Hide a floating panel

[Edward]

I want my program to hide and float a DockPanel.  Initially, I create a dock panel in the designer and set the DockState to Hidden.

To show the panel, I just set DockState to Floating.  This works fine.

However, I cannot hide the panel.  I tried the following:

- Set the DockState to Hidden
- DockPanel.Hide()

However, the panel continues to float.  The only way I figure to get it work is to DockTo another panel, then set the DockState to Hidden.  This seems to be cumbersome so I wonder if there is a way to hide it better.

[Julian Benkov]

Hi Edward,

In order to hide a DockPanel, please use the code snippet below:

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (dockPanel2.DockingSite.HostForm != null)
    {
        dockPanel2.DockingSite.HostForm.Hide();
    }
    else
    {
        dockPanel2.Hide();
    }
}

private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    dockPanel2.Show();
}

I hope this was helpful. Please contact us again if you have additional questions.

Best wishes,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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