DocumentPanel Class

A child panel in a DocumentGroup. The DocumentPanel supports the MDI and Tabbed UIs.

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class DocumentPanel :
    LayoutPanel

Public Class DocumentPanel
    Inherits LayoutPanel

The following members return DocumentPanel objects:

Remarks

Create DocumentPanels

View Example: Create a DocumentGroup with Two DocumentPanel Tabs

In XAML

The following code sample creates the DocumentGroup with two DocumentPanels inside:

XAML

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup>
      <dxdo:DocumentGroup>
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel Caption="Document1"/>
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel Caption="Document2"/>
      </dxdo:DocumentGroup>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>

In Code

The following code sample creates the DocumentGroup with two DocumentPanels inside:

XAML

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager x:Name="DockLayoutManager1">
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup x:Name="rootgroup">
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>

C#
VB.NET

DocumentGroup documentgroup = new DocumentGroup();
DockLayoutManager1.DockController.Dock(documentgroup, rootgroup, DockType.Fill);
DocumentPanel document1 = DockLayoutManager1.DockController.AddDocumentPanel(documentgroup);
document1.Caption = "Document1";
DocumentPanel document2 = DockLayoutManager1.DockController.AddDocumentPanel(documentgroup);
document2.Caption = "Document2";
DockLayoutManager1.DockController.Dock(document2, documentgroup, DockType.Fill);

Dim documentgroup As DocumentGroup = New DocumentGroup()
DockLayoutManager1.DockController.Dock(documentgroup, rootgroup, DockType.Fill)
Dim document1 As DocumentPanel = DockLayoutManager1.DockController.AddDocumentPanel(documentgroup)
document1.Caption = "Document1"
Dim document2 As DocumentPanel = DockLayoutManager1.DockController.AddDocumentPanel(documentgroup)
document2.Caption = "Document2"
DockLayoutManager1.DockController.Dock(document2, documentgroup, DockType.Fill)

Dock Layout Manager - Create DocumentGroup In-Code

Tip

Refer to the DocumentGroup class for more information on how to customize DocumentPanels.

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XAML

wpf-dock-layout-manager-use-the-layout-upgrade-event-to-upgrade-a-layout-from-one-version-to-another/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L15

<Window.Resources>
    <Style TargetType="dxdo:DocumentPanel">
        <Setter Property="MDISize" Value="200,200" />

wpf-docklayoutmanager-load-an-external-window-or-usercontrol-into-a-documentpanel/CS/DocumentPanel_Content/MainWindow.xaml#L35

<dxdo:DocumentGroup x:Name="documentGroup1" SelectedTabIndex="1" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False" MDIStyle="MDI">
    <dxdo:DocumentPanel x:Name="docPanel1" Caption="Panel 1" MDISize="300,250"/>
    <dxdo:DocumentPanel x:Name="docPanel2" Caption="Panel 2" MDILocation="100,100" MDISize="300,250" Content="{dxdo:RelativeUri UriString=/DocumentPanel_Content;component/CustomWindows/MyWindow.xaml}"/>

wpf-dock-layout-manager-limit-layout-group-customization-at-runtime/CS/DXDockingForLayoutPurposes/MainWindow.xaml#L19

<dxd:LayoutGroup>
    <dxd:DocumentPanel>
        <dxd:DockLayoutManager>

wpf-docklayoutmanager-merge-bars-in-controls-that-support-automatic-merging/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L22

<dxdo:DocumentGroup x:Name="ChildDocumentGroup" MDIStyle="Tabbed" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False">
    <dxdo:DocumentPanel x:Name="Document1" Caption="DocumentPanel1" MDISize="800,600">
        <Grid>

wpf-docklayoutmanager-merge-ribbon-controls/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L41

<dxdo:DocumentGroup x:Name="ChildDocumentGroup" MDIStyle="Tabbed" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False">
    <dxdo:DocumentPanel x:Name="Document1" Caption="Document1" MDISize="800,600">
        <Grid>