How do I automatically load a layout into my AvalonDock instance?

Question

I have integrated AvalonDock 2.0 into my application. I\'ve bound the document and anchor-able sources to my view-model which are rendered with the proper user controls via

Answer 1

I used this :

XAML:

Model :

public ObservableCollection _ListUserPanelAnchorable;
ReadOnlyObservableCollection _readonyFiles = null;
public ReadOnlyObservableCollection ListUserPanelAnchorable
{
    get
    {
        if (_readonyFiles == null)
            _readonyFiles = new ReadOnlyObservableCollection(_ListUserPanelAnchorable);

        return _readonyFiles;
    }
}

xaml.cs:

private void loadLayout()
{
    //dockPanelModel.ListUserPanel.Clear();
    //dockPanelModel.ListUserPanelAnchorable.Clear();
    var serializer = new XmlLayoutSerializer(dockManager);
    serializer = new XmlLayoutSerializer(dockManager);
    serializer.LayoutSerializationCallback += (s, args) =>
    {
        args.Content = userPanel;
                dockPanelModel._ListUserPanelAnchorable.Add(userPanel);
    }
}

public AvaladonDockPanel()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.Loaded += AvaladonDockPanel_Loaded;                
}       

void AvaladonDockPanel_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    loadLayout();          
}

userpanel:

public class UserPanel
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string ToolTip { get; set; }
    public string IconSource { get; set; }

    private Guid _contentGuid = Guid.NewGuid();
    public Guid ContentId
    {
        get { return _contentGuid; }
        set { _contentGuid = value; }
    }


    private UserControl _UserInterface;
    public UserControl UserInterface { get { return _UserInterface; } set { _UserInterface = value; NotifyPropertyChanged("UserInterface"); } }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
            Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("PropertyChanged-> {0}", propertyName));
        }
    }
}

binding avalon to userpanel: