Is it possible to dock panel to the right?

[Jill-Connie Lorentsen]

I have a tabbed document + two dock panels, one docked to the left and one autohidden to the right.

When the autohidden panel opens it is displayed nicely to the right, but when I press the pin it moves to the left. I would like it to stay on the right, but I haven't found a way to do so, so I hope someone can enlighten me 

[John]

Jill,
     I attempted to recreate your issue without success.  I setup a new project with a dockpanel on the left, a tabbed document and a dockpanel autohidden to the right.  When I pin the dockpanel it docks to the right as expected.  I am using the Q1 2009 release for my test, which release are you working with?  It might help to see the Layout information from my test and compare it to your layout information.  I obtained this by adding the following code to my project.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    dockingManager1.SaveXML("C:\\docking.xml");
}

The file output looked like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <DockingTree xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 <Sites Type="Telerik.WinControls.Docking.AutoHideContent" Assembly="Telerik.WinControls.Docking, Version=2009.1.9.311, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5bb2a467cbec794e">
 <Sites Orientation="Horizontal" Size="259;264" HidePosition="0">
  <Dockables />
 <Left Orientation="Horizontal" Size="259;264" HidePosition="0">
  <Dockables />
 <Left Orientation="Horizontal" Size="94;264" HidePosition="Left">
 <Dockables>
  <XmlDockable Text="DockPanel1" DockState="Docked" DockPosition="Left" PreferredDockSize="100;200" PreferredFloatSize="150;300" Guid="0118791d-aa4e-48aa-8a55-d0f7d411b800" Type="Telerik.WinControls.Docking.DockPanel" Assembly="Telerik.WinControls.Docking, Version=2009.1.9.311, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5bb2a467cbec794e" CaptionVisible="True" TabStripVisible="True" CloseButtonVisible="True" HideButtonVisible="True" DropDownButtonVisible="True" />
  </Dockables>
  </Left>
 <Rigth Orientation="Horizontal" Size="161;264" HidePosition="0">
 <Dockables>
  <XmlDockable Text="Document1" DockState="TabbedDocument" DockPosition="Fill" PreferredDockSize="100;200" PreferredFloatSize="150;300" Guid="6e206cd1-5fec-4ed5-abd6-156163a0ef18" Type="Telerik.WinControls.Docking.DocumentPane" Assembly="Telerik.WinControls.Docking, Version=2009.1.9.311, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5bb2a467cbec794e" CaptionVisible="True" TabStripVisible="True" CloseButtonVisible="True" HideButtonVisible="True" DropDownButtonVisible="True" />
  </Dockables>
  </Rigth>
  </Left>
 <Rigth Orientation="Horizontal" Size="305;513" HidePosition="Right">
 <Dockables>
  <XmlDockable Text="DockPanel2" DockState="AutoHide" DockPosition="Right" PreferredDockSize="100;200" PreferredFloatSize="150;300" Guid="40f4d1cb-3c2e-4214-ae6c-caca0376a55a" Type="Telerik.WinControls.Docking.DockPanel" Assembly="Telerik.WinControls.Docking, Version=2009.1.9.311, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5bb2a467cbec794e" CaptionVisible="True" TabStripVisible="True" CloseButtonVisible="True" HideButtonVisible="True" DropDownButtonVisible="True" />
  </Dockables>
  </Rigth>
  </Sites>
  </Sites>
  </DockingTree>

Does your layout look like this or is it different?

[Jill-Connie Lorentsen]

Thanks for your time!

My layout looks the same, but I use 2008 Q3 version. I've downloaded the newest version, but it didn't help.

Regards, Jill-Connie

[Julian Benkov]

Hello Jill-Connie Lorentsen,

To support this scenario, first dock the panel to the right without hosting the DockPanel and then set it to autohide mode.

dockingManager1.SetDock(dockPanel1, DockPosition.Right);
dockPanel1.DockState = DockState.AutoHide;

 
The xml serialized file must be changed:

<Left Orientation="Horizontal" Size="94;264" HidePosition="Right">

I hope this helps. Do not hesitate to write me back if you have further questions.

Sincerely yours,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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[Jill-Connie Lorentsen]

Well...

I now have two equal dock panels to the right, after adding the code you suggested to my formload event handler.

The dock panels do dock to the right, but there is some weird behaviour. As I dock to the right, my panel to the left gets narrower, and grows back to its original size when I undock the panel to the right.

Also, when I just open the panel to the right it has a width, - this width increases when I dock it.

Has anybody experienced the same? And maybe has a solution?


Regards, Jill-Connie Lorentsen

[Julian Benkov]

Hello Jill-Connie Lorentsen,

You can change your logic and dock panels in this way:

dockingManager1.SetDock(dockPanel1, DockPosition.Right);
dockingManager1.SetDock(dockPanel2, dockPanel1, DockPosition.Left);
dockPanel1.DockState = DockState.AutoHide;

In this scenario, first dock the right panel and then attach the left panel to them. Do not hesitate to write me back if you have further questions.

All the best,
Julian Benkov
the Telerik team

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