Layout

• DIV-based panels
• Panels dockable to any of the four edges of the container
• Panel groups for complex layout
• Multiple dock panels/groups in a container or a panel group
• Multiple tabbed panels in a dock panel
• Container resizes with browser window

Behaviors

• Panels can be autohidden, pinned, maximized or hidden
• Live refresh of contents while resizing
• Constraints on panel sizes: min/max/step sizes
• Oversized thumbs allow users to grab thin splitters easily
• Show splitter buttons only on mouse-over
• Panel states, active tab index, positions of splitter bars and scrollbars persist across postbacks

Appearances

• Customizable via CSS, Themes, and object properties
• Customizable splitter bar thickness, thumb image, mouse-over cursor, etc.
• Customizable tabs and action buttons appearances
• ASP.NET 2.0 Themes support

ASP.NET AJAX

• Works with Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX
• Customized UpdatePanel for better programmatic access and design-time support
• Panel state and size updatable via AJAX postback, even panel is not an UpdatePanel

Client API

• Selected panel properties accessible with JavaScript

Dynamic Panels

• Dock panels, tabbed panels and their contents can be created dynamically at run-time
• Panel sequence can be rearranged at run-time

Design Time

• Excellent design-time support for Visual Studio 2005 / 2008
• You can work comfortably in both Design and Source Views
• In Design View, server controls can be drag-and-dropped to panels, and contents can be visually edited in the same way as the default .NET Panel class
• In Source View, the code structure is natural and highly intuitive

Browser Support

• Supports all major browsers, and various modes (quirks/strict)
• No more browser-hacks
• Consistent box-model

System Requirements

License