Tabbed & MDI Interface |
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Document objects resemble dock panels and serve the very same goal - to host other software windows within floating or tabbed MDI windows. You can click a document’s caption, and drag this document to dock or undock it in the same manner as dock panels. While dock panels can be docked to any form’s edge, documents can only be docked in a special area called a tabbed View, .
Documents within a tabbed View can be docked to vertical or horizontal document groups. To do so, use the side docking hint when dragging a document, or right-click the document header and select the New Tab Group item in the invoked context menu
Document groups within a View can either be arranged horizontally (side-by-side), or vertically (one above another), but not in both directions simultaneously. If only one tabbed group exists, the View does not yet have an orientation setting. After you start a new horizontal tab group, for example, the View becomes vertically oriented, which means that all subsequent tab groups can only be arranged vertically. You can reverse the current View orientation by right-clicking any tab group header and selecting the Arrange Tab Groups Vertically (Horizontally) context menu item.
Navigation To quickly navigate through documents, you can also use the button in the group's top right corner.
Mouse Operations and Hotkeys •Double-click a docked document's caption - undock the document and make it floating. •Ctrl+Double-click a floating document's caption - docks the floating document to its previous docking position. •Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab - shows the Document Selector. |