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The Weifenluo DockPanel Suite is an open source library that extends the .NET WinForms API to support forms that can be interactively docked by a user to customise their application UI layout.

The Weifenluo DockPanel Suite is an open source library (under the MIT license) that extends the .NET WinForms API to support forms that can be interactively docked by a user to customise their application UI layout. It supports the look and feel of Visual Studio .NET and is widely used by other open source projects.

For more information visit the project website at http://dockpanelsuite.com

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How to hide document area between panels in DockPanelSuite

I am trying to develop an interface using DockPanelSuite with only a left and right window (I want them to look the same). When using DockPanelSuite you cannot set the width of the document area and there is a gap between the panels (see the green…
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Add scrollable panels in the DockPanel Suite

I am trying to add scroll bars to a panel using the WeiFen Luo Dock Panel Suite (DPS). I have my forms created and the layout is how I want it, however one of my forms is larger than the area I have allocated for one group of panels. Scroll bars on…
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DockPanelSuite LoadFromXML does not work?

Loadfromxml does not seem to work. It reads the XML file, then branches to the function that returns the forms to load, and that returns the forms, but it never loads the forms. They never appear. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Code snippet…
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DockPanel Suite : Open Document-tab Location?

We're revamping our winforms user interface to use the Weifen Luo DockPanel Suite and since our old UI didn't have tabs, we would like to show a ballon tooltip when a new window is docked to the document area, informing users that they may rip-out…
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How change autohide area color

I have a winform application which has 2012 light theme on weifenluo.winformsui.docking. Problem is that the 2012 light theme is not quite viewable as everything is in light colors. I want to change background color of the docking area: I have…
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How to dock two floating DockContents together?

I have a program with a main window and two floating DockContent windows (using the DockPanel-suite library). When I run the program I can dock the two floating windows together to become one floating window with two "tabs". My question is how do I…
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How to access controls on an inherited form?

I'm using the DockPanel Suite in my winforms app. The DockContent class is derived from System.Windows.Forms.Form class and my two forms, dockRounds and dockToolbox, inherit from the DockContent class. This is the first time I've done this and this…
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Dockpanel Suite and passing data across multiple forms

Hi I couldn't find anything that referenced exactly what I was looking for. I have seen many examples on sites of passing data between two forms such as How can I pass values from one form to another? Using The Controls Of One Form Into Another How…
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Handling Event - form/control not updating?

First off, I do not work with winform development full time so don't bash me too bad... As the title somewhat depicts, I am having an issue refreshing the controls on a form after an event has been raised and captured. On "Form1" I have a Dockpanel…
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Loading a WeifenLuo DockPanel Suite layout from XML

I am currently working on a project where I have implemented the DockPanel suite and I am now trying to load the user's layout back from an XML file. The DockPanel object has methods LoadFromXml and SaveToXml. Saving to an XML is relatively simple.…
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Get child panels of a panel in WeifenLuo 2.5.0.0

I want to create several DockContent s to my window at runtime. Also all contents should be visible to the user at the same time. I only want to add contents to the top and bottom side. So how do I add contents in which all contents have nearly the…
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How to Show the Form's Own Icon on a Floating Window using DockPanel and its Extender?

With the Weifen Luo DockPanel component, one can add to their .net project the ability to dock forms within other forms. The component is very well done. Now, I see from this page at the project forum at github (where this component is now hosted),…
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Only one DockContent in DockPanel

Here is how my setup looking: This is the DockPanel suite. The white area is dockPanel visual component I has dropped on form. I don't need any docking, nested docking, droppable tabs, etc. I just need one "ProjectsForm" panel and want it to auto…
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Using DockPanelSuite, how do you get context menu for tab strip separate from document tab?

When using DockPanelSuite, is it possible to have a context menu for the tab strip that is different from the one for a document tab? For example, right click an empty space on the tab strip and get one context menu then right click a document tab…
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How can I use pre-existing form LoadFromXml in WeifenLuo?

I inherited a WinForms application where we are using Dock management with WeifenLuo. I'm trying to use the SaveAsXml and LoadFromXml. Which works fine if I am ok with a new form every time - a particular form needs to stay available right now and I…
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