Docking Modes

Docked Mode The common option is to make the child dock to a side of the container. It can be docked Left, Right, Top or Bottom. Float Mode Docked elements can also be dragged around by the end-user to float at any location on the desktop. Floating can also be setup programmatically. Tabbed Mode Two or more Docked elements can be docked at the same location, one over the other. User can switch between these panels using the tabs that appear automatically in this tabbed mode. All this can be set programmatically also. AutoHide In AutoHide mode, the panels that don't have the focus, automatically collapse to the frames of the container (like the Toolbox in VS.NET) and expands when the user mouse hovers on the tabs representing these collapsed panels.