XtraTabbedMdiManager.BeginFloating Event

Allows you to prevent a page from becoming floating.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraTabbedMdi

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event FloatingCancelEventHandler BeginFloating

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Events")>
Public Event BeginFloating As FloatingCancelEventHandler

Event Data

The BeginFloating event's data class is DevExpress.XtraTabbedMdi.FloatingCancelEventArgs.

Remarks

For a page that is becoming floating, the following events fire:

1. XtraTabbedMdiManager.BeginFloating - Fires before a page is made floating. The event allows you to prevent a page from becoming floating.
2. XtraTabbedMdiManager.Floating - Fires when a page becomes floating.
3. XtraTabbedMdiManager.FloatMDIChildDragging - Fires repeatedly when dragging a floating page.
4. XtraTabbedMdiManager.EndFloating - Fires after a floating page has been dropped.

The XtraTabbedMdiManager.BeginFloating, XtraTabbedMdiManager.Floating and XtraTabbedMdiManager.EndFloating events do not fire when dragging floating pages that have already been made floating.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-dragging-of-mdi-children-between-the-different-xtratabbedmdimanagers-e2776/CS/TabbedMDIApp/MainForm.cs#L24

xtraTabbedMdiManager1.BeginFloating += xtraTabbedMdiManager1_BeginFloating;
xtraTabbedMdiManager1.FloatMDIChildDragging += xtraTabbedMdiManager1_FloatMDIChildDragging;

VB.NET

how-to-implement-dragging-of-mdi-children-between-the-different-xtratabbedmdimanagers-e2776/VB/TabbedMDIApp/MainForm.vb#L26

AddHandler xtraTabbedMdiManager1.BeginFloating, AddressOf xtraTabbedMdiManager1_BeginFloating
AddHandler xtraTabbedMdiManager1.FloatMDIChildDragging, AddressOf xtraTabbedMdiManager1_FloatMDIChildDragging