Concepts

Understand the fundamental concepts behind AvalonDock’s architecture, layout model, and component types.

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Topic	Description
Architecture	High-level architecture and component layers.
Layout Model	The tree-based layout model that drives docking.
Documents & Anchorables	The two content types and when to use each.
Floating Windows	How floating windows work and are managed.

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Table of contents

• Architecture
• Layout Model
• Documents & Anchorables
• Floating Windows