ITabbedViewController.Dock(Document, DocumentGroup, Int32) Method

Docks the specified document to the specified group at a specific position.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking2010.Views.Tabbed

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

bool Dock(
    Document document,
    DocumentGroup group,
    int insertIndex
)

VB.NET

Function Dock(
    document As Document,
    group As DocumentGroup,
    insertIndex As Integer
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
document	Document	A Document object to be docked.
group	DocumentGroup	A DocumentGroup object where the document should be docked.
insertIndex	Int32	An integer value that specifies the index at which the document will be docked. The visual order of documents within a group is specified by the DocumentGroup.Items property.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if the operation was a success; otherwise, false.

Remarks

You can limit the number of items (documents and dock panels) displayed simultaneously within a group via the IDocumentGroupDefaultProperties.MaxDocuments/IDocumentGroupProperties.MaxDocuments properties. If a group is displaying the maximum number of items (MaxDocuments), and you try to dock a new item to this group via the Dock method, the operation will not be successful.