telerik:RadDocking custom ToolWindow base type

[Psy]

Hello,

With the telerik:RadDocking the content of the tab that I open expect a specific parent Window (of type like WindowBase) with utilities, notification, modals, ...

Then I drag out one of the docking pane the parent window is a ToolWindow, is there a way to create a custom ToolWindow or wrap the content of a ToolWindow in a custom UserControl ?

Thanks you,

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Davy,

You can replace the default ToolWindow with a custom one that derives from ToolWindow using a custom generated items factory.

public class CustomGeneratedItemsFactory : DefaultGeneratedItemsFactory
{
    public override ToolWindow CreateToolWindow()
    {
        return new CustomToolWindow();
    }
}

public class CustomToolWindow : ToolWindow
{
}

this.radDocking.GeneratedItemsFactory = new CustomGeneratedItemsFactory();

In case you want to customize the content inside the you can consider modifying the ControlTemplate of ToolWindow. The customized template can be applied via an implicit style as shown here.

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Martin Ivanov
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[Psy]

Ok perfect, thank you !

Just a small detail, the CustomToolWindow inside a WindowHostWindow and is not directly in the parent of the element that is being "docked out".