DashboardItem.ParentContainer Property

Gets or sets the dashboard item container (a group or a tab page) that stores the current item.

Namespace : DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly : DevExpress.Dashboard.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

[DefaultValue(null)]
public IDashboardItemContainer ParentContainer { get; set; }

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Property ParentContainer As IDashboardItemContainer

Property Value

A dashboard item group or tab page that stores the current item.

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Remarks

Use the ParentContainer property to move an item from one group / tab page to another.

The following code moves the item named list1 to a tab page that contains the card1 item.

• C#
• VB.NET

dashboard.Items["card1"].ParentContainer = dashboard.Items["list1"].ParentContainer;

dashboard.Items("card1").ParentContainer = dashboard.Items("list1").ParentContainer

Related GitHub Examples

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• C#
• VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-window-calculation-example/CS/WindowCalculationExample/TabPageLoadHelper.cs#L53

{
    if (item.ParentContainer == null)
    {

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/CS/DashboardMerger/DashboardMerger.cs#L86

foreach(DashboardItem item in ItemsAndGroups) {
    if(item.ParentContainer == null) {
        if(!(item is TabContainerDashboardItem))

winforms-dashboard-window-calculation-example/VB/WindowCalculationExample/TabPageLoadHelper.vb#L74

For Each item As DashboardItem In itemsAndGroups
    If item.ParentContainer Is Nothing Then
        If Not(TypeOf item Is TabContainerDashboardItem) Then

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/VB/DashboardMerger/DashboardMerger.vb#L118

For Each item As DashboardItem In ItemsAndGroups
    If item.ParentContainer Is Nothing Then
        If Not (TypeOf item Is TabContainerDashboardItem) Then

See Also

Dashboard Items

Dashboard Item Group

Tab Container

DashboardItem Class

DashboardItem Members

DevExpress.DashboardCommon Namespace