Arranging windows programmatically

[C Bates]

Hello,

I have an application using RadDocking like this:

<!--  Docking Area  --><docking:RadDocking Grid.Row="1" >    <docking:RadDocking.DocumentHost>        <docking:RadSplitContainer x:Name="splitContainer1">            <docking:RadPaneGroup x:Name="toolsGroup" >                <!--  First Panel  -->                <docking:RadPane x:Name="Panel1" Header="One" CanUserClose="False"  CanDockInDocumentHost="False">                    <docking:RadPane.Content>                        <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">                            <!-- Some stuff -->                        </StackPanel>                    </docking:RadPane.Content>                </docking:RadPane>                <!-- Options Pane -->                <docking:RadPane x:Name="Panel2" Header="Two" CanDockInDocumentHost="False" CanUserClose="False">                    <nav:RadPanelBar x:Name="OptionsPanel" Background="AliceBlue"/>                </docking:RadPane>            </docking:RadPaneGroup>            <docking:RadPaneGroup x:Name="contentGroup">                <!-- The Content window -->                <!-- RadDocumentPanes added here -->            </docking:RadPaneGroup>        </docking:RadSplitContainer>    </docking:RadDocking.DocumentHost></docking:RadDocking>

I would like my app to start with Panel1 and Panel2 docked to the left side of the window, unpinned.

Can I do this programatically?

I have tried this, to no effect:

  splitContainer1.Items.Remove(toolsGroup);  splitContainer1.AddItem(toolsGroup, DockPosition.Left, mapGroup);  toolsGroup.HideAllPanes();

I have tried to manipulate Panel1 and Panel2 the same way, but they are not the right types for splitContainer1.AddItem().

Thanks for any hints...

[Miroslav Nedyalkov]

Hello C Bates,

 I couldn't fully understand what you want to achieve, but you shouldn't need to use code-behind in order to setup the initial state of the Docking control - appropriate XAML should be enough. If you want your panes to be initially unpinned you could use the IsPinned property of the RadPane control and set it to False. In your code you call the HideAll method and this makes me think you want to hide them. In order to do this you could set the IsHidden property of the RadPane control to true. If you want to be able to initially unpin the pane you should put them out of the DocumentHost area. You can achieve this by adding a RadSplitContainer control outside the DocumentHost property. Here is an example of what I mean:

<telerikDocking:RadDocking Grid.Row="1">
    <telerikDocking:RadSplitContainer InitialPosition="DockedLeft">
        <telerikDocking:RadPaneGroup x:Name="toolsGroup">
            <!--  First Panel  -->
            <telerikDocking:RadPane x:Name="Panel1" Header="One" CanUserClose="False"
                    IsPinned="False" CanDockInDocumentHost="False">
                <telerikDocking:RadPane.Content>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                        <!-- Some stuff -->
                    </StackPanel>
                </telerikDocking:RadPane.Content>
            </telerikDocking:RadPane>
            <!-- Options Pane -->
            <telerikDocking:RadPane x:Name="Panel2" Header="Two"
                    CanDockInDocumentHost="False" IsHidden="True" CanUserClose="False">
                <telerikNavigation:RadPanelBar x:Name="OptionsPanel" Background="AliceBlue" />
            </telerikDocking:RadPane>
        </telerikDocking:RadPaneGroup>
    </telerikDocking:RadSplitContainer>
    <telerikDocking:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
        <telerikDocking:RadSplitContainer x:Name="splitContainer1">
            <telerikDocking:RadPaneGroup x:Name="contentGroup">
                <!-- The Content window -->
                <!-- RadDocumentPanes added here -->
            </telerikDocking:RadPaneGroup>
        </telerikDocking:RadSplitContainer>
    </telerikDocking:RadDocking.DocumentHost>
</telerikDocking:RadDocking>

Greetings,
Miroslav Nedyalkov
the Telerik team

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[C Bates]

Thank you, very helpful.