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Xceed — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:45 GMT

AvalonDock is a docking windows control for WPF that lets you create customizable layouts using a full featured window docking system similar to what is found in many popular integrated development environements (IDEs) such as Visual Studio. It includes themes and samples to get you started.

You can get AvalonDock as part of the free open source Extended WPF Toolkit, as part of Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus, or you can download a stand-alone version here.

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls at the the industry's most affordable price. We even accept bitcoin payment.

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Xceed — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:20 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

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Xceed — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:02:05 GMT

AVALONDOCK

AvalonDock is a docking windows control for WPF that lets you create customizable layouts using a full featured window docking system similar to what is found in many popular integrated development environements (IDEs) such as Visual Studio. It includes themes and samples to get you started.

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You can get AvalonDock as part of the free open source Extended WPF Toolkit, as part of Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus, or you can download a stand-alone version here.

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Screenshots

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Enjoy WPF!
Please rate this release and write something positive. It's at the bottom of the downloads page
Follow this project (click "follow" at the top right of this page)
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Xceed — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:01:14 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Screenshots

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Enjoy WPF!
Please rate this release and write something positive. It's at the bottom of the downloads page
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Xceed — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:21:34 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

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Enjoy WPF!
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Updated Wiki: Home

Xceed — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:20:09 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Screenshots

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Enjoy WPF!
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Add bugs or feature requests to the Issue Tracker

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:47:57 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls at the the industry's most affordable price.

Screenshots

Action items

Enjoy WPF!
Please rate this release and write something positive. It's at the bottom of the downloads page
Follow this project (click "follow" at the top right of this page)
Follow @datagrid on Twitter for WPF and Toolkit news
Like Xceed's WPF page on Facebook
Check out a video or two on XceedVideos YouTube Channel
Add bugs or feature requests to the Issue Tracker

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:47:04 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls at the the industry's most affordable price.

Screenshots

Action items

Enjoy WPF!
Please rate this release and write something positive. It's at the bottom of the downloads page
Follow this project (click "follow" at the top right of this page)
Follow @datagrid on Twitter for WPF and Toolkit news
Like Xceed's WPF page on Facebook
Check out a video or two on XceedVideos YouTube Channel
Add bugs or feature requests to the Issue Tracker

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:44:15 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls at the the industry's most affordable price.

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:43:06 GMT

AVALONDOCK

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls at the the industry's most affordable price.

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:41:36 GMT

AVALONDOCK

AvalonDock is a docking windows control for WPF that lets you create customizable layouts using a full featured window docking system similar to

what is found in many popular integrated development environements (IDEs) such as Visual Studio. It includes themes and samples to get you

started.

You can get AvalonDock as part of the free open source Extended WPF Toolkit, as part of Xceed Extended

WPF Toolkit Plus, or you can download a stand-alone version here.

Features

Supports MVVM
Everything can be restyled
Includes popular themes

Latest News

June 12 2013 Update 2.0.2000 released. Download here
May 21 2013 AvalonDock is now part of Extended WPF Toolkit
Version 2.0 released! See What's new in version 2.0

Support Future Development

Please strongly consider getting Extended WPF Toolkit Plus which provides AvalonDock as well as 50+ other awesome WPF controls.

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Version2Concept

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:28:06 GMT

What's new in version 2.0

AvalonDock 2.0 has been rewritten from scratch using an MVVM approach. There is a deep separation between the Model (that describes how the layout is composed), the ViewModel (which prepares the model to be consumed by the view) and the View (a set of stylizable controls that show the user controls).

We've put a lot of attention to WPF Logical/Visual tree management. There is one and only one logical tree which has DockingManager as root. Even if a control is placed in a different window (auto-hide or floating), it always belongs to the same logical tree, below DockingManager.

Binding Issues fixed
Version 1.* suffered from of an annoying issue regarding binding that didn't work for flyout panes and floating windows. The problem here is that WPF's logical tree breaks when content is moved inside another window, such as when a user moves a pane in a floating window.
Version 2.0 fixes this problem definitively. For a detailed description of the problem please read Binding Issues.

MVVM support added
Using an MVVM approach with version 1.* was quite a challenge (you can find a great tutorial at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/AvalonDockMVVM.aspx). Version 2.0 supports MVVM natively because you can create your model and using DockingManager as the view.

Flyout windows perfomance improved
In version 1.* when a user put content in autohide state, a new window was created by AvalonDock. The window's position and size had to be kept in sync with the docking manager. This lead to a performance issue due to a lot of framework interop calls. Version 2.0 uses the same mechanism as Visual Studio 2010, child windows with redirected logical trees, to show autohide windows. This provides increased perfomance and stability. For more info please see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/23/wpf-in-visual-studio-part-5-window-management.aspx.

Floating windows Aero Snap support added
Version 2.0 supports 'Aero Snap'. For details please see (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/11/05/tips-and-tricks-window-management-aero-snapping.aspx).

Floating windows integrated docking
Version 2.0 lets users redock dockable content inside a floating window, similar to the feature in VS 2010.

Focus and activation
We're working to mitigate/eliminate all the focus/activation problems that caused a lot of headaches when using AvalonDock versions prior to v2.0. This work has not yet been completed. We are contemplating using this technique to accomplish that: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/09/wpf-in-visual-studio-2010-part-3-focus-and-activation.aspx

Layout serialization
Version 2.0 layout serialization/deserialization is much easier because layout is now also a model completely separated from the view. This allows for easier integration with frameworks like PRISM/MEF.

WPF standard controls
Version 2.0 makes use of standard WPF control. For example, instead of creating a complex panel control, AvalonDock now uses standard grid panel. Using this approach reduced the number of classes to test and debug and the size of the resulting library.

Updated Wiki: Version2Concept

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:27:07 GMT

Version 2.0

Updated Wiki: Version2Concept

Kosmatos — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:21:55 GMT

Version 2.0

AvalonDock 2.0 has been rewritten from scratch using an MVVM approach. There is a deep separation between the Model (that describes how the layout is composed), the ViewModel (which prepares the model to be consumed by the view) and the View (a set of stylizable controls that show the user controls).

We've put a lot of attention to WPF Logical/Visual tree management. There is one and only one logical tree which has DockingManager as root. Even if a control is placed in a different window (auto-hide or floating), it always belongs to the same logical tree, below DockingManager.

Binding Issues fixed
Version 1.* suffered from of an annoying issue regarding binding that didn't work for flyout panes and floating windows. The problem here is that WPF's logical tree breaks when content is moved inside another window, such as when a user moves a pane in a floating window.
Version 2.0 fixes this problem definitively. For a detailed description of the problem please read Binding Issues.

MVVM support added
Using an MVVM approach with version 1.* was quite a challenge (you can find a great tutorial at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/AvalonDockMVVM.aspx). Version 2.0 supports MVVM natively because you can create your model and using DockingManager as the view.

Flyout windows perfomance improved
In version 1.* when a user put content in autohide state, a new window was created by AvalonDock. The window's position and size had to be kept in sync with the docking manager. This lead to a performance issue due to a lot of framework interop calls. Version 2.0 uses the same mechanism as Visual Studio 2010, child windows with redirected logical trees, to show autohide windows. This provides increased perfomance and stability. For more info please see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/23/wpf-in-visual-studio-part-5-window-management.aspx.

Floating windows Aero Snap support added
Version 2.0 supports 'Aero Snap'. For details please see (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/11/05/tips-and-tricks-window-management-aero-snapping.aspx).

Floating windows integrated docking
Version 2.0 lets users redock dockable content inside a floating window, similar to the feature in VS 2010.

Focus and activation
We're working to mitigate/eliminate all the focus/activation problems that caused a lot of headaches when using AvalonDock versions prior to v2.0. This work has not yet been completed. We are contemplating using this technique to accomplish that: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/09/wpf-in-visual-studio-2010-part-3-focus-and-activation.aspx

Layout serialization
Version 2.0 layout serialization/deserialization is much easier because layout is now also a model completely separated from the view. This allows for easier integration with frameworks like PRISM/MEF.

WPF standard controls
In version 2.0 I've decided to use WPF standard controls, for example instead of creating a complex panel control I've used the standard grid panel. Using this approach I've reduced the number of classes/code to test and debug and the size of the resulting library.

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:53:12 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

The first public release of AvalonDock 2.0 is published. The week of May ~~13th~~20th 2013, AvalonDock will, in addition to being available on this project page, also be part of the free open source Extended WPF Toolkit v2.0. Meanwhile, we've begun fixing the most urgent/common issues users are reporting in AvalonDock, and plan to publish updates here about every two weeks.

Here you can find some key concepts of AvalonDock 2.0.

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

Download
Download it here or from NuGet

Support Future Development

Donate with Bitcoin or get the Extended WPF Toolkit Plus to get 50+ awesome WPF controls and to support Xceed open source projects.

Known Issues

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:25:56 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

The first public release of AvalonDock 2.0 is published. The week of May 13th 2013, AvalonDock will, in addition to being available on this project page, also be part of the free open source Extended WPF Toolkit v2.0. Meanwhile, we've begun fixing the most urgent/common issues users are reporting in AvalonDock, and plan to publish updates here about every two weeks.

Here you can find some key concepts of AvalonDock 2.0.

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:25 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:03 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

The first public release of AvalonDock 2.0 is published. The week of May 13th 2013, AvalonDock will, in addition to being available on this project page, also be part of the open source Extended WPF Toolkit v2.0. Meanwhile, we've begun fixing the most urgent/common issues users are reporting in AvalonDock, and plan to publish updates here about every two weeks.

Here you can find some key concepts of AvalonDock 2.0.

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:18:16 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

The first public release of AvalonDock 2.0 is published. The week of May 13th 2013, AvalonDock will, in addition to being available on this project page, also be part of Extended WPF Toolkit when v2.0 of the Community Edition of the toolkit is scheduled for CodePlex release. Meanwhile, we've begun fixing the most urgent/common issues users are reporting in AvalonDock, and plan to publish updates here about every two weeks.

Here you can find some key concepts of AvalonDock 2.0.

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots

Updated Wiki: Home

Kosmatos — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:17:09 GMT

AVALONDOCK 2.0 RELEASED!

The first public release of AvalonDock 2.0 is published. The week of May 13th 2013, AvalonDock will also be part of Extended WPF Toolkit when v2.0 of the Community Edition of the toolkit is scheduled for CodePlex release. Meanwhile, we've begun fixing the most urgent/common issues users are reporting in AvalonDock, and plan to publish updates here about every two weeks.

Here you can find some key concepts of AvalonDock 2.0.

Version 2.0 Concept

Project Description
AvalonDock is a WPF control for adding a docking layout system to your application, such as the one in Visual Studio.

Features

Supports MVVM design
Almost everything can be restyled
Support for Windows Forms controls

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

Resources

Documentation & Tutorials

Screenshots