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Bar.HideWhenMerging Property

Gets or sets whether the current child bar is hidden from the child form during a merge operation. This option is in effect if you subscribed to the parent BarManager’s BarManager.Merge and BarManager.UnMerge events.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public DefaultBoolean HideWhenMerging { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
DefaultBoolean Default

A DefaultBoolean value that specifies whether the current child bar is hidden from the child form during a merge operation.

Available values:

Name Description Return Value
True

The value is true.

0

False

The value is false.

1

Default

The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.

2

#Remarks

The default visibility of all child bars during merging is specified by the child BarManager’s BarManager.HideBarsWhenMerging property. Individual child bars can override this setting via the HideWhenMerging property. If the HideWhenMerging property is set to Default, a bar’s visibility during merging is specified by the BarManager.HideBarsWhenMerging property.

See BarManager.HideBarsWhenMerging to learn more.

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