Closed Panels bar can be docked to any DockLayoutManager‘s side. Use the DockLayoutManager.ClosedPanelsBarPosition property to specify its location.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-dock-layout-manager-save-and-restore-the-dock-layout-managers-layout/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L14

</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<dxdo:DockLayoutManager Name="manager" ClosedPanelsBarVisibility="Auto" ClosedPanelsBarPosition="Top" dxdo:RestoreLayoutOptions.RemoveOldPanels="False" dxdo:RestoreLayoutOptions.AddNewPanels="True">
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup Name="root">

wpf-docklayoutmanager-create-closed-hidden-panels/VB/CreateHiddenPanel_Ex/Window1.xaml#L4

<!--region #2-->
<dxdo:DockLayoutManager Margin="12" Name="dockManager1" ClosedPanelsBarVisibility="Auto" dxcore:ThemeManager.ThemeName="Office2007Blue">
 <!--endregion #2-->

wpf-dock-layout-manager-show-different-captions-in-tab-and-panel-headers-of-a-tabbed-group/VB/DevExpressLayout/SampleWindow.xaml#L11

<Grid>
    <dxd:DockLayoutManager x:Name="dm" Grid.Row="1" ClosedPanelsBarVisibility="Auto">

wpf-dock-layout-manager-animate-document-panels-in-mdi-mode/VB/DocumentGroup_MDI_Ex/MainWindow.xaml#L14

<dxdo:DockLayoutManager Margin="12" Name="dockManager1" ClosedPanelsBarVisibility="Auto">