Dock.Model.ReactiveUI 11.3.11.4

Dock

A docking layout system.

About

Dock is a docking layout system for Avalonia applications. Use of Dock is governed by the MIT License.

Key Features:

• ItemsSource Support: Bind document collections directly to DocumentDock for automatic document management
• Flexible Content Templates: Use DocumentTemplate for customizable document content rendering
• Multiple MVVM Frameworks: Support for ReactiveUI, Prism, ReactiveProperty, and standard MVVM patterns
• Comprehensive Serialization: Save and restore layouts with multiple format options (JSON, XML, YAML, Protobuf)
• Rich Theming: Fluent and Simple themes with full customization support
• Floating Windows: Detach documents and tools into separate windows
• Dependency Injection: First-class support for .NET DI containers

Building Dock

First, clone the repository or download the latest zip.

git clone https://github.com/wieslawsoltes/Dock.git

Build using .NET Core

Open up a terminal prompt and execute the commands.

Target frameworks: netstandard2.0, net6.0, net8.0, net10.0 for libraries and samples:

dotnet build src/Dock.Avalonia/Dock.Avalonia.csproj -c Release -f netstandard2.0

Alternatively execute the repository build script which restores, builds and tests all projects. The scripts work on Windows and Unix like systems:

./build.sh       # or .\build.cmd on Windows

NuGet

Dock is delivered as a NuGet package.

You can find the packages here NuGet and install the package like this:

Install-Package Dock.Avalonia
Install-Package Dock.Model.Mvvm
Install-Package Dock.Serializer.Newtonsoft
Install-Package Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Fluent

Available NuGet packages:

NuGet	Package	Downloads
	Dock.Avalonia
	Dock.Avalonia.Diagnostics
	Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Fluent
	Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Simple
	Dock.Controls.ProportionalStackPanel
	Dock.Controls.Recycling
	Dock.Controls.Recycling.Model
	Dock.MarkupExtension
	Dock.Model
	Dock.Model.Avalonia
	Dock.Model.CaliburMicro
	Dock.Model.Inpc
	Dock.Model.Mvvm
	Dock.Model.Prism
	Dock.Model.ReactiveProperty
	Dock.Model.ReactiveUI
	Dock.Model.ReactiveUI.Services
	Dock.Model.ReactiveUI.Services.Avalonia
	Dock.Serializer.Newtonsoft
	Dock.Serializer.Protobuf
	Dock.Serializer.SystemTextJson
	Dock.Serializer.Xml
	Dock.Serializer.Yaml
	Dock.Settings

Nightly Packages

Nightly builds are published to GitHub Packages on pushes to master. Versions use the nightly.YYYYMMDD.RUN suffix.

Add the GitHub Packages source (replace OWNER with the repository owner):

• https://nuget.pkg.github.com/OWNER/index.json

Authenticate with a GitHub token that has read:packages:

dotnet nuget add source https://nuget.pkg.github.com/wieslawsoltes/index.json -n github -u YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME -p YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN --store-password-in-clear-text

Install pre-release packages:

Install-Package Dock.Avalonia -Pre
Install-Package Dock.Model.Mvvm -Pre
Install-Package Dock.Serializer.Newtonsoft -Pre
Install-Package Dock.Avalonia.Themes.Fluent -Pre

Resources

• Documentation index

• Sample applications can be found under the samples directory which illustrate each approach in a working project:

  • DockXamlSample - XAML layouts with ItemsSource examples
  • DockMvvmSample - Full MVVM implementation
  • DockReactiveUISample - ReactiveUI patterns
  • DockOfficeSample - Office-style workspaces with ReactiveUI navigation
  • DockCodeOnlySample - Pure C# layouts
  • Notepad - Real-world text editor example
  • VisualStudioDemo - Visual Studio-like interface
  • And many more specialized examples

• GitHub source code repository.

License

Dock is licensed under the MIT license.