set focus on AutoHide DockControl

[Chinedu]

Sometimes, an autohide enabled panel controlled by a docking manager hides while the user is using the controls the panel hosts.

1.
Is there a way to stop the panel from autohiding once it the user opens it....or at least set it's focus to true...or something like that.

2.
What event fires when a autohide docked control is opened

[Rajesh C]

Hi Nedu,

Thank you for using Syncfusion products.

It is possible to stop the panel from autohiding once the user opens it. Please call autohidden control's Focus() method in dockingManager1_AutoHideAnimationStop event handler and refer to the following code snippets which illustrates the same:

[ C# ]

private void dockingManager1_AutoHideAnimationStop(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.AutoHideAnimationEventArgs arg)
{  
  arg.Control.Focus();
}

The following events are fired when a autohidden control is opened or closed.

-> AutoHideAnimationStart event
-> AutoHideAnimationStop event

Please let me know if you have any other queries.

Regards,
Rajesh C

[Chinedu]

Thank you Rajesh, really appreciate your help.