[Solved] Docking Windows positioning

[Carl]

I'm using the DockWindow on an MDI WinForms app. The Customer Search form is the first one to open.

When I open another form I'd like it to appear to the right of Customer Search. For some reason its appearing to the left.

The code below shows how I open it. Setting the MDIParent adds it to the DocumentWindows collection.

How can I get the Account form to appear to the right of Customer Search. (And any forms opened after that also must appear to the right.)

FormAccount? form = null;
foreach (HostWindow window in this.dock.DockWindows.DocumentWindows)
	if (window.MdiChild is FormAccount)
	{
		FormAccount formCandidate = (FormAccount)window.MdiChild;
		if (formCandidate.BranchId == GlobalServices.Instance.ActiveBranchID && formCandidate.AccountId == (accountId == null ? GlobalServices.Instance.ActiveAccount.NamesId : accountId))
			form = formCandidate;
	}

if (form == null)
{
	form = accountId == null ? new FormAccount(GlobalServices.Instance) : new FormAccount(GlobalServices.Instance, accountId);
	form.AccountId = GlobalServices.Instance.ActiveAccountID;
	form.MdiParent = this;
	form.SetImageAndTitle(ETitleFormat.Account);
	form.AccountFormType = EAccountFormType.Account;
	form.ControlBox = false;
	form.LaunchedFromIPC = launchedFromIPC;
	if (sender == null)
		this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
	form.Show();
}

HostWindow hw = App.MainForm.dock.GetHostWindow(form);
if (hw != null)
	dock.ActivateWindow(hw);

Thanks

Carl

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hi Carl,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

You can try manually changing the position of the DockWindow (HostWindow in your scenario). You can subscribe to the DockWindowAdded event and change the position of the added window in the collection:

private void RadDock1_DockWindowAdded(object sender, DockWindowEventArgs e)
{
    DockTabStrip strip = (DockTabStrip)e.DockWindow.TabStrip;
    SetTabPosition((HostWindow)e.DockWindow);
}
private void SetTabPosition(HostWindow window)
{
    this.radDock1.DockWindowAdded -= RadDock1_DockWindowAdded;
    DockTabStrip tabStrip = (DockTabStrip)window.TabStrip;
    for (int i = 0; i < tabStrip.TabPanels.Count; i++)
    {
        if (tabStrip.TabPanels[i] == window)
        {
            HostWindow item = tabStrip.TabPanels[i] as HostWindow;
            if (item != null)
            {
                tabStrip.TabPanels.RemoveAt(i);
                tabStrip.TabPanels.Add(item);
            }
            break;
        }
    }
    this.radDock1.DockWindowAdded += RadDock1_DockWindowAdded;
}

I hope that this approach will work for you.

Regards,
Dinko | Tech Support Engineer
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