DockLayoutManager Properties

Represents a container for dock and layout items.

Name	Description
ActiveDockItem	Gets or sets the active dock item. This is a dependency property.
ActiveLayoutItem	Gets or sets the active layout item. Setting this property doesn’t move keyboard focus. This is a dependency property.
ActiveMDIItem	Gets or sets the active MDI child panel. This property is in effect when the assigned item represents an MDI child panel (DocumentPanel) within a DocumentGroup, and the group’s DocumentGroup.MDIStyle property is set to MDI. This is a dependency property.
ActualHeight	Gets the rendered height of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ActualWidth	Gets the rendered width of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
AllowAeroSnap	Gets or sets whether floating panels can be can be resized using the Aero Snap feature. This property is in effect in the Desktop floating mode. This is a dependency property.
AllowCustomization	Gets or sets whether Customization Mode can be invoked. This is a dependency property.
AllowDockItemRename	Gets or sets whether dock items can be renamed. This is a dependency property.
AllowDocumentSelector	Gets or sets whether the Document Selector feature is enabled. This is a dependency property.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element can be used as the target of a drag-and-drop operation. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
AllowFloatGroupTransparency	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
AllowLayoutItemRename	Gets or sets whether layout items can be renamed. This is a dependency property.
AllowMergingAutoHidePanels	Gets or sets whether auto-hide groups can be merged. This is a dependency property.
AreAnyTouchesCaptured	Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesCapturedWithin	Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element or to any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesDirectlyOver	Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesOver	Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
AutoHideExpandMode	Gets or sets how an auto-hidden panel is expanded. This is a dependency property.
AutoHideGroups	A collection of AutoHideGroup objects.
AutoHideGroupsCheckInterval	Gets or sets time interval with which the DockLayoutManager checks whether it should close the opened auto-hide panel. This is a dependency property.
AutoHideMode	Gets or sets the mode that specifies how auto-hidden panels are displayed relative to other panels when expanded. This is a dependency property.
Background	Gets or sets a brush that describes the background of a control. Inherited from Control.
BindingGroup	Gets or sets the BindingGroup that is used for the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
BitmapEffect	Gets or sets a bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
BitmapEffectInput	Gets or sets an input source for the bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
BorderBrush	Gets or sets a brush that describes the border background of a control. Inherited from Control.
BorderThickness	Gets or sets the border thickness of a control. Inherited from Control.
CacheMode	Gets or sets a cached representation of the UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
Clip	Gets or sets the geometry used to define the outline of the contents of an element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ClipToBounds	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to clip the content of this element (or content coming from the child elements of this element) to fit into the size of the containing element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ClosedPanels	Provides access to closed panels.
ClosedPanelsBarPosition	Gets or sets the Closed Panels bar’s position. This is a dependency property.
ClosedPanelsBarVisibility	Gets or sets the visibility state for the Closed Panels bar. This is a dependency property.
CloseFloatWindowsOnManagerUnloading	Gets or sets whether the float panels are closed when the DockLayoutManager is unloaded from visual tree. This is a dependency property.
ClosingBehavior	Gets or sets the way in which a panel is closed.
CommandBindings	Gets a collection of CommandBinding objects associated with this element. A CommandBinding enables command handling for this element, and declares the linkage between a command, its events, and the handlers attached by this element. Inherited from UIElement.
ContextMenu	Gets or sets the context menu element that should appear whenever the context menu is requested through user interface (UI) from within this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ContextMenuCustomizations	A collection of modification actions to be performed on context menus for dock panels.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that displays when the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DataContext	Gets or sets the data context for an element when it participates in data binding. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DecomposedItems	Gets the collection of LayoutGroups that have been automatically removed from the layout when all their children are closed. This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
DefaultAutoHidePanelCaptionImage	Gets or sets the image displayed within a dock panel’s header when the panel in the auto-hide state, and if no caption and image are explicitly assigned to the panel. This is a dependency property.
DefaultStyleKey protected	Gets or sets the key to use to reference the style for this control, when theme styles are used or defined. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DefaultTabPageCaptionImage	Gets or sets the image displayed within a dock panel’s tab when the panel belongs to a TabbedGroup, and if no caption and image are explicitly assigned to the panel. This is a dependency property.
DependencyObjectType	Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. Inherited from DependencyObject.
DesiredSize	Gets the size that this element computed during the measure pass of the layout process. Inherited from UIElement.
DestroyLastDocumentGroup	Obsolete. Gets or sets if the last group existent within the DockLayoutManager should be destroyed on closing its children.
Dispatcher	Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. Inherited from DispatcherObject.
DisposeOnWindowClosing	Gets or sets if the DockLayoutManager object should be disposed on its parent window closing. This is a dependency property.
DockController	Gets the controller that provides methods to perform docking operations on panels.
DockingStyle	Gets or sets the docking style. This is a dependency property.
Effect	Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the UIElement. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
EnableWin32Compatibility	Gets or sets whether auto-hide and floating panels should be displayed over a WindowsFormsHost element. This is a dependency property.
FloatGroups	Provides access to floating groups of panels. Allows you to create floating panels in XAML.
FloatingDocumentContainer	Gets or sets the container for floating DocumentPanel objects. This is a dependency property.
FloatingMode	Gets or sets how floating panels can be dragged, inside or outside the boundaries of the current window. This is a dependency property.
FlowDirection	Gets or sets the direction that text and other user interface (UI) elements flow within any parent element that controls their layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Focusable	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element can receive focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
FocusVisualStyle	Gets or sets a property that enables customization of appearance, effects, or other style characteristics that will apply to this element when it captures keyboard focus. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
FontFamily	Gets or sets the font family of the control. Inherited from Control.
FontSize	Gets or sets the font size. Inherited from Control.
FontStretch	Gets or sets the degree to which a font is condensed or expanded on the screen. Inherited from Control.
FontStyle	Gets or sets the font style. Inherited from Control.
FontWeight	Gets or sets the weight or thickness of the specified font. Inherited from Control.
ForceCursor	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this FrameworkElement should force the user interface (UI) to render the cursor as declared by the Cursor property. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Foreground	Gets or sets a brush that describes the foreground color. Inherited from Control.
HandleHwndHostMouseEvents	Gets or sets whether the DockLayoutManager should handle the mouse events ocurring in layout items’ nested HwndHosts.
HandlesScrolling protected	Gets a value that indicates whether a control supports scrolling. Inherited from Control.
HasAnimatedProperties	Gets a value indicating whether this element has any animated properties. Inherited from UIElement.
HasEffectiveKeyboardFocus protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the UIElement has focus. Inherited from UIElement.
Height	Gets or sets the suggested height of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HiddenItems	Provides access to a collection of hidden Layout Items.
HorizontalAlignment	Gets or sets the horizontal alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element, such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HorizontalContentAlignment	Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the control’s content. Inherited from Control.
InheritanceBehavior protected	Gets or sets the scope limits for property value inheritance, resource key lookup, and RelativeSource FindAncestor lookup. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InputBindings	Gets the collection of input bindings associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
InputScope	Gets or sets the context for input used by this FrameworkElement. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsArrangeValid	Gets a value indicating whether the computed size and position of child elements in this element’s layout are valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsCustomization	Gets whether Customization Mode is enabled. This is a dependency property.
IsCustomizationFormVisible	Gets whether the Customization Window is visible.
IsEnabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element is enabled in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsEnabledCore protected	Gets a value that becomes the return value of IsEnabled in derived classes. Inherited from UIElement.
IsFocused	Gets a value that determines whether this element has logical focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsHitTestVisible	Gets or sets a value that declares whether this element can possibly be returned as a hit test result from some portion of its rendered content. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsInitialized	Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been initialized, either during processing by a XAML processor, or by explicitly having its EndInit() method called. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsInputMethodEnabled	Gets a value indicating whether an input method system, such as an Input Method Editor (IME), is enabled for processing the input to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocused	Gets a value indicating whether this element has keyboard focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocusWithin	Gets a value indicating whether keyboard focus is anywhere within the element or its visual tree child elements. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsLoaded	Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been loaded for presentation. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsManipulationEnabled	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether manipulation events are enabled on this UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMeasureValid	Gets a value indicating whether the current size returned by layout measure is valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptured	Gets a value indicating whether the mouse is captured to this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptureWithin	Gets a value that determines whether mouse capture is held by this element or by child elements in its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseDirectlyOver	Gets a value that indicates whether the position of the mouse pointer corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseOver	Gets a value indicating whether the mouse pointer is located over this element (including child elements in the visual tree). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsRenaming	Gets whether an item is being renamed. This is a dependency property.
IsSealed	Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). Inherited from DependencyObject.
IsStylusCaptured	Gets a value indicating whether the stylus is captured by this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusCaptureWithin	Gets a value that determines whether stylus capture is held by this element, or an element within the element bounds and its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusDirectlyOver	Gets a value that indicates whether the stylus position corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusOver	Gets a value indicating whether the stylus cursor is located over this element (including visual child elements). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem	Gets or sets whether the DockLayoutManager synchronizes its the currently selected child item with the current item in the System.ComponentModel.ICollectionView assigned to the DockLayoutManager.ItemsSource. This is a dependency property.
IsTabStop	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a control is included in tab navigation. Inherited from Control.
IsVisible	Gets a value indicating whether this element is visible in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Items	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
ItemSelectorMenuCustomizations	A collection of modification actions to be performed on selector menus for dock panels.
ItemsSource	Gets or sets a collection of objects providing information to generate and initialize layout items for the DockLayoutManager. This is a dependency property.
ItemTemplate	Gets or sets a DataTemplate used to render items stored in the DockLayoutManager.ItemsSource collection.
ItemTemplateSelector	Gets or sets a DataTemplateSelector object that provides a way to choose a DataTemplate to render items stored in the DockLayoutManager.ItemsSource collection.
Language	Gets or sets localization/globalization language information that applies to an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LayoutControlItemContextMenuCustomizations	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
LayoutControlItemCustomizationMenuCustomizations	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
LayoutController	Gets the controller that provides methods to perform layout operations on layout items.
LayoutRoot	Gets or sets a root group for items (panels and other groups). This is a dependency property.
LayoutTransform	Gets or sets a graphics transformation that should apply to this element when layout is performed. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LogicalTreeStructure	Get or sets a value that specifies how the DockLayoutManager stores its logical structure.
ManualClosedPanelsBarVisibility	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Margin	Gets or sets the outer margin of an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxHeight	Gets or sets the maximum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxWidth	Gets or sets the maximum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MDIController	Gets the controller that provides methods to perform operations on MDI panels.
MDIMergeStyle	Gets or sets if and when the merge mechanism is invoked by the DockLayoutManager.
MinHeight	Gets or sets the minimum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MinimizedItems	Provides access to a collection of minimized float panels.
MinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Name	Gets or sets the identifying name of the element. The name provides a reference so that code-behind, such as event handler code, can refer to a markup element after it is constructed during processing by a XAML processor. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Opacity	Gets or sets the opacity factor applied to the entire UIElement when it is rendered in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OpacityMask	Gets or sets an opacity mask, as a Brush implementation that is applied to any alpha-channel masking for the rendered content of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OverridesDefaultStyle	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this element incorporates style properties from theme styles. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
OwnsFloatWindows	Gets or sets whether float windows are automatically minimized/restored along with their parent DockLayoutManager. This is a dependency property.
Padding	Gets or sets the padding inside a control. Inherited from Control.
Parent	Gets the logical parent element of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
PersistId	Gets a value that uniquely identifies this element. Inherited from UIElement.
RedrawContentWhenResizing	Gets or sets whether the current DockLayoutManager‘s content should be dynamically redrawn upon resizing. This is a dependency property.
RenderSize	Gets (or sets) the final render size of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransform	Gets or sets transform information that affects the rendering position of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransformOrigin	Gets or sets the center point of any possible render transform declared by RenderTransform, relative to the bounds of the element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Resources	Gets or sets the locally-defined resource dictionary. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ShowContentWhenDragging	Gets or sets whether the dock panels display their content while end-users drag them. This is a dependency property.
ShowFloatWindowsInTaskbar	Gets or sets whether float windows for this DockLayoutManager should display their own thumbnails within the Microsoft Windows Taskbar. This is a dependency property.
ShowInvisibleItems	Gets or sets whether invisible items are displayed within a layout. This is a dependency property.
ShowInvisibleItemsInCustomizationForm	Gets or sets if invisible BaseLayoutItems should be displayed in the Customization Mode.
ShowMaximizedDocumentCaptionInWindowTitle	Gets or sets whether the caption of a maximized DocumentPanel is displayed within the window’s title. This property is in effect in MDIStyle.MDI mode.
SnapsToDevicePixels	Gets or sets a value that determines whether rendering for this element should use device-specific pixel settings during rendering. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Style	Gets or sets the style used by this element when it is rendered. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
StylusPlugIns protected	Gets a collection of all stylus plug-in (customization) objects associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
SupportVirtualDesktops static
TabIndex	Gets or sets a value that determines the order in which elements receive focus when the user navigates through controls by using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag	Gets or sets an arbitrary object value that can be used to store custom information about this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Template	Gets or sets a control template. Inherited from Control.
TemplatedParent	Gets a reference to the template parent of this element. This property is not relevant if the element was not created through a template. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ToolTip	Gets or sets the tool-tip object that is displayed for this element in the user interface (UI). Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TouchesCaptured	Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesCapturedWithin	Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesDirectlyOver	Gets all touch devices that are over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesOver	Gets all touch devices that are over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
Triggers	Gets the collection of triggers established directly on this element, or in child elements. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Uid	Gets or sets the unique identifier (for localization) for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
UseLayoutRounding	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether layout rounding should be applied to this element’s size and position during layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
VerticalAlignment	Gets or sets the vertical alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
VerticalContentAlignment	Gets or sets the vertical alignment of the control’s content. Inherited from Control.
ViewStyle	Gets or sets a value that specifies how the layout items display their borders.
Visibility	Gets or sets the user interface (UI) visibility of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
VisualBitmapEffect protected	Gets or sets the BitmapEffect value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapEffectInput protected	Gets or sets the BitmapEffectInput value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapScalingMode protected	Gets or sets the BitmapScalingMode for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualCacheMode protected	Gets or sets a cached representation of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualClearTypeHint protected	Gets or sets the ClearTypeHint that determines how ClearType is rendered in the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualClip protected	Gets or sets the clip region of the Visual as a Geometry value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEdgeMode protected	Gets or sets the edge mode of the Visual as an EdgeMode value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEffect protected	Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOffset protected	Gets or sets the offset value of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacity protected	Gets or sets the opacity of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacityMask protected	Gets or sets the Brush value that represents the opacity mask of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualParent protected	Gets the visual tree parent of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualScrollableAreaClip protected	Gets or sets a clipped scrollable area for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextHintingMode protected	Gets or sets the TextHintingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextRenderingMode protected	Gets or sets the TextRenderingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTransform protected	Gets or sets the Transform value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualXSnappingGuidelines protected	Gets or sets the x-coordinate (vertical) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
VisualYSnappingGuidelines protected	Gets or sets the y-coordinate (horizontal) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
WindowTitleFormat	Gets or sets the format string used to format the window’s title. This is a dependency property.