Docking & MDI for WPF

Flexible Docking Windows and MDI

Actipro Docking & MDI is a complete solution for easily adding a docking window and/or multiple document interface to your WPF applications. Allow your end users to drag and dock windows wherever they please, and to persist their customizations. Also use this product to fill the gap left by Microsoft not including an MDI mechanism in the WPF platform.

Docking & MDI has been implemented with flexibility in mind. It supports all the types of standard layouts you find in most docking window products, as well as some extended functionality that you won't find anywhere else.

The product has been designed to fully support data-binding and use in MVVM applications. A free open-source extension allowing Docking/MDI to be easily used in Prism applications is available as well.

Features at a Glance

Create complex hierarchies of docking windows Make tab groups and use unpinned auto-hide mode Raft document and tool windows above the host window Tabbed MDI allowing hierarchies of documents Standard MDI with cascade and tile features Tool window inner-fill mode Animated transitions and effects Full support for use Prism/MVVM applications

Nested and side-by-side dock site support Link dock sites to allow windows to be moved between them interactively Switchers with content preview Layout serialization Excellent support for Interop content Localization and right-to-left layout capabilities Magnetism support for floating and standard MDI windows for easy resizing/positioning XBAP support and much more

Innovative Design

Dock Guides Dragging and docking windows is as easy as moving your mouse over the dock guides that fade in when hovering over dock targets. [more]

Animated Effects Harness the power of WPF by using numerous built-in animated transitions when clicking tool window tabs (faded-zoom effect seen above), auto-hide flyouts, dock guide fade-in/out, and hosted rafting windows. [more]

WindowControl To support features like standard MDI and rafting windows, we developed a WindowControl control that mimics the WPF Window but inherits Control and can be animated, transformed, and used in XBAP. [more]

Controls

DockSite

DockingWindowPreview