Minimize and Maximize a Window

Dockable windows can be Minimized and Maximized . When they are maximized, they take up the entire DockableGroupPane area. When they are minimized, the other controls are made larger, and take up the space vacated my the minimized pane.

A window can be Minimized and Maximized in code, or by the user at run-time.

The following code shows you how to minimize a window using a button click.

In Visual Basic:

Private Sub btnMinimized_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnMinimize.Click
	Me.UltraDockManager1.DockAreas(0).Panes(0).Minimized = True
End Sub

In C#:

private void btnMinimized_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	this.ultraDockManager1.DockAreas[0].Panes[0].Minimized = true;
}

The following code shows you how to Maximize a window using a button click.

In Visual Basic:

Private Sub btnMaximized_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnMaximized.Click
	Me.UltraDockManager1.DockAreas(0).Panes(0).Maximized = True
End Sub

In C#:

private void btnMaximized_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	this.ultraDockManager1.DockAreas[0].Panes[0].Maximized = true;
}

A user can also minimize or maximize a pane by clicking the appropriate icon in the upper right corner of a pane.

To enable/disable the users ability to toggle minimizing and maximizing of a single pane, use the AllowMinimize or AllowMaximize property of the Settings object of the pane.

If you want to enable/disable the users ability to maximize or minimize of all your windows, turn off the icons by using the ShowMaximizeButton and ShowMinimizeButton off the UltraDockManager . By default, both ShowMaximizeButton and ShowMinimizeButton are set to False. Be sure to turn this on if you want them.

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Minimize and Maximize a Window