Interaction with Dock Panels

• Jul 14, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

When used together within the same form or user control, the DocumentManager and DockManager components gain additional features.

• Any DockPanel can be docked into a TabbedView as a tab. The DocumentManager creates a Document object to wrap this panel.

  

  C#

  //method #1 (recommended)
  //allows you to choose the host DocumentGroup
  //and the panel position
  tabbedView1.Controller.Dock(dockPanel2, documentGroup1, 0);
  //method #2
  dockPanel2.DockAsMdiDocument();
  //method #3
  dockPanel2.DockedAsTabbedDocument = true;
  

  VB.NET

  'method #1 (recommended)
  'allows you to choose the host DocumentGroup
  'and the panel position
  tabbedView1.Controller.Dock(dockPanel2, documentGroup1, 0)
  'method #2
  dockPanel2.DockAsMdiDocument()
  'method #3
  dockPanel2.DockedAsTabbedDocument = True
  

  Note that after a DockPanel was docked as a tabbed Document, its DockTo methods no longer work until you undock this panel (set its DockPanel.DockedAsTabbedDocument property to false to do so).

  C#

  //makes a panel float
  dockPanel2.DockedAsTabbedDocument = false;
  //docks a panel to the specific DockManager edge
  //or to another panel owned by this DockManager
  dockPanel2.DockTo(DockingStyle.Right); 
  

  VB.NET

  'makes a panel float
  dockPanel2.DockedAsTabbedDocument = False
  'docks a panel to the specific DockManager edge
  'or to another panel owned by this DockManager
  

• The Document Selector shows both Document and DockPanel objects.

• Unified appearance for DockManager and DocumentManager docking guides. Handle the BaseView.ShowingDockGuides and DockManager.ShowingDockGuides events to manually control which of them should be visible.

  

• When a user drags a Dock Panel to a screen edge, the Windows Panel Snapping activates.