DockingPaneAction Enumeration

Description

Specifies the action a docking pane is currently performing.

Members

Member	Description
PaneActionFloating	Docking pane is currently floating. This occurs when the user clicks on the title bar of a docking pane and drags the pane to another location. When this occurs, the pane is said to be "floating."
PaneActionFloated	Docking pane has been docked and is currently floating.
PaneActionClosing	Docking pane is currently closing. This occurs when the close button of the pane is clicked.
PaneActionClosed	Docking pane has been closed. This occurs when the docking pane has finished closing.
PaneActionDocking	Docking pane is in the process of docking.
PaneActionDocked	Docking pane has been docked. This occurs when the docking pane has finished docking.
PaneActionAttaching	Docking pane is in the process of attaching to another pane.
PaneActionAttached	Docking pane has been attached. This occurs when the docking pane has finished attaching to another pane.
PaneActionPinning	Docking pane is currently pinning. This occurs when the "pin" button is clicked to make the pane remain visible.
PaneActionPinned	Docking pane has been pinned. This occurs when the docking pane has finished pinning.
PaneActionCollapsing	Docking pane is currently collapsing (hiding). This occurs when a pane is going back to its AutoHide position. If a pane is hidden and the mouse is positioned over the tab to display the pane, the pane is expanding; when the mouse is moved off of the pane, it begins to collapse.
PaneActionCollapsed	Docking pane has been collapsed. This occurs when the docking pane has finished collapsing.
PaneActionExpanding	Docking pane is currently expanding. This occurs when a pane is being displayed from its AutoHide position. If a pane is hidden and the mouse is positioned over the tab to display the pane, the pane is then expanding; when the mouse is moved off of the pane, it begins to collapse.
PaneActionExpanded	Docking pane is expanded; this is when the pane is fully shown from the autohide position.
PaneActionActivated	Docking Pane becomes active. After this action, the ActivePane property will hold a reference to the currently active pane.
PaneActionDeactivated	Docking Pane becomes deactivated. After this action, the ActivePane property becomes Null/Nothing.
PaneActionDetaching	Docking Pane is removed from a group of panes. This occurs when a pane that is in a group of two or more panes is dragged from the group.
PaneActionDragging	Docking Pane has started to be dragged. This occurs when a pane first starts to be dragged.
PaneActionUnpinning	Docking Pane is in the process of un-pinning. This occurs when the pin button of a pane is clicked to un-pin the pane. This is also known as auto-hide mode.
PaneActionUnpinned	Docking Pane is un-pinned. This occurs when a pane has completely been pinned. The pane will now only show a tab on the side of the container that can be displayed by moving the mouse over the tab. This is also known as auto-hide mode.
PaneActionSplitterResizing	Docking pane splitter resizing.
PaneActionSplitterResized	Docking pane splitter resized.

Remarks

The action event is triggered when a docking pane is performing any one of these actions. You can determine the current action and pane within the action event.