# Add a Sidebar

> Dock a Sidebar beside the WPF editor, open Styles, Find, Comments and Tracked Changes panels from ribbon buttons, pin it or show a custom control inside it.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Getting Started > Document Editor > Add a Sidebar
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#prerequisites)
- [How a Sidebar Works](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#how-a-sidebar-works)
- [Dock a Sidebar Beside the Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#dock-a-sidebar-beside-the-editor)
- [Open the Sidebar From Ribbon Buttons](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#open-the-sidebar-from-ribbon-buttons)
- [Show a Panel When the Window Opens](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#show-a-panel-when-the-window-opens)
- [Pinned or as a Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#pinned-or-as-a-dialog)
- [Show a Control of Your Own](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#show-a-control-of-your-own)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/sidebar/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Create a WPF Ribbon Application](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/ribbon/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Load and Save Documents](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/getting-started/document-editor/load-save/llms.txt)