Visual studio panels

Question

I need to make some vertical docking / assembly panels in the style of a Visual Studio IDE (e.g. Solution explorer, Toolbox, Properties, etc.), does anyone know some examples or code for this?

Thanks R.

Answer 1

You can use the DockPanel Suite from here . Then your forms just have to inherit from DockContent, and they can dock with a DockPanel like Visual Studio.

Answer 2

, autohide? , userdraw. .

Answer 3

You can do this using ToolStripContainer

http://en.csharp-online.net/Tool,_Menu,_and_Status_Strips%E2%80%94The_ToolStripContainer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229623.aspx

google the word "ToolStripContainer" and you will come up with all kinds of patterns.