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2009‑04‑26
5,663 views
"Is there a way to do this yet in UIStudio? If not, how hard would it be to implement a custom renderer to do this? ..."
2017‑04‑25
5,760 views
"Hi. I am facing an issue with getting events (specifically KeyDown) from a floating window when the layout is first..."
2017‑04‑18
3,758 views
"Is there a way to to determine what tool window was dragged when the tool window dragged event is fired? Visual Stu..."
2017‑03‑09
9,076 views
"I am using C# WinForms. I am looking for some UI control to display notifications near a button. Illustration of..."
2016‑10‑11
5,719 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
4,205 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
4,397 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
5,521 views
"Hello, i saw your WPF docking/tabcontrol designed like Chrome Tabs here: http://blog.actiprosoftware.com/post/201..."
2016‑05‑07
5,205 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
5,779 views
"Currently there is a timer for AutoHideCloseDelay. I think it would be very good to implement an additional timer whi..."
2016‑05‑07
4,309 views
"Greetings. I don't see any difference when setting any DockRenderer's AutoHideTab selected vs unselected properties..."
2016‑04‑04
4,568 views
"If I drag a ToolWindow (with all properties defaulted) and drop it into the document container, the container accepts..."
2016‑04‑04
4,772 views
"Hello, I'm having difficulty managing instances of DocumentWindow and ToolWindow. I have classes inheriting each ..."
2015‑12‑01
4,540 views
"Having designed an app UI involving the DockManager plus two TabWindow, which in turn contain controls, I find that a..."
2015‑11‑17
4,896 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
4,135 views
"Where does the OwnerDrawMenuItem get the value for its .Text property? In the sample application, the main form cod..."
2015‑10‑31
4,486 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
6,943 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
6,121 views
"Does any automation tools support winform controls"
2014‑11‑19
4,896 views
"MyToolWindow toolwindow = new MyToolWindow(); toolwindow.DockManager = dockManager1; toolwindow.State = ToolWindowS..."