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2017‑04‑18
3,318 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
8,312 views
"I am using C# WinForms. I am looking for some UI control to display notifications near a button. Illustration of..."
2016‑10‑11
5,280 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
3,753 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
4,013 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
5,072 views
"Hello, i saw your WPF docking/tabcontrol designed like Chrome Tabs here: http://blog.actiprosoftware.com/post/201..."
2016‑05‑07
4,724 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
5,331 views
"Currently there is a timer for AutoHideCloseDelay. I think it would be very good to implement an additional timer whi..."
2016‑05‑07
3,841 views
"Greetings. I don't see any difference when setting any DockRenderer's AutoHideTab selected vs unselected properties..."
2016‑04‑04
4,202 views
"If I drag a ToolWindow (with all properties defaulted) and drop it into the document container, the container accepts..."
2016‑04‑04
4,357 views
"Hello, I'm having difficulty managing instances of DocumentWindow and ToolWindow. I have classes inheriting each ..."
2015‑12‑01
4,149 views
"Having designed an app UI involving the DockManager plus two TabWindow, which in turn contain controls, I find that a..."
2015‑11‑17
4,552 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
3,805 views
"Where does the OwnerDrawMenuItem get the value for its .Text property? In the sample application, the main form cod..."
2015‑10‑31
4,124 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
6,551 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
5,740 views
"Does any automation tools support winform controls"
2014‑11‑19
4,432 views
"MyToolWindow toolwindow = new MyToolWindow(); toolwindow.DockManager = dockManager1; toolwindow.State = ToolWindowS..."
2014‑11‑17
4,564 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
4,941 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 ..."