Transparency Rafting windows - Docking/MDI for WPF Forum

Posted 13 years ago by Ray

Version: 12.1.0562

I am trying to get the rafting window achieve a see-through transparency once they float. I have been fiddling with the background and transparency values of the containing elements of the ToolWindow to see if this can help to no avail. I am aware that creating a custom control and inheriting from an existing class can help. How do I go about this? How can I have the created custom control and class registered with their corresponding dock sites such that some form of see-through transparency can be achieved and also have the appropriate docksite aware of the new class and control.

Thanks for your response in advance.

[Modified 13 years ago]

Comments (2)

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Ray,

It might help if you can create a new simple sample project that shows what you are trying to achieve and how you are going about trying to do it with our Docking product. Or a screenshot of your desired look, so that we can tell you if it will be possible. If you do send over a ZIP file, please rename the .zip file extension so it doesn't get spam blocked.

But in general, you'd probably need to retemplate our RaftingWindow control. That is the root Window-based object that contains floating docking windows.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 13 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the screenshot. You can probably remove the outer title bar and borders by updating the template of the RaftingWindow type. By default it includes a WindowControl and within that, the content. The WindowControl is the part that you are trying to eliminate.

Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.5) was released 16 days ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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