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2017‑03‑09
7,495 views
"I am using C# WinForms. I am looking for some UI control to display notifications near a button. Illustration of..."
2016‑10‑11
4,790 views
"Hi After a process finishes in my application I want to show a tool window and have it gain focus in order to stay ..."
2016‑10‑10
3,285 views
"I have two floating tool windows. Let's call them A and B. B is covering up A. A wants to display a message in ..."
2016‑09‑09
3,617 views
"If I add a tall image to a tool window, the tool window's text gets moved off the end of the displayed button when th..."
2016‑06‑29
4,647 views
"Hello, i saw your WPF docking/tabcontrol designed like Chrome Tabs here: http://blog.actiprosoftware.com/post/201..."
2016‑05‑07
4,323 views
"I honestly don't know what property of which object I am refering to. The best I can do is to show with screenshots. ..."
2016‑05‑07
4,824 views
"Currently there is a timer for AutoHideCloseDelay. I think it would be very good to implement an additional timer whi..."
2016‑05‑07
3,396 views
"Greetings. I don't see any difference when setting any DockRenderer's AutoHideTab selected vs unselected properties..."
2016‑04‑04
3,832 views
"If I drag a ToolWindow (with all properties defaulted) and drop it into the document container, the container accepts..."
2016‑04‑04
3,953 views
"Hello, I'm having difficulty managing instances of DocumentWindow and ToolWindow. I have classes inheriting each ..."
2015‑12‑01
3,723 views
"Having designed an app UI involving the DockManager plus two TabWindow, which in turn contain controls, I find that a..."
2015‑11‑17
4,138 views
"Is it possible to make the content of a ToolWindow to resize and be drawn on screen live as you resize the window? Th..."
2015‑11‑13
3,430 views
"Where does the OwnerDrawMenuItem get the value for its .Text property? In the sample application, the main form cod..."
2015‑10‑31
3,678 views
"Hello, I'm evaluating the docking library and have a few questions, please. First I'd like to point out that sear..."
2015‑02‑23
6,183 views
"Is it possible to run the WinForms version of the ActiPro SyntaxEditor on Mac or Linux via Mono? It would be great to..."
2013‑06‑18
5,306 views
"Does any automation tools support winform controls"
2014‑11‑19
3,986 views
"MyToolWindow toolwindow = new MyToolWindow(); toolwindow.DockManager = dockManager1; toolwindow.State = ToolWindowS..."
2014‑11‑17
4,132 views
"i'm having an issue with the Docking controls, which i'm about 15 days into evaluating. i was wondering if there's so..."
2014‑10‑22
4,493 views
"If you have a tab strip with 2 or more tabs, if you left click on one to select it but hold down the left button and ..."
2014‑11‑07
3,610 views
"I create a ToolWindow programmatically, change state to TabbedDocument and activate it. dockManager1.DocumentMdiStyle..."