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# TControl.ManualFloat

Undocks the control into floating state.

## Declaration

Source position: controls.pp line 1257

`public function TControl.ManualFloat(`
`TheScreenRect: TRect;`
`KeepDockSiteSize: Boolean = true`
`):Boolean; virtual;`

## Arguments

`TheScreenRect` |  | The rectangle within which the floating control is located

## Function result

The function returns True if a manual float has been succesfully performed

## Description

TWinControls float for themselves, for TControls a floating dock site is created, and the control is docked into it.

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