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2014‑10‑22
5,291 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
4,328 views
"I create a ToolWindow programmatically, change state to TabbedDocument and activate it. dockManager1.DocumentMdiStyle..."
2014‑05‑20
4,660 views
"Hi, I need to change the height of inner-splitters in TabbedMdiRootContainer. On NewHorizontalTabGroup, I want to cha..."
2014‑05‑16
11,405 views
"I've set ToolWindowsCanClose to false in the doc manager. If I have any floating tool windows, Windows will give th..."
2012‑04‑17
7,108 views
"Good day, is there any way to keep focus on a floating tool window when the main Window's menu is clicked/activated..."
2014‑02‑10
4,811 views
"In addition to the standard menu bar and status bar, I have a news ticker positioned above the status bar. The prob..."
2009‑07‑27
5,880 views
"In the Docking Sample application, we noticed that when you undock at Tool Window to make it floating, pressing Alt+F..."
2012‑03‑09
6,387 views
"Hi Guys, any chance of being able to float document windows to take advantage of multi-monitor support?"
2013‑08‑23
5,022 views
"Hello, for some reason the LoadToolWindowLayoutFromFile does not work properly in my solution. I use classes deriv..."
2013‑07‑16
4,964 views
"Hi, If you double click with the right mouse button on a "ToolWindowContainerTab" very rapidly, you can produce a N..."
2013‑06‑13
4,382 views
"Hi I'd like to make the autohide animation a bit smoother. There are two properties in the DockManager, AutoHideH..."
2013‑05‑13
4,540 views
"Hi I've created a ToolWindow, which I don't want the user to close, so I've set the CanClose property to false. Whe..."
2013‑03‑01
4,283 views
"Hi, Is there a way to intercept the command handling for the CloseAllButSelectedActiveDocuments command and close t..."
2012‑11‑15
4,824 views
"I have an application that enables users to programatically create x number of ToolWindows. Upon re-opening a ToolWi..."
2012‑11‑02
4,511 views
"I have a ToolWindow docked in my main form which I would like to all to float while the main form is minimized. How c..."
2012‑07‑25
4,759 views
"I'm using a class inheriting from the DocumentWindow one. We've decided to load data for this window asynchronously ..."
2012‑07‑10
5,120 views
"Dear actipro team, we are currently in the process of porting one of our applications to Mac OS X through Mono. For..."
2012‑06‑16
5,308 views
"Hello, in a MDI tab environment, if one have a floating ToolWindow with the focus, it is not possible to click a To..."
2012‑06‑12
4,395 views
"Hi, is it possible to show the image only for special tabbed documents? I know I can show the image for all tabbed ..."
2012‑03‑22
5,086 views
"Is it possible to change the size of the tab at the bottom of each document window, i.e. make much larger? The tabs..."