New Post: AvalongDock - LayoutDocumentPane - IsVisible binding

Hi,

I understand that LayoutDocumentPane.IsVisible is ReadOnly and you want to bind a property on it to set it to true or false, depending on the current mode.
Please try this complete sample and tell me if it answer your needs.

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication5.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:xctk="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/toolkit"
        xmlns:xcad="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/avalondock"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication5"
        xmlns:s="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
        Title="MainWindow">
   <Window.Resources>
      <FrameworkElement x:Key="ProxyElement" DataContext="{Binding}"/>
   </Window.Resources>
   
   <StackPanel>
      <ContentControl Visibility="Collapsed"
                      Content="{StaticResource ProxyElement}"/>
      
      <Button Content="Change CurrentMode" Click="Button_Click_1"/>

      <xcad:DockingManager Grid.Row="2" MaxHeight="395"
                           AllowMixedOrientation="True"
                           BorderBrush="Black"
                           BorderThickness="1"
                           x:Name="_dockingManager">
         <xcad:DockingManager.DocumentHeaderTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
               <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                  <Image Source="{Binding IconSource}" Margin="0,0,4,0"/>
                  <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}" />
               </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>
         </xcad:DockingManager.DocumentHeaderTemplate>
         <xcad:LayoutRoot x:Name="_layoutRoot">
            <xcad:LayoutPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
               <xcad:LayoutAnchorablePane DockWidth="200">
                  <xcad:LayoutAnchorable ContentId="properties" Title="Properties" CanHide="False" CanClose="False"
                                            AutoHideWidth="240">
                     <xctk:PropertyGrid NameColumnWidth="110" SelectedObject="{Binding ElementName=_layoutRoot, Path=LastFocusedDocument.Content}" AutoGenerateProperties="False">
                        <xctk:PropertyGrid.PropertyDefinitions>
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="Background" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="BorderBrush" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="BorderThickness" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="FontSize" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="FontStyle" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="Width" />
                           <xctk:PropertyDefinition TargetProperties="Height" />
                        </xctk:PropertyGrid.PropertyDefinitions>
                     </xctk:PropertyGrid>
                  </xcad:LayoutAnchorable>
               </xcad:LayoutAnchorablePane>
               <xcad:LayoutDocumentPaneGroup >
                  <local:MyLayoutDocumentPane MyBool="{Binding DataContext.CurrentMode, Source={StaticResource ProxyElement}}">
                     <xcad:LayoutDocument ContentId="document1" Title="Document 1" >
                        <Button Content="Document 1 Content" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                     </xcad:LayoutDocument>
                     <xcad:LayoutDocument ContentId="document2" Title="Document 2">
                        <TextBox Text="Document 2 Content" AcceptsReturn="True"/>
                     </xcad:LayoutDocument>
                  </local:MyLayoutDocumentPane>
               </xcad:LayoutDocumentPaneGroup >
               <xcad:LayoutAnchorablePaneGroup DockWidth="125">
                  <xcad:LayoutAnchorablePane>
                     <xcad:LayoutAnchorable ContentId="alarms" Title="Alarms" >
                        <ListBox>
                           <s:String>Alarm 1</s:String>
                           <s:String>Alarm 2</s:String>
                           <s:String>Alarm 3</s:String>
                        </ListBox>
                     </xcad:LayoutAnchorable>
                     <xcad:LayoutAnchorable ContentId="journal" Title="Journal" >
                        <RichTextBox>
                           <FlowDocument>
                              <Paragraph FontSize="14" FontFamily="Segoe">
                                 This is the content of the Journal Pane.
                                 <LineBreak/>
                                 A
                                 <Bold>RichTextBox</Bold> has been added here
                              </Paragraph>
                           </FlowDocument>
                        </RichTextBox>
                     </xcad:LayoutAnchorable>
                  </xcad:LayoutAnchorablePane>
               </xcad:LayoutAnchorablePaneGroup>
            </xcad:LayoutPanel>

            <xcad:LayoutRoot.LeftSide>
               <xcad:LayoutAnchorSide>
                  <xcad:LayoutAnchorGroup>
                     <xcad:LayoutAnchorable Title="Agenda" ContentId="agenda" >
                        <TextBlock Text="Agenda Content" Margin="10" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Black" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                     </xcad:LayoutAnchorable>
                     <xcad:LayoutAnchorable Title="Contacts" ContentId="contacts" >
                        <TextBlock Text="Contacts Content" Margin="10" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Black" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                     </xcad:LayoutAnchorable>
                  </xcad:LayoutAnchorGroup>
               </xcad:LayoutAnchorSide>
            </xcad:LayoutRoot.LeftSide>
         </xcad:LayoutRoot>
      </xcad:DockingManager>
   </StackPanel>
</Window>


namespace WpfApplication5
{
  public partial class MainWindow : Window
  {
    public MainWindow()
    {
      Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.Licenser.LicenseKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX";

      InitializeComponent();

      this.DataContext = this;

      this.CurrentMode = false;
    }

    #region CurrentMode

    public static readonly DependencyProperty CurrentModeProperty = DependencyProperty.Register( "CurrentMode", typeof( bool ), typeof( MainWindow ),
      new UIPropertyMetadata( true ) );
    public bool CurrentMode
    {
      get
      {
        return (bool)GetValue( MainWindow.CurrentModeProperty );
      }
      set
      {
        SetValue( MainWindow.CurrentModeProperty, value );
      }
    }

    #endregion //CurrentMode

    private void Button_Click_1( object sender, RoutedEventArgs e )
    {
      this.CurrentMode = !this.CurrentMode;
    }
  }

  public class MyLayoutDocumentPane : LayoutDocumentPane
  {
    #region MyBool

    public static readonly DependencyProperty MyBoolProperty = DependencyProperty.Register( "MyBool", typeof( bool ), typeof( MyLayoutDocumentPane ),
      new UIPropertyMetadata( true, OnMyBoolChanged ) );
    public bool MyBool
    {
      get
      {
        return (bool)GetValue( MyLayoutDocumentPane.MyBoolProperty );
      }
      set
      {
        SetValue( MyLayoutDocumentPane.MyBoolProperty, value );
      }
    }

    private static void OnMyBoolChanged( DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e )
    {
      ((MyLayoutDocumentPane)d).OnMyBoolChanged( (bool)e.OldValue, (bool)e.NewValue );
    }

    protected virtual void OnMyBoolChanged( bool oldValue, bool newValue )
    {
      this.ComputeVisibility();
    }

    #endregion //MyBool

    protected override bool GetVisibility()
    {
      return this.MyBool;
    }
  }
}