Creating a dockable form or pane in an MDI form

[farseer]

Hello,

i am looking for some advice on how to create a form or pane that is
dockable/undockable to the right side of an MDI parent form, while
allowing new
windows to be displayed "freely" on the right side of the MDI form
(i.e. undocked and movable).
I basically want to have a tree view on the left of the MDI form that
can be locked or free floating.


Thanks much

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Farseer,

You can try to use a panel, than you can dock it inside that, with a spitter
you can even size it.

Cor

 

[farseer]

If i use a splitter in the MDI, that would mean that i could have free
form child windows on the right though, correct? i think any forms
opened in an mdi w/ a splitter automatically sizes to one of the panes.

 

[Eric Moreau]

see http://www.divelements.com/net/controls/sanddock/dockablewindows.aspx

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HTH

Éric Moreau, MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
S2i web inc. (www.s2i.com)
http://emoreau.s2i.com/