# Sidebar and Panels

> Dock Windows Forms sidebars, connect them to ribbon buttons, show them as dialogs, hide panel elements with FindItem and show your own control as Content.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Document Editor > Ribbon and UI > Sidebar and Panels
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Set Up a Sidebar in the Designer](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#set-up-a-sidebar-in-the-designer)
- [Layout Follows the Docking](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#layout-follows-the-docking)
- [Open Sidebars With Ribbon Buttons](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#open-sidebars-with-ribbon-buttons)
- [Show a Sidebar as a Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#show-a-sidebar-as-a-dialog)
- [Hide Elements of a Panel](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#hide-elements-of-a-panel)
- [React to Changes of the Panel](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#react-to-changes-of-the-panel)
- [Show a Panel of Your Own](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#show-a-panel-of-your-own)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/sidebar/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Rulers and Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/rulers-status-bar/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Context Menus](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/document-editor/ribbon-ui/context-menus/llms.txt)