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XtraTabbedMdiManager Members

The component that displays MDI child forms as tabs and provides basic form management features. To create an advanced tabbed UI, use the DocumentManager component instead.

Constructors

Name Description
XtraTabbedMdiManager() Initializes a new instance of the XtraTabbedMdiManager class with default settings.
XtraTabbedMdiManager(IContainer) Initializes a new instance of the XtraTabbedMdiManager class which is associated with the specified container.

Properties

Name Description
AccessibleDescription Gets or sets the object’s description used by accessibility client applications.
AccessibleName Gets or sets the object’s name used by accessibility client applications.
AccessibleRole Gets or sets the object’s accessible role.
ActiveFloatForm Gets the currently active floating page.
AllowDragDrop Gets or sets whether end-users can reorder pages by dragging their headers.
AllowGlyphSkinning Gets or sets whether icons for all XtraMdiTabPages within the XtraTabbedMdiManager should be painted with the same color as the page header text.
Appearance Gets the appearance settings used to paint the MDI client.
AppearancePage Provides access to the properties that control the appearance of all the pages.
BorderStyle Gets or sets the border style of the multiple document interface (MDI) client.
BorderStylePage Gets or sets the border style of all the tab pages.
Bounds Gets the bounding rectangle of the multiple document interface (MDI) client.
CanRaiseEvents protected Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
ClosePageButtonShowMode Gets or sets whether Close buttons are displayed in individual tab pages and the tab control’s header.
CloseTabOnMiddleClick Gets or sets the value that determines if tabs will be closed on a mouse middle click.
Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
Controller Gets or sets the bar and dock controller that controls the appearance settings of the XtraTabbedMdiManager component.
DesignMode protected Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
Events protected Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
FloatForms Provides access to the collection of floating pages.
FloatMDIChildDockDelay Gets or sets the time interval between moving a floating page onto the tab header region and docking the page.
FloatOnDoubleClick Gets or sets whether a page is made floating on double-clicking its tab.
FloatOnDrag Gets or sets whether a page can be dragged away from the XtraTabbedMdiManager and then restored.
FloatPageDragMode Gets or sets how a page is dragged away from the XtraTabbedMdiManager‘s header region.
Handler This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
HeaderAutoFill Gets or sets whether the page headers should be automatically stretched to fill the empty space in a tab row.
HeaderButtons Gets the options that specify which tab buttons can be displayed within the header panel.
HeaderButtonsShowMode Gets or sets a value which specifies the display mode for the header buttons.
HeaderLocation Gets or sets the position of the page headers.
HeaderOrientation Gets or sets the orientation of the page headers.
Images Gets or sets the source of images that can be displayed within page headers. Use the ImageIndex property in XtraMdiTabPage.ImageOptions to assign an image to a page.
MaxTabPageWidth Gets or sets the default maximum width of tab headers for all pages.
MdiParent Gets or sets a container for multiple document interface (MDI) child forms.
MultiLine Gets or sets whether more than one row of page headers can be displayed.
PageImagePosition Gets or sets the alignment of the image displayed within the page header.
Pages Provides access to the tabbed MDI manager’s page collection.
PinPageButtonShowMode Gets or sets which XtraMdiTabPages should display a Pin Button on their tab headers.
PreviewPageZoomRatio Gets or sets the zoom ratio to calculate the size of a floating page’s preview version.
RightToLeftLayout Gets or sets whether right-to-left mirror placement is turned on.
SelectedPage Gets or sets the currently selected page.
SetNextMdiChildMode Gets or sets a value which specifies the order in which pages are cycled through.
ShowFloatingDropHint Gets or sets whether hints are displayed to indicate positions when a floating page is being dragged-and-dropped onto the XtraTabbedMdiManager‘s header region.
ShowHeaderFocus Gets or sets whether a focus frame is displayed around the selected page header.
ShowToolTips Gets or sets whether hints can be displayed for page headers.
Site Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. Inherited from Component.
TabPageWidth Gets or sets the width for all tab page headers within the XtraTabbedMdiManager.
ToolTipController Gets or sets the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and content of the hints displayed for tab pages.
UseDocumentSelector Gets or sets whether the Document Selector feature is enabled, which allows an end-user to switch between tab pages.
UseFormIconAsPageImage Gets or sets whether to display a child form’s icon (Form.Icon) in the corresponding page header.

Methods

Name Description
BeginUpdate() Locks the XtraTabbedMdiManager object by preventing visual updates of the object and its elements until the EndUpdate method is called.
CalcHitInfo(Point) Returns information on the visual elements located at the specified point.
CreateObjRef(Type) Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
Dock(Form, XtraTabbedMdiManager) Moves a floating page from the specified XtraTabbedMdiManager to the current XtraTabbedMdiManager and docks the page.
EndUpdate() Unlocks the XtraTabbedMdiManager object after a call to the BeginUpdate method and causes an immediate visual update.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
Float(XtraMdiTabPage, Point) Makes the specified page floating.
GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService() Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetService(Type) protected Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
GetXtraTabbedMdiManager(Form) static Gets the tabbed MDI manager which is associated with the specified Form.
InitializeLifetimeService() Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
Invalidate() Invalidates the region occupied by the multiple document interface (MDI) client.
Invalidate(Rectangle) Invalidates the specified region occupied by the multiple document interface (MDI) client.
LayoutChanged() Updates a tabbed MDI.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
ToString() Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component.

Events

Name Description
BeginDocking Allows you to cancel docking a floating page onto the XtraTabbedMdiManager.
BeginFloating Allows you to prevent a page from becoming floating.
CustomDocumentSelectorItem Allows you to customize display settings of the Document Selector’s items.
CustomDocumentSelectorSettings Allows you to customize the Document Selector’s settings, before it’s displayed on-screen.
CustomDrawHeaderButton Allows you to draw a header button manually.
CustomDrawTabHeader Allows you to draw a tab header manually.
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
EndDocking Fires after a floating page has been docked to the XtraTabbedMdiManager.
EndFloating Fires when dropping a page that is becoming floating.
Floating Fires when a docked page becomes floating.
FloatMDIChildActivated Fires when a floating page is activated.
FloatMDIChildDeactivated Fires when a floating page is deactivated.
FloatMDIChildDragging Fires when dragging a floating page. Allows you to implement the drag-and-drop of child floating pages to another XtraTabbedMdiManager.
MouseDown Occurs when the mouse pointer is over a tabbed MDI and a mouse button is pressed.
MouseEnter Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the tabbed MDI.
MouseLeave Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the tabbed MDI.
MouseMove Occurs when the mouse pointer moves over a tabbed MDI.
MouseUp Occurs when the mouse button is released if it was pressed within a tabbed MDI.
PageAdded Fires after a new page has been added to the XtraTabbedMdiManager.Pages collection.
PageRemoved Fires after a page has been removed from the XtraTabbedMdiManager.Pages collection.
SelectedPageChanged Fires after the selected page has been changed.
SetNextMdiChild Provides the ability to cycle through the pages using custom rules.
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