All commands are contained by a NDockingFrameworkCommander instance, member of the NDockManager. It contains methods for command execution by keys, by id, by name, etc. All the commands are kept by id and if you attempt to register a command which has an id already contained the previous command will be removed.

The following code demonstrates how to create and register a custom command: 

NDockingFrameworkCommand command = new NDockingFrameworkCommand();
command.ID = (int)MyCommandIdEnum.Command1;
//add a shortcut combination
command.Shortcuts.Add(new NShortcut(Keys.Q, Keys.Control | Keys.Shift));
//hook to the executed event
command.Executed += new EventHandler(OnMyCommandCommandExecuted);
this.nDockManager1.Commander.RegisterCommand(command);

private void OnMyCommandCommandExecuted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("My command is executed...");
}

Dim command As NDockingFrameworkCommand = New NDockingFrameworkCommand()
command.ID = CInt(MyCommandIdEnum.Command1)
'add a shortcut combination
command.Shortcuts.Add(new NShortcut(Keys.Q, Keys.Control Or Keys.Shift))
'hook to the executed event
AddHandler command.Executed, AddressOf OnMyCommandCommandExecuted
Me.nDockManager1.Commander.RegisterCommand(command)

Private Sub OnMyCommandCommandExecuted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles commandExecuted
    MessageBox.Show("My command is executed...")
End Sub

The following table describes the predefined commands registered with the framework:

The NDockingFrameworkCommander comes with a built-in editor which visually allows to edit the shortcut combinations associated with a command.

The following code demonstrates how to display this editor: 

this.nDockManager1.Commander.ShowKeyboardEditor();

Me.nDockManager1.Commander.ShowKeyboardEditor()