BarAndDockingController Class

Allows you to customize the form-scope display and behavior settings for controls and components included in the XtraBars library - bars, dock panels, Ribbon controls, App UI Manager (DocumentManager) and tabbed windows (XtraTabbedMdiManager).

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraBars.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

[DXLicenseWinForms]
public class BarAndDockingController :
    Component,
    ISupportInitialize,
    IAppearanceOwner,
    ISupportDXSkinColors

<DXLicenseWinForms>
Public Class BarAndDockingController
    Inherits Component
    Implements ISupportInitialize,
               IAppearanceOwner,
               ISupportDXSkinColors

Related API Members

The following members return BarAndDockingController objects:

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Remarks

The BarAndDockingController class is designed to store the LookAndFeel, appearance and customization settings for the controls and components included in the XtraBars library:

• Bars UI (BarManager)
• Ribbon UI (RibbonControl, RibbonForm, RibbonStatusBar, BackstageViewControl, ApplicationMenu)
• Dock panels (DockManager)
• Application UI (Windows UI, Widget UI, Tabbed UI, Native MDI) implemented with the DocumentManager component
• Tabbed MDI windows (XtraTabbedMdiManager)

See the following topic to learn more: Look and Feel.

Example: Create a Custom BarManager and BarAndDockingController

This example creates a custom Bar Manager (including infrastructure classes) that can be used at design time.

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Inheritance

Object MarshalByRefObject Component BarAndDockingController

See Also

BarAndDockingController Members

Controller

Look and Feel

DevExpress.XtraBars Namespace