How to set icon for docked control in WinForms Docking Manager?
Icon settings
In WinForms Docking Manager, any control can be set as docking child. If user would like to set icon for the docked controls, that can be achieved by using its function named SetDockIcon. The following code examples demonstrates the same.
C#
// To add icon to the Child form which is Dockable Form2 frm2 = new Form2(); frm2.TopLevel = false; frm2.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None; this.dockingManager1.DockControl(frm2, this, DockingStyle.Left, 130); this.dockingManager1.SetDockIcon(frm2, 1);
VB
' To add icon to the Child form which is Dockable Dim frm2 As New Form2() frm2.TopLevel = False frm2.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None Me.dockingManager1.DockControl(frm2, Me, DockingStyle.Left, 130) Me.dockingManager1.SetDockIcon(frm2, 1)
Figure 1. To set icon for the Docked control.
Samples:
C#: How to add icon to the Child form which is dockable C#
VB: How to add icon to the Child form which is dockable VB
UG document link:https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/dockingmanager/dock-window#add-icon-in-header-of-dock-window
Conclusion
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