BaseLayoutItem.CaptionLocation Property

Gets or sets the position of the item’s Caption. This is a dependency property.

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public CaptionLocation CaptionLocation { get; set; }

Public Property CaptionLocation As CaptionLocation

Property Value

Type	Description
CaptionLocation

The position where the Caption is displayed.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default

An item’s caption is displayed at the default position, which is different for different item types.

| | Left |

An item’s caption is displayed on the left.

| | Top |

An item’s caption is displayed at the top.

| | Right |

An item’s caption is displayed on the right.

| | Bottom |

An item’s caption is displayed at the bottom.

Remarks

Use the Caption property to specify a Caption.

The following code sample sets the LayoutControlItem‘s CaptionLocation property to Bottom.

XAML

xaml

<Window ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup Caption="LayoutRoot">
      <dxdo:LayoutControlItem Caption="Document" CaptionLocation="Bottom">
        <RichTextBox>
          <!-- ... -->
        </RichTextBox>
      </dxdo:LayoutControlItem>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</Window>

DocumentPanel Caption Location

You can use the CaptionLocation property to specify a DocumentPanel ‘s header location.

XAML

xaml

<dx:ThemedWindow 
  ...
  xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup>
      <dxdo:DocumentGroup CaptionLocation="Bottom">
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel Caption="Document1"/>
        <dxdo:DocumentPanel Caption="Document2"/>
      </dxdo:DocumentGroup>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
</dx:ThemedWindow>