LayoutGroup.DestroyOnClosingChildren Property

Gets or sets whether the current group is destroyed when removing all its children. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Docking, DevExpress.Wpf.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public bool DestroyOnClosingChildren { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property DestroyOnClosingChildren As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the current group is destroyed when removing all its children; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Setting this property to true has no effect if the group’s LayoutGroup.GroupBorderStyle property isn’t set to GroupBorderStyle.NoBorder .

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

how-to-build-a-dock-ui-according-to-the-mvvm-pattern-using-mvvmhelpersettargetname-e3911/CS/DockingMVVM/MainWindow.xaml#L44

<dxd:LayoutGroup>
    <dxd:LayoutGroup x:Name="PanelHost" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False"/>
    <dxd:DocumentGroup x:Name="DocumentHost" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False" />

wpf-docklayoutmanager-load-an-external-window-or-usercontrol-into-a-documentpanel/CS/DocumentPanel_Content/MainWindow.xaml#L38

<dxdo:LayoutGroup>
    <dxdo:DocumentGroup x:Name="documentGroup1" SelectedTabIndex="1" DestroyOnClosingChildren="False" MDIStyle="MDI">
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel x:Name="docPanel1" Caption="Panel 1" MDISize="300,250"/>

wpf-docklayoutmanager-merge-bars-in-controls-that-support-automatic-merging/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L21

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

wpf-docklayoutmanager-merge-ribbon-controls/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml#L40

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