Floating Form in radDock

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  1. Badrane
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    Jun 2016

    Posted 06 Jun 2016 Link to this post

    radDock Position = Fill, Top, Bottom......

    I want the loaded form will be in floatting mode without drag and drop it in the radDok.

    I tried with the below code but I am not satisfied:

    <p>var frmBrand = new FormBrand();<br>frmBrand.Text = @"Brand::  ";v<br>HostWindow host = radDock1.DockControl(frmBrand, new DockPosition()); </p><p>//HostWindow host = radDock1.DockControl(frmBrand, DockPosition.Left)<br>host.DockState = DockState.Docked;<br>radDock1.AutoDetectMdiChildren = true;<br><br>frmBrand.Show();</p>

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  3. Badrane
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    Posted 06 Jun 2016 in reply to Badrane Link to this post

    1.var frmBrand = new FormBrand();
    2.frmBrand.Text = @"Brand:: ";
    3.HostWindow host = radDock1.DockControl(frmBrand, new DockPosition());
    4.//HostWindow host = radDock1.DockControl(frmBrand, DockPosition.Left)
    5.host.DockState = DockState.Docked;
    6.radDock1.AutoDetectMdiChildren = true;
    7.frmBrand.Show();

  5. Dimitar
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    Posted 07 Jun 2016 Link to this post

    Hi Badrane,

    Thank you for writing.

    You need to set the DockState to Floating. For example:
    private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Form form = new Form();
        form.BackColor = Color.Pink;
        form.Text = "My Form";
        var host = this.radDock1.DockControl(form, DockPosition.Left);
        form.Show();
     
        host.DockState = DockState.Floating;
     
    }

    The following article shows how you can work with the MDI mode: Automatic MDI Form Handling.

    I hope this will be useful. 

    Regards,
    Dimitar
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  7. Badrane
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    Jun 2016

    Posted 08 Jun 2016 in reply to Dimitar Link to this post

    First, Thank you.

    1- The DockPosition was in the left and after that was detached and moved to the middle?

    I want to see the form Floating without any DockPosition value.

    2- The form have lost its origin size (high, width)? why, I tried to restore it in the run time without success

    frmBrand.Size = new Size(495, 287);

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  9. Dimitar
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    Posted 09 Jun 2016 Link to this post

    Hi Badrane,

    There is no way to directly add floating window without docking it first. To overcome this limitation you can show a separate form and then dock it when necessary.

    Another approach would be to change the dock state of a DockWindow which will work faster and the change would not be so obvious:
    DocumentWindow window = new DocumentWindow();
     
    window.BackColor = Color.Pink;
    window.Text = "My Form";
     
    var host = this.radDock1.DockControl(window, DockPosition.Left);
    host.DockState = DockState.Floating;

    In addition, you can use the FloatingWindowCreated to change the size:
    private void RadDock1_FloatingWindowCreated(object sender, FloatingWindowEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Window.MinimumSize = new Size(800, 800);
    }

    I hope this will be useful. 

    Regards,
    Dimitar
    Telerik
    Check out the Windows Forms project converter, which aids the conversion process from standard Windows Forms applications written in C# or VB to Telerik UI for WinForms.For more information check out this blog post and share your thoughts.
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