# Advanced Layout Designer

This designer allows you to build your layout at design-time. You can arrange the windows the same way as at run time.

> caption Figure 1: Advanced Layout Designer.

![WinForms RadDock Advanced Layout Designer](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/bd18954ee02f4c4f28a9ef818323720e/raddock-advanced-layout-designer001.png)

The table below shows what you can do with the buttons in the title bar:

| ButtonGroup                                                                                                                                                                                   | Description                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup Close Designer](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/96f065c812b0c776f5177951ae04600d/raddock-advanced-layout-designer002.png)       | This button allows you to close the designer. You can save or discard any changes.                                        |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup Add ToolWindow](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/c033030e139b2b1718d72ce99d86cef1/raddock-advanced-layout-designer003.png)       | This buttons allow you to add a ToolWindow at any desired position                                                        |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup Add DocumentWindows](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/0c07beb7a54ba6df30470b43682e84da/raddock-advanced-layout-designer004.png)  | This group allow you to add DocumentWindows. You can clear all document windows as well.                                  |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup Save Layout](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/6669c4510607c30b09184878f4ec8ac6/raddock-advanced-layout-designer005.png)          | With this group you can save the layout to a file. You can load a predefined layouts as well.                             |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup ToolWindows](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/7942ffec6ab8f7d6f392d44b00f2da84/raddock-advanced-layout-designer006.png)          | You can remove ToolWindows by clicking the red button in the windows list.                                                |
| ![WinForms RadDock ButtonGroup Shows Current Layout](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/fdfc7afdfa5505a36207d35b778f0fb9/raddock-advanced-layout-designer007.png) | The main area shows the current layout. Here you can arrange the windows by simply dragging them to the desired position. |

## See Also

[Getting Started](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/dock/getting-started)
[Structure](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/dock/architecture-and-features/understanding-raddock)\
[Smart Tag](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/dock/design-time/smart-tag)