How to place instance of window in LayoutAnchorable AvalonDock 2

Question

I\'m upgrading AvalonDock in a WPF C# application (not MVVM) from 1.3 to 2.0. In 1.3 I was able to place custom windows as long as used DockableContent: XAML:

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Answer 1

AvalonDock is changed a lot with new version. In AD 2.0 you have two option: 1) The simplest one is to create a standard UserControl (in your case JournalWindow derived from UserControl instead of DockableContent) and put the control inside the LayoutAnchorable (as its Content). Sample code:

<UserControl x:Class="Test.JournalWindow" ...>
...
</UserControl>

<LayoutAnchorable Title="My Journal Window">
   <testNamespace:JournalWindow/>
</LayoutAnchorable>

2) The recommended one is to use a MVVM approach and for this I'd point you to the sample project MVVMTestApp attached to AvalonDock library: http://avalondock.codeplex.com/downloads/get/558780

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