Major features

• Create windows that can be docked, floated, or tab-grouped, as needed.
• Smooth auto-hide feature lets you keep windows conveniently out of the way.
• Exact look and behavior of the Visual Studio docking windows interface. Now supports the Visual Studio 2005 style
• Full programmatic control of all end-user interface features.
• Supports MDI applications.
• Supports tabbed MDI. Right-click on a tab brings up all the expected options (float, dock, autohide, hide). Control-tab displays the expected pop-up window with the list of control-tab destinations.

Additional features

• Undock an entire group of windows at once into a floating tab-group.
• Dock a window into a floating window, not just the main window.
• Vertical or horizontal tabs for auto-hidden windows, depending on location.
• Pin and unpin windows to enable or disable auto-hide.
• Drag a tab to undock a tab-grouped window.
• Docked windows are proportionately resized with the main form.
• Data-binding friendly: the application's DataContext is propagated to each window.
• Save and load window layouts.
• Assign icons to tabs.
• Set the speed with which auto-hide ToolWindows are shown or displayed.
• Set the delay before auto-hide ToolWindows are shown or hidden.

.NET technology

• Written entirely in managed C# code (source code available in the Blueprint Edition).
• Includes VB.NET and C# samples for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
• Object-oriented design created exclusively for version 2.0 and up of the .NET Framework.
• Comprehensive documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio.
• All error handling works through .NET exception classes.
• CLS compliant (Common Language Specification).
• Does not use unsafe blocks to minimize security risks.