# Key Features

Learn about key features in DockingTab control.

## Content



Following are some of the main features of DockingTab that you may find useful:

*   **Docking and Floating Tabs**<br />DockingTab provides [docking and floating behavior](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/), where the whole control or individual pages (tabs) can be torn off and automatically docked to one of the other sides of the form, to another DockingTab control, or floated in a separate tool window.
*   **Auto-hiding**<br />DockingTab supports [auto-hiding mode](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/features/pinning-docktab) when placed inside a CommandDock control. This means tabs can be minimized to any edge of the container and slide in/out when the user clicks on them. To implement this behavior just set the **AutoHiding** property to True. To allow users to turn this on themselves set the **CanAutoHide** property.
*   **Tab Behaviors**<br />You have control over the [behavioral properties](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/) for docking, floating, closing and reordering tab pages. It gives the end-users the ability to close and move tabs with the **CanCloseTabs** and **CanMoveTabs** properties.
*   **Tab List**<br />DockingTab lets the users to show all the available tabs in a [drop-down list](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/features/show-tabs-list) so that the users can quickly navigate. This can be done by setting the **ShowTabList** property to **True**.
*   **Tab and Text Layout**<br />Users can select from various tab and text alignment options, so that they can be fit into different application user interfaces. Learn more about tab and text layout in this [topic](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/features/tab-text-layout).
*   **Hide Tabs**<br />DockingTab lets the user simply [hide the tabs](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/features/tab-layout/show-hide-tabs) of DockingTab to create multi-page forms such as Wizards. The benefit of using DockingTab is that you get full, drag-and-drop design-time support for each tab page, so you can easily have multiple forms contained in one.
*   **Docking Styles**<br />Users can specify the docking style, and set it to Default, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012. Learn more about this in [Appearance and Styling](/componentone/docs/win/online-command5/concepts/appearance-and-styling).