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DockableWindow/TabStripPanel for Windows Forms Forum

Posted 21 years ago by Mark - Greenville, SC
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Is there a way to get the Toolwindows to autohide the same way as they do in Visual Studio.NET. In VS.NET, if you 'unpin' the tool window, then immediately hide to the side (or top/bottom). So far, the only thing I can do is 'Unpin' the window, but it stays 'expanded', until I click somewhere in the application. I messed around with some of the layout stuff, putting this under the 'AutoHide' group, but that didn't seem to help. Any suggestions?

Mark

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Posted 21 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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We'll add that to our TODO list. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Posted 21 years ago by Mark - Greenville, SC
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Any idea how long before that is added? I only have 30 days of free upgrades! <IMG SRC="smile.gif" border="0">

Thanks,

Mark
Posted 21 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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I'll put it near the top of the list. Don't worry, a small change like that would probably just be in a maintenance release which is free.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 21 years ago by Mark - Greenville, SC
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Just curious...any idea when this update might be available?

Thanks,

mark
Posted 21 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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We have it implemented and working over here. However there is a problem that occurs when you unpin (to make the tool window enter auto-hide mode)... where should the focus go to? The reason it did not automatically hide before is that it will not hide if the tool window has focus. We changed things so that we no longer set focus to the tool window when unpinning it. Back to the question... where should the focus go in that situation?

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Posted 21 years ago by Mark - Greenville, SC
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Well, I think it should mimic the VS.NET enviroment. FOr example, when you have an unpinned item in VS.NET, you hover over it, it will expand, and when you 'leave' that area (move mouse somewhere else), it automatically goes away. In VS.NET, if you unpin, the item immediately goes away (hides) and the main area receives focus. Could you not give focus back to the previous item that had focus, or maybe the next guy in the ZOrder?

I am just looking for a way to not have to 'click' somewhere else to get it to go away. Even when you hover over the 'hidden' tabs in your product, it will autoexpand, but then when you 'leave' the control (move mouse away), it doesn't automatically retreat to the tab state. I did notice in VS.NET IDE when you hover over and it autoexpands, then control does not receive focus. In the current build of your product, when you hover over, it expands AND receives focus.

I would take a look at VS.NET. I think they handle it well. (My opinion, of course). That is the kind of functionality I am looking for, since you market your product as a 'mimic of the VIsual Studio .NET IDE environment.'. That is exactly what I want for my application. The closer you can get to that, the better.

Thanks,

Mark
The latest build of this product (v2.0.0208) was released 20 years ago, which was after the last post in this thread.