• Visual Studio Style Helper Glyphs - these glyphs serve as drop targets and provide a more intuitive way in which to initiate dock operations.

  • Tabbed Containers - drop a window onto the center glyph to organize panels as tabbed pages.

    WPF Docking - Dock as Tab

    Via drag-and-drop, you can easily reorder tabs.

  • Built-in Close Buttons - allow end-users to temporarily hide unnecessary windows.

    WPF Docking - Close Buttons

  • Closed Panels Toolbar - allows you to restore panel visibility.

    You can make a Close Panel visible which will allow an end-user to access all closed panels.

    WPF Docking - Closed Panels Toolbar

  • Float State - you can enable free positioning of float panel or restrict movement to the application's window boundaries.

    WPF Docking - Floating Panels

  • Automatic Splitters - automatically created splitter controls allow you to resize dock windows that are placed side-by-side.

    WPF Docking - Splitters

  • Auto-Hide Operation Mode - we've enhanced this Visual Studio-like feature to enable direct transitions between Float and Auto-Hide states.

    WPF Docking - Auto Hiding Panel via Drag-and-Drop

  • User Customization Options - for each individual panel, you can specify which states and operation modes are allowed.
  • Built-in Context Menu - in addition to drag and drop operations, end-users can change dock window states by using the title bar's context menu.

    WPF Docking - Built-in Context Menu

  • Toolbar-Menu Integration - toolbars and menus created with the DXBars Library can be integrated into individual dock panels.

    WPF Docking - Toolbar Within Dock Panel

  • Layout Persistence - you can save and restore control layout and maintain layouts between application runs. This feature can also be used to provide end-users with multiple predefined layouts so that they can switch from one to another based upon their business requirements.
  • Multi-Monitor Support - with this feature, you can freely move documents to your second monitor.

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