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Creating and manipulating dockable windows using DotNetBar is very easy and does not require writing any code. Follow these steps to create dockable windows: Add DotNetBarManager to the the form Right-click DotNetBarManager icon and choose one of the Create Dock Bar context menu commands Add your controls to the newly created dock window Optionally, right-click […]

In Docking Concepts docking on all 4 sides of the form were covered. This topic covers Fill docking or Document Docking capabilities of DotNetBar Suite. To quickly get started with Document Docking please watch the Document Docking Tutorial on our web site. Document Docking is enabled by right-clicking DotNetBarManager component on your form and choosing […]

DotNetBar includes very flexible docking engine for dockable windows and toolbars. Docking windows and toolbars are added to the Dock Sites (DockSite) controls which are automatically created for you when you add DotNetBarManager to the form. Dockable Windows Docking Dock Sites There are total of 8 dock sites created. 4 for each side of the […]

If you are setting Bar.Text property on dockable bar (LayoutType=DockContainer) and your values do not appear on screen or appear that they are not serialized check the setting of the Bar.AutoSyncBarCaption property. AutoSyncBarCaption property is by default set to true which indicates to the dockable bar that its caption should be automatically set to the […]

Method below has been included now in BarUtilites library that ships with DotNetBar. You can use it instead of the code below. Use: BarUtilites.SetDockContainerVisible ________________________________________________________ Method below encapsulates all the logic that you need to hide the DockContainerItem objects on the bar and automatically hide/show the bar when last DockContainerItem object has been hidden/shown. v2 […]