OverlayWindow

The OverlayWindow class is used to visualize floating docking buttons in AvalonDock.

The Screenshots on this page show the docking buttons in various scenarios of the:

• OverlayWindow (Class Diagram)
• OverlayWindow (Class Definition) IOverlayWindow
• OverlayWindow (Visual Definition)

in AvalonDock.

Visual Tree of OverlayWindow

• PART_DropTargetsContainer (Canvas)

  • PART_PreviewBox (Path)
  • PART_DockingManagerDropTargets (Grid)
  • PART_AnchorablePaneDropTargets (Grid)
  • PART_DocumentPaneDropTargets (Grid)

• Invoke OverlayWindow.EnableDropTargets() to turn visibility of the OverlayWindow ON

• Invoke OverlayWindow.HideDropTargets() to turn visibility of the OverlayWindow OFF

• See IOverlayWindowHost implementation in

  • DockingManager
  • See LayoutAnchorableFloatingWindowControl

Source Images

The definition of the OverlayWindow control includes the bitmap images listed further below for the Generic theme.

Project Source folder: source/Components/Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock/Themes/Generic/Images/

Name	Image
DockPane.PNG
DockPaneEmpty.png
DockBottom.PNG
DockLeft.PNG
DockRight.PNG
DockTop.PNG
InnerDockDocPaneBottom.png
InnerDockDocPaneLeft.png
InnerDockDocPaneRight.png
InnerDockDocPaneTop.png
InnerDockPaneBottom.png
InnerDockPaneInside.png
InnerDockPaneLeft.png
InnerDockPaneRight.png
InnerDockPaneTop.png

Visual Parts

PART_PreviewBox

Is the drop target rectangle that is displayed before a document or tool window is dropped into a drop target location.