Tabbed Window in UWP Docking (SfDockingManager)

18 Feb 20256 minutes to read

Child window can be arranged as Tabbed window by setting TargetName and side value as Tabbed using the property SideInDockedMode.

<layout:SfDockingManager>

<ContentControl layout:SfDockingManager.Header="SolutionExplorer" Name="SolutionExplorer"
                layout:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Top"
				/>

<ContentControl layout:SfDockingManager.Header="Properties"
                layout:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				layout:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="SolutionExplorer"/>


</layout:SfDockingManager>

UI structure of TabbedWindow

Tab Alignments

By default, tabs of the docked windows are placed at bottom. To place the tabs of the docked window at different sides, set the property DockTabPlacement with desired values such as Top, Bottom, Left and Right.

  • Setting DockTabPlacement as Bottom 
<syncfusion:SfDockingManager DockTabPlacement="Bottom" x:Name="dockingManager">

<ContentControl x:Name="dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 1"
                               syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 1 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 2"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 2 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 3"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 3 content"/>

</ContentControl>

</syncfusion:SfDockingManager>
dockingManager.DockTabPlacement = Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TabPlacement.Bottom;

DockTabPlacement is bottom

  • Setting DockTabPlacement as Top 
<syncfusion:SfDockingManager DockTabPlacement="Top" x:Name="dockingManager">

<ContentControl x:Name="dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 1"
                               syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 1 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 2"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 2 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 3"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 3 content"/>

</ContentControl>

</syncfusion:SfDockingManager>
dockingManager.DockTabPlacement = Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TabPlacement.Top;

DockTabPlacement is top

  • Setting DockTabPlacement as Left 
<syncfusion:SfDockingManager DockTabPlacement="Left" x:Name="dockingManager">

<ContentControl x:Name="dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 1"
                               syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 1 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 2"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 2 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 3"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 3 content"/>

</ContentControl>

</syncfusion:SfDockingManager>
dockingManager.DockTabPlacement= Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TabPlacement.Left;

DockTabPlacement is left

  • Setting DockTabPlacement as Right 
<syncfusion:SfDockingManager DockTabPlacement="Right" x:Name="dockingManager">

<ContentControl x:Name="dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 1"
                               syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 1 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 2"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 2 content"/>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Item 3"
                syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed"
				syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="dock1">

<TextBlock Text="This is item 3 content"/>

</ContentControl>

</syncfusion:SfDockingManager>
dockingManager.DockTabPlacement = Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TabPlacement.Right;

DockTabPlacement is right

TabbedWindow Customization

DockWindow have an internal DockTabControl for Tabbed Windows in SfDockingManager and its DockTabItem Background and Foreground can be customized. The following table lists the details of the customization properties in DockTabControl.

Customization Properties

Property Data Type Type Description
DockTabItemSelectedBackground



 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the background of a Selected Tab Item in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabItemSelectedForeground



 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the foreground of a Selected Tab Item in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabItemBackground

 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the background of a Tab Items in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabItemForeground



 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the foreground of a Tab Items in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabItemMouseOverBackground



 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the background of a mouse hovered tab Items in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabItemMouseOverForeground



 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the foreground of a mouse hovered tab Items in the tabbed Dock Window.
DockTabPanelBackground

 Brush

 Dependency property

 Used to set the background for Items Panel of the tabbed Dock Window
  • XAML
    • <syncfusion:SfDockingManager DockTabPanelBackground="GreenYellow"   DockTabItemBackground="Yellow"              DockTabItemForeground="Red" DockTabItemSelectedBackground="Orange" DockTabItemSelectedForeground="White" DockTabItemMouseOverBackground="Green" DockTabItemMouseOverForeground="Red">
    <ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Dock1" Name="Dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"/>
    <ContentControl syncfusion:SfDockingManager.Header="Dock2" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="Dock1" syncfusion:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"/>
</syncfusion:SfDockingManager>

    Tabbed window customization

    Set icon to TabbedWindow

    SetIcon method can be used to set the icon/image for the TabbedWindow.

    <!--Setting icon in Tabbed Window -->

<ContentControl x:Name="SolutionExplorer" Layout:SfDockingManager.Header="Solution Explorer"  Layout:SfDockingManager.DesiredWidthInDockedMode="300"  Layout:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Right" Layout:SfDockingManager.DockState="Dock"  >

	<Layout:SfDockingManager.Icon>

		<Image Source="/Assets/image1.png" />

	</Layout:SfDockingManager.Icon>

</ContentControl>

<ContentControl Name="Properties" Layout:SfDockingManager.Header="Properties" Layout:SfDockingManager.DesiredWidthInDockedMode="300" Layout:SfDockingManager.SideInDockedMode="Tabbed" Layout:SfDockingManager.TargetNameInDockedMode="Solution Explorer" >

	<Layout:SfDockingManager.Icon>

		<Image Source="/Assets/image2.png" />

	</Layout:SfDockingManager.Icon>

</ContentControl>
    //Initialize image 
		
Image image = new Image();

Image image1 = new Image();

//Get Image 

image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/image1.png", UriKind.Absolute));

image1.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/image2.png", UriKind.Absolute));

//Set Image to Tabbed Control
			
SfDockingManager.SetIcon(Properties,image1);

SfDockingManager.SetIcon(SolutionExplorer, image);

    Tabbed window has custom icon