Tabs and Captions

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RadDock exposes several properties which allow you to have full control over the visibility and the position of the tabs/captions:

• DocumentTabAlignment: defines the position of the tabs for all DocumentTabStrip instances in RadDock.

Setting DocumentTabsAlignment to Left

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radDock1.DocumentTabsAlignment = TabStripAlignment.Left;

Me.RadDock1.DocumentTabsAlignment = TabStripAlignment.Left

• DocumentTabsVisible: allows you to hide/show all document tabs:

Hiding the document tabs

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radDock1.DocumentTabsVisible = false;

Me.RadDock1.DocumentTabsVisible = False

• ToolTabAlignment: defines the position of the tabs for all ToolTabStrip instances in RadDock:

Setting the ToolTabsAlignment to Right

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radDock1.ToolTabsAlignment = TabStripAlignment.Right;

Me.RadDock1.ToolTabsAlignment = TabStripAlignment.Right

• ToolTabsVisible: allows you to hide/show all tool tabs.

Hiding the tool tabs

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radDock1.ToolTabsVisible = false;

Me.RadDock1.ToolTabsVisible = False

• CaptionVisible: allows you to hide the caption of a single ToolTabStrip.

Hiding the caption of ToolTabStrip

• C#
• VB.NET

this.toolTabStrip1.CaptionVisible = false;

Me.ToolTabStrip1.CaptionVisible = False

• ShowToolCloseButton and ShowDocumentCloseButton: displays/hides close buttons in the ToolWindow/DocumentWindow tabs.

Showing close buttons

• C#
• VB.NET

this.radDock1.ShowToolCloseButton = true;
this.radDock1.ShowDocumentCloseButton = true;

Me.RadDock1.ShowToolCloseButton = True
Me.RadDock1.ShowDocumentCloseButton = True