Difference between revisions of "What the Smart Docking library looks like"

Revision as of 08:46, 14 June 2006

Multiple levels of docking and nesting

Tear-off widgets and vertical title tabs when docking left/right

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Only a editor's area, which means zones which are not editor type contents can’t drag into the main window area, and vice versa

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The tool bar is also dockable

   * Multiple tool bars in a single row.

   * Audo hide tool bar buttons when not enough space.

   * When multiple tool bar in one row and not enough space, can resize tool bar zone manually.

   * Tool bar can float.
 
   * When tool bar floating, user can drag border of tool bar and resize tool bar buttons to different rows.

   * Customize supported.

   * Double click on the header of a docking tool bar, it'll float to last floating position and last floating size. Or double click title bar of floating tool bar zone, it'll dock to last docked row and position.

Docking feedbacks

  * There are two kinds of docking feedback currently available:

  One used in WIndows which have feedback indicators:

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  The other one used in Linux or on Windows when using remote desktop (terminal service), which is kind of old style feedback:

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  * Client programmer can make there own docking feedbacks if they wish. 
    Client programmers can inherit from SD_HOT_ZONE, implemented a set of docking feedbacks for main window, normal docking window and tabbed docking window. Then implemented a new SD_HOT_ZONE_ABSTRACT_FACTORY.