private void CreateLeftDockedBars()
{
// Dock first two bars side by side and dock third bar next to them...
Bar bar = new Bar("Bar1");
bar.Name = "leftBar1";
bar.LayoutType = eLayoutType.DockContainer; // Dock Container Layout needed for dockable windows
bar.Stretch = true; // Dockable windows stretch to fill container
bar.AutoHideAnimationTime = 0; // Some controls do not support animation so turn it off
bar.GrabHandleStyle = eGrabHandleStyle.Caption; // Dockable Windows have captions
bar.CanHide = true;
// Create DockContainerItem for the bar. The item should be added before the bar is docked.
DockContainerItem dockItem = new DockContainerItem("leftDockItem1", "Top Left Dock Container");
bar.Items.Add(dockItem);
// Create control that is hosted on dock container
UserControl1 dockedControl = new UserControl1();
dockedControl.label1.Text = bar.Name + " - " + dockItem.Text;
dockedControl.BackColor = Color.Khaki;
dockItem.Control = dockedControl; // Specify that control is hosted on the dock container
dotNetBarManager1.Bars.Add(bar); // DotNetBar needs to be aware of the bar so it can manage it's docking etc.
dotNetBarManager1.LeftDockSite.GetDocumentUIManager().Dock(bar); //Performs actual docking of the Bar to the specified dock site
dockItem.Width = 128; // Specify Width of dock container item after it is docked
// Create second bar and dock it below the first bar but still on the same line
Bar bar2 = new Bar("Bar2");
bar2.Name = "leftBar2";
bar2.LayoutType = eLayoutType.DockContainer; // Dock Container Layout needed for dockable windows
bar2.AutoHideAnimationTime = 0; // Some controls do not support animation so turn it off
bar2.Stretch = true; // Dockable windows stretch to fill container
bar2.CanHide = true;
bar2.GrabHandleStyle = eGrabHandleStyle.Caption; // Dockable Windows have captions
// Add new Dock Container to the bar, should be done before adding the bar so size can be calculated properly
dockItem = new DockContainerItem("leftDockItem2", "Bottom Left Dock Container");
bar2.Items.Add(dockItem);
// Create control that is hosted on dock container
dockedControl = new UserControl1();
dockedControl.label1.Text = bar.Name + " - " + dockItem.Text;
dockedControl.BackColor = Color.Lavender;
dockItem.Control = dockedControl; // Specify that control is hosted on the dock container
dotNetBarManager1.Bars.Add(bar2); // DotNetBar needs to be aware of the bar so it can manage it's docking etc.
dotNetBarManager1.LeftDockSite.GetDocumentUIManager().Dock(bar, bar2, eDockSide.Bottom); // Dock new bar2 below the bar that we created previously
// Create third bar that is docked next to the first and second
// i.e. on the line 1
bar = new Bar("Bar3");
bar.Name = "leftBar3";
bar.LayoutType = eLayoutType.DockContainer; // Dock Container Layout needed for dockable windows
bar.AutoHideAnimationTime = 0; // Some controls do not support animation so turn it off
bar.Stretch = true; // Dockable windows stretch to fill container
bar.CanHide = true;
bar.GrabHandleStyle = eGrabHandleStyle.Caption; // Dockable Windows have captions
dockItem = new DockContainerItem("leftDockItem3", "Left Dock Container line 1");
bar.Items.Add(dockItem);
// Create control that is hosted on dock container
dockedControl = new UserControl1();
dockedControl.label1.Text = bar.Name + " - " + dockItem.Text;
dockedControl.BackColor = Color.LemonChiffon;
dockItem.Control = dockedControl; // Specify that control is hosted on the dock container
dotNetBarManager1.Bars.Add(bar); // DotNetBar needs to be aware of the bar so it can manage it's docking etc.
dotNetBarManager1.LeftDockSite.GetDocumentUIManager().Dock(bar);
// Setting the width of the dock site will also scale the bars docked inside,
// however the size should be large enough to accomodate all bars including the constraints like MinimumSize etc.
dotNetBarManager1.LeftDockSite.Width = 150;
}