Minimizing MDI window in WPF Tabbed MDI Form (DocumentContainer)

18 Feb 20251 minute to read

You can minimize the MDI window by setting the CanMDIMinimize property as true. The default value of CanMDIMinimize property is false. The minimized MDI windows are arranged one by one in the bottom-left corner of the window.

<syncfusion:DocumentContainer Name="DocContainer"
                              CanMDIMinimize="True" 
                              Mode="MDI">
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Features"/>
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Window1"/>
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Document Container"/>
</syncfusion:DocumentContainer>

Minimizing MDI window in Document Container

Restrict Minimizing the MDI window

You can restrict minimizing the MDI window by setting the CanMDIMinimize property as false.

<syncfusion:DocumentContainer Name="DocContainer"
                              CanMDIMinimize="False" 
                              Mode="MDI">
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Features"/>
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Window1"/>
    <FlowDocumentScrollViewer syncfusion:DocumentContainer.Header="Document Container"/>
</syncfusion:DocumentContainer>

Restrict the Minimizing MDI window in Document Container