# Sidebar

> The WPF Sidebar: ten predefined panels, layout by alignment, pinned or as a dialog, opened from ribbon buttons by name, or showing your own FrameworkElement.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Overview > Components > Sidebar
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [What the Sidebar Is](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#what-the-sidebar-is)
- [The Predefined Panels](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#the-predefined-panels)
- [Layout, Pinned or as a Dialog](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#layout-pinned-or-as-a-dialog)
- [Open Sidebars From Ribbon Buttons](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#open-sidebars-from-ribbon-buttons)
- [Show Your Own Content](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#show-your-own-content)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/sidebar/#next-steps)

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Ribbon Tabs, Toolbars, Rulers, and Status Bar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/ribbon-toolbars/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [MailMerge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/overview/components/mailmerge/llms.txt)