Users can recreate the Visual Studio document experience within their application with the WPF Visual Studio Dock control feature. 

Visual Studio Dock Control

Supports the ability to accurately recreate the Visual Studio docking experience including layout persistence, floating windows, and HWind Support.
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Customizable Docking Indicators

Supports visual indicators that demonstrate where a dockable item will snap into place.
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WPF docking indicators illustrate where an item will snap into place when moved. 

Content Pane Navigator

Supports any navigation screen that allows for quick navigation with previews between different content panes.
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Users can preview different content panes with the WPF dock manager content pane navigator feature.  
Users can create a tabbed menu-type area to access different pieces of information with the WPF dock manager. 

Tabbed Documents

Allows for the creation of a tabbed area that mimics a tabbed MDI experience.
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Hidden/Animated Panes

Hidden panes stay out of the way until users mouse over them, and then they animate into view on mouse over, click, activation, or by command where users can pin them to keep them visible.
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Users can access hidden panes by mousing over them to bring them into view. 
Resize docked content panes by dragging any edge into the desired position. 

Resize Content with Splitters

Docked content panes can easily be resized by dragging one edge to accommodate the information being presented.
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Layout Persistence

Methods to save a layout to XML and then load it back into the docking control enable presenting users with their preferred layout when your application restarts.
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Methods to save a layout to XML and then load it back into the docking control enable presenting users with their preferred layout when your application restarts. 
Supports hosting HWnds meaning legacy Windows Forms controls can be hosted in this WPF docking experience.  

HWnd Support

Supports hosting HWnds meaning legacy Windows Forms controls can be hosted in this WPF docking experience.
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