Questions tagged [avalondock]

AvalonDock is a WPF controls library which can be used to create a docking layout system like that is present in VisualStudio. It supports fly-out panes, floating windows, multiple docking manager in same window, styles and themes and it can host WinForms controls.

AvalonDock is a WPF controls library which can be used to create a docking layout system like that is present in VisualStudio. It supports fly-out panes, floating windows, multiple docking manager in same window, styles and themes and it can host WinForms controls.

This library is the successor of the 'WPF Docking Library' that was published on CodeProject quite a while ago. AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit.

Features

  • Completely written in C# and XAML
  • Almost everything can be restyled
  • Support for Windows Forms controls

Known Issues

  • Due to design decisions (support for Windows Forms controls) this library cannot be use in a restricted environment (e.g. XBAP)

License

New BSD License (BSD)

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Restore Layout does not restore the modules content

i"m using prism with AvalonDoc. when i try to restore the layout (on the event handler of the menu button "RestoreLayout") dockManager.RestoreLayout(FileName); i do get the correct layout structure, but the content of every region is now empty. do i…
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Enlarge and Styling for Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock Drop Down Button

Hi I'm new to AvalonDock and currently I have to handle on a task on others code which implemented this Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock. My goal is to make the UI become touch screen friendly and first thing I need to enlarge the "Search Tab Button", I'm not…
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How to use ApplicationCommands in a MVVM AvalonDock Program?

I'm working on a program that use AvalonDock to open several documents at the same time. And there is a public ribbon which has some common buttons on the top, like this: Now, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete can be used by clicking MenuItems of them in…
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Why this Databinding doesn't work? (WPF)

I have this databinding that doesn't work and I can not figure ut why. The message that I am getting in output window is: System.Windows.Data Error: 4 : Cannot find source for binding with reference 'RelativeSource FindAncestor,…
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How to change the color of the tab item pane using AvalonDock

I am working on a dark theme for my application and all my controls use AvalonDock. For the most part I've been successful in getting all of the other controls updated to my Dark mode. Except these tabitems (see image below) Every tab item in my…
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C# Prism Сommunication between AvalonDock and MainApplicationView

I'm trying to figure out how to work with AvalonDock in Prism. My MainApplciationView Xaml code:
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Why do AvalonDock panes collapse in height when splitters first moved?

C#, WPF, AvalonDock v 4.0.0.0. I have got three AnchorablePanes arranged vertically within a LayoutPanel. When either splitter is first adjusted by the user, all three AnchorablePanes abruptly change in height or vertical position. As far as I can…
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Bind visibility of a LayoutAnchorable to a checkable MenuItem

C#, WPF. I would like to show/hide AvalonDock panels using checkable menu items. Although I could do this using _Click events I believe it would be good practice to use binding instead and that it should be possible to achieve this entirely using…
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Avalon Dock: How to set LayoutAnchorablePaneControl's BorderBrush

I snooped the desired property and I can change it in real-time: But I don't know what exactly to set in the code. When I edit the XAML like this: ... …
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AvalonDock DockingManager ActiveContent does not update

In my AvalonDock DockingManager the Property ActiveContent does not update the active tab when I load a new document. I have a ActiveDocument Property like this: private DocumentViewModel m_activeDocument; public DocumentViewModel…
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Why my C# Project properties has no target framework and no combo box choices?

I downloaded AvalonDock from GitHub and I open in in Visual Studio. There is no "Target framework" and the ComboBox list is empty and the ComboBox is disabled. Anybody know why? Note: I have a .net Core WPF application and add AvalonDock project as…
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why do items disappear when i redock the window?

i tried printing out to a listbox the nlog exceptions using NLog Viewer in avalon dock window If i try to dock out the window the listbox is cleared out and its the same for docking the window with the listbox back. How could i fix that? xaml code …
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How to change style for a single LayoutDocument?

Suppose I have this xaml:
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DocumentHeaderTemplate affects title set on LayoutAnchorables

I have implemented the solution given in AvalonDock2 : LayoutItemTemplate only for documents. However I have a problem with setting the title on my Documents. I have inserted a DocumentHeaderTemplate …
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