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BarManager.ShowCloseButton Property

Gets or sets whether the close button (‘x’) is displayed at the right edge of the main menu.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v19.1.dll

Declaration

[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[DefaultValue(false)]
public bool ShowCloseButton { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
Boolean **false**

true if the close button is displayed; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Set the ShowCloseButton property to true to enable the close button (‘x’). This button is displayed at the right edge of the main menu, if there is no main menu it’s hidden. In an MDI application, this button will also be hidden when a child MDI form is maximized.

The image below shows the close button being highlighted:

BarManager_CloseButton

By default, the close button does not implement any specific functionality. To respond to an end-user clicking on this button, you can handle the BarManager.CloseButtonClick event. For instance, you can handle this event to close a currently active window that has no title, etc.

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