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Merges child panel's ribbons to the parent container.

WPF Dock Layout Manager - Automatically Merge Ribbon Controls

The following controls support automatic bar merging:

• DXTabControl
• Dock Layout Manager

In this example, the docklayoutmanager component implements the tabbed MDI interface. The main application window and tabs contain ribbon controls.

The example merges a pages, page groups, and items from child ribbons to the main ribbon control.

Files to Look At:

• MainWindow.xaml (VB: MainWindow.xaml)
• MainWindow.xaml.cs (VB: MainWindow.xaml.vb)

Documentation

• Merge Bars and Ribbon in MDI Mode
• DXTabControl.AllowMerging
• DockLayoutManager.MDIMergeStyle
• DockLayoutManager.AllowMergingAutoHidePanels
• RibbonPage.MergeType
• RibbonPageGroup.MergeType
• RibbonPageCategoryBase.MergeOrder
• RibbonPage.MergeOrder
• RibbonPageGroup.MergeOrder
• BarItemLinkBase.MergeOrder

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• WPF Dock Layout Manager - Merge Bars in Controls That Support Automatic Merging