XtraForm.AllowMdiBar Property

Gets or sets whether an MDI bar is allowed for this form. This property is in effect for a parent MDI form, when the title bar skinning feature is enabled.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public virtual bool AllowMdiBar { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
<DXCategory("Behavior")>
Public Overridable Property AllowMdiBar As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	**false**	true if the MDI bar is allowed; otherwise, false.

Remarks

An MDI bar provides the control buttons and menu allowing an end-user to close, restore, minimize and switch between child MDI forms.

The AllowMdiBar property controls the visibility of an MDI bar when the following conditions are met:

• the current XtraForm is a parent form in an MDI application;
• the title bar skinning feature is enabled via the SkinManager.EnableFormSkins or SkinManager.EnableFormSkinsIfNotVista method.
• one of the MDI child forms is maximized.

If you’re using a BarManager or RibbonForm within the parent MDI XtraForm, there is no need to enable the AllowMdiBar option, as these components provide their own MDI bars.