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New Post: How to set a DockableContent to floating and reposition

hoihoi8 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:17:24 GMT

Hi Nashrath, I already have a Save and Restore Layout feature working in my app.

I have a xaml shell of type "Window" and within the xaml shell I have a "DockingManager" that contains serveral "DockablePanes".

I am putting "DockableContent" xaml UIs inside the "DockablePanes".

I would like to reposition a single "DockableContent" module (the one selected in my listbox) when I hit my reset button. I can't find figure out which properties of the "DocableContent" to change to undock it (if docked) and reposition it.

New Post: How to set a DockableContent to floating and reposition

nashrath — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:39:09 GMT

Store layout by savelayout() and restore it again. I am not getting your question. Before reset button click, what's there on layout?

New Post: How to set a DockableContent to floating and reposition

hoihoi8 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:20 GMT

Hello,

I have a general question. I have a "Reset Position" button that should change a DockableContent module to floating (if docked) and reposition the floating DockableContent module to a visible place on the screen (like application position 0,0) in case the module has gotten lost. How can I do this?

I am working with a DockingManager and a DockableContent.

New Post: Restore Layout -- Restoring previous project data

nashrath — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:28 GMT

Hi,

I am working with AvalonDock library and it is going good. I never notice one thing when I change the project and use restore layout function. It is still showing me the data of previous projects.

In details, User open a project and all my AvalonDock modules get the data from the project and display it. There are layout control buttons display different modules at runtime.

If user change the project, and click ont he layout out button . the modules are still displaying the old project data.

Any comment appreciated.

Thanks,

New Post: Error -- A common Ancestor

nashrath — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:57 GMT

Thanks Ado.

Yeh i went through it. And it is working good.

New Post: Redock a DockableFloatingWindow

sg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:22:17 GMT

Hi,

I want to be able to redock my floatingwindows at the very beginning of a documentpane (which were earlier part of a documentpane) and set them as active. As of now, the index of item(ManagedContent) in its previous pane is stored inside the DockableFloatingWindow and when I double click on the floating window, it tries to the set the index based on the stored value.

I was thinking of how Visual Studio does open new files as tab items that get added to the very beginning of an existing list of open files. I guess this would be the preferred way when a window is redocked. The index of each tab item should not be lost, however, when the layout is Saved.

Let me know, if this needs to be added as an issue.

Thanks,

sg.

New Post: Serious issue when Pane closes

theleaf — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:31:02 GMT

Ok, I found out that if i make one (any) of the panes float (ie: I grab it with the mouse until it deteaches, then I put it back were it was) the application doesn't crash anymore!

This is quite weird... anyway, is there a way to "simulate" this in code (making an item float then replace it), so I can do it at startup and get around this weird bug??

New Post: Serious issue when Pane closes

theleaf — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:46:04 GMT

Hi guys!

First of all, thanks to the author for this great library.

It would be even better... if I managed to make it work! :P

My problem is as follows:

When I set Panes to "auto hide" it *seems* to work correctly, ie: when I hover with the mouse over the label the dockablePane "slides" into view correctly.

But when I click somewhere else, and the pane slides back out of view, exactly at the moment the "hiding" animation finishes, the entire applications crashes without any error message or exception... it just closes without any apparent reason!

This of course makes the whole library unusable... does anyone else have the same problem? Is there a fix?

New Post: DocumentContent DockableState?

znite — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:13:28 GMT

Hi,

I'm using the DockingManager.DocumentsSource feature for documents, but my DocumentContents dont appear to be un-dockable, as they are in the Window4.xaml demo AvalonDockTest. I cant see anything different in my xaml or code-behind. There's no DockableState property (unlike in DockableContent).

Any ideas anyone??

Cheers,

Andy

New Post: How To Prevent DockablePane From Floating

benmcntsh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:53:49 GMT

Is there an easy way to prevent a DockablePane from floating but still be dockable much like how the DocumentContent can be prevented from floating?

New Post: DocumentContent Width and Height

DerekNash — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:57:19 GMT

Does anyone know how to return the width and height of the content of a DocumentContent? I need to know what the visible area is of cont4 in the following code:

DocumentContent cont4 = new DocumentContent();

cont4.Name = "cont4";

cont4.Content = mainCanvas;

cont4.Title = "Document";

pane4.Items.Add(cont4);

dockManager.Show(cont4);

DocumentContent cont4 = new DocumentContent();

cont4.Name = "cont4";

//mainCanvas.Name = "MyDesignerCanvas";

mainCanvas.AllowDrop = true;

mainCanvas.Background = Brushes.LightSlateGray;

//mainCanvas.Width = WidthProperty.;

//mainCanvas.Height = (double)HeightProperty;

cont4.Content = mainCanvas;

cont4.Title = "Document";

pane4.Items.Add(cont4);

dockManager.Show(cont4);

I've tried obvious functions like Height, ActualHeight etc., and they all return either 0 or NaN. Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks a million in advance.

Derek

New Post: DockingManager can't be used in an Auto sized Column

xiard — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:55:42 GMT

See my reply above; the uploaded source code is at the mediafire link.

David

New Post: DockingManager can't be used in an Auto sized Column

dejanberic — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:32 GMT

I totally agree with ujfa!

You should post your changes so everyone benefits.

thanks

New Post: DockingManager can't be used in an Auto sized Column

ujfa — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:23:11 GMT

Hi xiard,

it would be great if you posted source code or uploaded the patch.

Thanks,

Dragan

New Post: Is there an example MVVM + AvalonDock application ?

swhitlock — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:18:23 GMT

I wrote up an article which gives an introduction to how to use it and posted it on CodeProject:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/SoapBoxCorePinBallDemo.aspx

New Post: Docking floating window in floating window

gotji — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:36:09 GMT

Is it posible to dock one floaitng window in other floating window ?

New Post: ShowOverlayPaneDockingOptions behaviour

ctzkane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:38:40 GMT

Hi,

I was wondering why doesn't the OverlayWindow allow docking in a Pane if its children count is 0?

From OverlayWindow.ShowOverlayPaneDockingOptions(Pane pane)

int destPaneChildCount = pane.Items.Count;
owdPaneBottom.Enabled = owdPaneInto.Enabled && destPaneChildCount > 0;
owdPaneTop.Enabled = owdPaneInto.Enabled && destPaneChildCount > 0;
owdPaneLeft.Enabled = owdPaneInto.Enabled && destPaneChildCount > 0;
owdPaneRight.Enabled = owdPaneInto.Enabled && destPaneChildCount > 0;

What was the thinking behind this?

I wanted to be able to dock dockablecontent in the documentpane area before opening documents (think about the visual studio behaviour). The fix was just to remove the destPaneChildCount check from the code above, but I'd prefer to do it the right way if there is one.

Thanks again,

New Post: Setting panel state at form load time

lucho_1981 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:17:26 GMT

private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
ShowWindow(this._setupWindow, DockableContentState.AutoHide);
}

void ShowWindow(DockableContent contentToShow, DockableContentState desideredState)
{
   if (desideredState == DockableContentState.AutoHide ||
      desideredState == DockableContentState.FloatingWindow)
   {
      this._dockingManager.Show(contentToShow, desideredState);
   }
   else
      this._dockingManager.Show(contentToShow, DockableContentState.Docked);
}

Where _dockingManager and _setupWindow are names defined in the xaml code

New Post: DockingManager Child

nashrath — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:06:49 GMT

Hmm. It was easy. I didnt see the contentcontrol class ..

solution

            myDockManager.Content = myHoriResizingPanel;
            myDockManager.Content = myVerResizingPanel1;
            myDockManager.Content = myVerResizingPanel2;

But now itis not showing anything...........

            myDockManager.Content = myHoriResizingPanel.Height;
            myDockManager.Content = myVerResizingPanel1;
            myDockManager.Content = myVerResizingPanel2;

            myHoriResizingPanel.Width = 100;
            myHoriResizingPanel.Height = 100;
            myVerResizingPanel1.Height = 100;
            myVerResizingPanel1.Width = 200;

            myDockPanel.Children.Add(myDockManager);

New Post: DockingManager Child

nashrath — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:40:52 GMT

HI,

I am creating a dockingmanager and other controls runtime. I have already made a xaml file and now i am doing it runtime to give more controls to user.

My XAML file is as below:

<AvalonDock:DockingManager x:name="dockManager">

<AvalonDock:resizingpanel orientation "horizontal">

-------------Controls ----------------

<AvalonDock:resizingpanel Orientation=verticle>

--------controls----------

</>

</usercontrol>

NOw i am trying to do the same by throguth the code behind.

I have created demo file with private controls

        private AvalonDock.DockingManager myDockManager = new AvalonDock.DockingManager();
        private AvalonDock.ResizingPanel myHoriResizingPanel = new AvalonDock.ResizingPanel();
        private AvalonDock.DockablePane myHoriDockpane = new AvalonDock.DockablePane();
        private AvalonDock.ResizingPanel myVerResizingPanel1 = new AvalonDock.ResizingPanel();
        private AvalonDock.ResizingPanel myVerResizingPanel2 = new AvalonDock.ResizingPanel();
        private AvalonDock.DockableContent projectPane = new AvalonDock.DockableContent();
        private AvalonDock.DockableContent projectExplorer = new AvalonDock.DockableContent();
        private AvalonDock.DockableContent eventContent = new AvalonDock.DockableContent();
        private AvalonDock.DockableContent tmsSelectChannelContent = new AvalonDock.DockableContent();
        private AvalonDock.DockableContent surfaceContent = new AvalonDock.DockableContent();

and i am adding them like

myHoriResizingPanel.Orientation = System.Windows.Controls.Orientation.Horizontal;
            myVerResizingPanel1.Orientation = System.Windows.Controls.Orientation.Vertical;
            myVerResizingPanel2.Orientation = System.Windows.Controls.Orientation.Vertical;

            myDockPanel.Children.Add(myVerResizingPanel2);
            myDockPanel.Children.Add(myVerResizingPanel1);
            myDockPanel.Children.Add(myHoriDockpane);
            myDockPanel.Children.Add(myDockManager);

Now thr problem is i am not able to add the controls into the docking manager. I was looking at the document of avalone and they mention about addchild(object) method it is not displaying anywhere??

My point is how to add the children controls to the avalonedock docking manger runtime??

Thanks,