Using the RedockService

RedockService comes in handy when you want to save the dock state of your DockWindows and restore this state later.

Using the RedockService

Let's take a look at the following scenario:

1. We have a RadDock instance containing several docked ToolWindows as shown below:
   

2. The end-user decides to float some of the ToolWindows:

3. Now comes the time when the user wants to re-dock the floating ToolWindows. However, the user does not only want to dock the ToolWindows, he/she want to achieve the layout that he/she had at the beginning. For that purpose, we can have a button or a menu item on the Click of which we get the RedockService and return the floating windows to their original docked state by calling the RestoreMethod of the service. When the user clicks that button, he/she will get the layout below, which as you can see is the same as the layout that we had at the beginning:

void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RedockService service = this.radDock1.GetService<RedockService>();
    foreach (DockWindow window in this.radDock1.DockWindows)
    {
        if (window.DockState == DockState.Floating)
        {
            service.RestoreState(window, DockState.Docked, true);
        }
    }
}

Private Sub radButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim service As RedockService = Me.RadDock1.GetService(Of RedockService)()
    For Each window As DockWindow In Me.RadDock1.DockWindows
        If window.DockState = DockState.Floating Then
            service.RestoreState(window, DockState.Docked, True)
        End If
    Next window
End Sub

See Also

Getting Started Using the CommandManager Using the ContextMenuService Using the DragDropService Document Manager Understanding RadDock