Codejock Docking Pane ActiveX provides developers with a comprehensive component to implement versatile docking pane interfaces in applications. It supports numerous modern and classic themes, enabling floating, docking, pinning, and auto-hide functionalities. Developers can customize tabs, layouts, and animations for an enhanced user experience across Windows platforms.
Theme Support
Provides extensive theme compatibility including Visual Studio, Office, and Windows styles, allowing apps to mimic popular development and office environments.
Docking and Floating Panes
Supports flexible docking and floating of panes at any edge of the application workspace. Developers can enable users to drag and dock, or float windows, and combine or tear off tabs to organize the interface dynamically.
Auto Hide and Pinning
Includes sliding auto hide panes similar to Visual Studio and Visio. Panes can be pinned to stay visible or unpinned to hide, optimizing workspace efficiency with configurable hide/show animation delays.
Tabbed and Nested Grouping
Supports nested tabbed windows allowing grouping of panes in tab style arrangements docked in any position. Tabs can be detached to create floating windows or combined for workspace organization.
Customizable Tab Appearance
Allows customization of tab layouts, appearance styles, color schemes, tab icons, and margins. Features include hot tracking, bold selected tabs, rotated tab layouts, and multiple tab positioning options.
Visual Studio Style Docking Context
Offers Visual Studio style docking contexts and docking stickers that visually guide users where panes can dock while dragging.
Save and Load Layouts
Enables saving and loading of docking pane layouts to and from the Windows registry or custom files. This facilitates persistent personalized workspace arrangements across user sessions.
Splitter and Frame Customization
Provides multiple splitter styles and options to add static frames around tab controls to complement custom UI themes.
Active Pane Indication and Caption Menus
Highlights the active pane with visual clues and supports caption menu buttons that can display custom menus or controls.
Product Compatibility
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Component Type
ActiveX / COM Component
VB Class Library
Windows DLL
ActiveX/COM Platform
ActiveX OCX
ActiveX DLL
ActiveX EXE
ActiveX .NET Ready
IDE Support
Delphi
About Codejock Software
Codejock Software, founded in 1998 and based in Morrice, Michigan, specializes in reusable software components that accelerate the development of graphical user interfaces for Windows applications. With a focus on Microsoft Visual Studio platforms, it is known for its wide range of user interface libraries and controls that deliver modern visual styles and flexible functionality to application developers. Codejock Software stands out for its commitment to customer support, regular updates, and source code availability, making it a trusted choice among corporations and independent developers alike for creating polished, efficient Windows applications.