A "fly-out" toolbar like in VS2005
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I'm not really sure where best to ask this question (and these days if you ask a question in the wrong forum, you're asking for a good flaming). I'm wondering if there is a control already available to create a fly-out toolbar like in VS2005 -- you know, like they do for the toolbox, properties, solution explorer, etc. I like the way it is docked to the side, and the way it autohides, but can also be pinned to stay visible. Is there already a control for that? If not, then my next question becomes if I was to try to write one myself, what do you think I should inherit from -- should I derive from a dialog, a toolstrip, a groupbox, a splitter or completely write it from scratch? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
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I'm not really sure where best to ask this question (and these days if you ask a question in the wrong forum, you're asking for a good flaming). I'm wondering if there is a control already available to create a fly-out toolbar like in VS2005 -- you know, like they do for the toolbox, properties, solution explorer, etc. I like the way it is docked to the side, and the way it autohides, but can also be pinned to stay visible. Is there already a control for that? If not, then my next question becomes if I was to try to write one myself, what do you think I should inherit from -- should I derive from a dialog, a toolstrip, a groupbox, a splitter or completely write it from scratch? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Here's a free window docking component from CP: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/magicdocking.asp[^] If you want a more full-featured version, check out the UltraDockManager by Infragistics[^] Josh