RichEditControl.DockLayoutManagerName Field

Obtains the name of the DockLayoutManager containing RichEditControl and Reviewing Pane.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public const string DockLayoutManagerName = "PART_DockLayoutManager"

VB.NET

Public Const DockLayoutManagerName As String = "PART_DockLayoutManager"

Field Value

Type	Description
String	A string that is the name of the DockLayoutManager used to access the Reviewing Pane.

Remarks

Use the DockLayoutManagerName property to access the Reviewing Pane and customize it, as shown in the code snippet below.

Example

MainWindow.xaml.cs (C#)

//Access the DockLayoutManager in the template: 
string name = RichEditControl.DockLayoutManagerName;
DockLayoutManager manager = (DockLayoutManager)richEdit.Template.FindName(name, richEdit);

//Retireve the Reviewing Pane 
LayoutPanel commentPanel = manager.LayoutRoot.Items[0] as LayoutPanel;
DocumentPanel documentPanel = manager.LayoutRoot.Items[1] as DocumentPanel;

//Dock panel to the right 
manager.DockController.Dock(commentPanel, documentPanel, DockType.Right);

//Hide the pane to the tab 
commentPanel.AutoHidden = true;

//Disable floating 
commentPanel.AllowFloat = false;

MainWindow.xaml.vb

'Access the DockLayoutManager in the template: 
Dim name As String = RichEditControl.DockLayoutManagerName
Dim manager As DockLayoutManager = CType(richEdit.Template.FindName(name, richEdit), DockLayoutManager)

'Retireve the Reviewing Pane 
Dim commentPanel As LayoutPanel = TryCast(manager.LayoutRoot.Items(0), LayoutPanel)
Dim documentPanel As DocumentPanel = TryCast(manager.LayoutRoot.Items(1), DocumentPanel)

'Dock panel to the right 
manager.DockController.Dock(commentPanel, documentPanel, DockType.Right)

'Hide the pane to the tab 
commentPanel.AutoHidden = True

'Disable floating 
commentPanel.AllowFloat = False