Description: Introduction
This articles introduces a shell window called TabWindow embedded with TabControl that allows detaching a tab item to a new window through a drag-and-drop. It also allows a floating window being tabbed to a stationary window through the drag-and-drop.
Background
Can you imagine a WPF window that behaves like a Chrome or IE browser? At run time, a window can be tabbed to another window through the drag-and-drop. Tabs can be re-ordered and an individual tab can be closed. The TabWindow supports those features. However it s not a mere copy-cat of the modern browser like Chrome. There are a few main differences. For instance, a tab header disappears when there is only one item left in the TabWindow. Space is a premium in GUI as you know. Also when you tab one window to another, you drag it by the title bar instead of the tab header as it s done with the Chrome. The TabWindow, however, is not a docking control. There are many commercial and opensource docking
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TabWindowDemo\TabWindowDemo\App.xaml
.............\.............\App.xaml.cs
.............\.............\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
.............\.............\..........\Resources.Designer.cs
.............\.............\..........\Resources.resx
.............\.............\..........\Settings.Designer.cs
.............\.............\..........\Settings.settings
.............\.............\TabWindowDemo.csproj
.............\TabWindowDemo.sln
.............\TabWindowDemo.sln.docstates.suo
.............\TabWindowDemo.suo
.........\CloseEnabledTabItem.cs
.........\DragSupportTabControl.cs
.........\DragWindowManager.cs
.........\DropOverlayWindow.xaml
.........\DropOverlayWindow.xaml.cs
.........\IDragDropToTabWindow.cs
.........\.mages\TabTop.png
.........\......\TabTopHover.png
.........\ITabWindow.cs
.........\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs
.........\..........\Resources.Designer.cs
.........\..........\Resources.resx
.........\..........\Settings.Designer.cs
.........\..........\Settings.settings
.........\TabWindow.cs
.........\TabWindow.csproj
.........\.hemes\Generic.xaml
.........\Win32Helper.cs
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