DockLayoutManager.DockingStyle Property

Gets or sets the docking style. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#

public DockingStyle DockingStyle { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property DockingStyle As DockingStyle

Property Value

Type	Description
DockingStyle	A DockingStyle value that is the current docking style.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	The default docking style, based on the Visual Studio 2008 dock behavior. In this mode, you can drag DocumentPanels away from their parent DocumentGroups at runtime. Your users can dock these panels as regular layout panels.
VS2010	Emulates the docking capabilities found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (including changing docking hints and restricting DocumentPanels from being docked anywhere other than DocumentGroups).

Remarks

The following code sample enables VS2010 dock mode:

XAML

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager DockingStyle="VS2010">
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup>
      <dxdo:DocumentGroup>
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel/>
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel/>
      </dxdo:DocumentGroup>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>