Pinning DockingTab

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The DockingTab control allows users to auto-hide tab pages. For this purpose, the CanAutoHide property can be set to true. DockingTab also displays a pin icon in the caption area, if both the CanAutoHide and ShowCaption properties are set to true at the same time.

Docking tab control with autohide functionality.

The auto-hiding and pin icon functionality can be set either using the Properties window in the designer or, via the code in the code editor.

C#	Copy Code
dockingTab.CanAutoHide = true; dockingTab.ShowCaption = true;

Note: To correctly pin and unpin the DockingTab, it must be placed in a CommandDock control.

Visual Basic	Copy Code
Me.C1DockingTab1.AutoHiding = False