Start with Smart Docking library

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If this is the first time you try to play with Smart Docking library. It's recommend you to compile and play with the examples in $EIFFEL_SRC/example/docking folder. In the folder, there are two examples:

Simple

Snapshot:

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What you will found:

The basic features of Smart Docking library.

  • You can try to drag the zones with name `Content 1' and `Content 2', move them around and undock them.
  • See the nice dragging feedbacks.
  • Try to dock `Content 1' at the sides of `Content 2', or try to tab `Content 1' with `Content 2'.

You can also play with the tool bar:

  • Undock the tool bar.
  • Dock the tool bar at top/bottom/left/right side of main window.
  • Resize the floating tool bar to several rows.

`Ctrl + Tab' is supported, too.

Docking Control

Snapshot:

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What you will found:

You can try almost all the features of Smart Docking library just by press the buttons on the control panel.


General tab's buttons and options:

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  • Create Tool Content: Create a content which type is tool.
  • Create Editor Content: Create a content which type is editor.
  • Place Holder close: Close the place holder zone which is the grey area in the main window.
  • Show All Indicators: When dragging a zone, should Smart Docking library show all indicators same time when use transparent rectangle style feedback?
  • Sliding Speed: Control the speed of auto hide tab stub sliding animation.0 means no animation.
  • Show Tab Stub Text: Should auto hide tab stubs of a group always showing all the texts even some of them not active.
  • Navigation Dialog Shortcut: Set the accelerator of zone navigation dialog.
  • Lock Editors: Enable/Disable docking mechanism of all editor type contents.
  • Lock Tools: Enable/Disable docking mechanism of all tool type contents.
  • Lock Tool Bars: Enable/Disable docking mechanism of all tool bars contents.
  • Main Background Color: Set the background color of main window when no content docking.
  • Save Layout: Save current whole docking layout to a file.
  • Save Tool Layout: Save current tool type contents layout to a file.
  • Save Editor Layout: Save current editor type contents layout to a file.
  • Open Layout: Restore all contents docking layout from a file.
  • Open Tool Layout: Open tool type contents docking layout from a file.
  • Open Editor Layout: Open editor type contents docking layout from a file.


Attribute tab's buttons and options:

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  • Apply Changes: Set current values to target selected content.
  • Refresh: If selected content's attribute changed, press this button to update the values showing in the control panel.
  • Show All: Make all the contents visible.
  • Hide: Hide current selected content.
  • Close: Close current selected content. After close, the content is removed from Smart Docking library. It can't be visible again by pressing `Show All' button.
  • Short title: The title which is showing on auto hide tab stub and notebook tab.
  • Long title: The title which is showing on the top side title bar of a content.
  • Tab tooltip: The tooltip text of content notebook book tab.
  • Description: When showing zone navigation dialog (default invoked by `Ctrl + Tab'), we use this description texts for the content.
  • Detail: When showing zone navigation dialog, we use this detail texts for the content.
  • Pixmap: The icon showing on content notebook tab and auto hide tab if Gdi+ not available on Windows platform.
  • Pixel Buffer: The icon showing on content notebook tab and auto hide tab if Gdi+ available on Windows platform.
  • Enable Mini Tool Bar: Add/remove mini tool bar to target content. The mini tool bar is showing at the right side of content's title bar.


Transform tab's buttons and options:

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  • Apply Changes: Apply docking operations to target selected content.
  • Type Editor: Set content's type to editor type.
  • Type Tool: Set content's type to tool type.
  • Type Place Holder: Set content's type to place holder type.
  • Position Top: Set content's dock at top level of main window. You can select one of four directions from right side `Directions' options.
  • Position Tab With: Set content's tab with another content. You can select another content from right side `Existing Contents', and use the `Direction' options to decide tab at left or right side.
  • Position Relative: Set content's dock at one side of another content. You can select another content from right side `Existing Contents', and use the `Direction' options to decide dock at one side of top/bottom/left/right.
  • Position Auto Hide: Set content's auto hide which will showing a tab stub at one side of main window. You can select the direction at the right side `Direction' options.
  • Position Float: Undock current selected content. You can specify floating position from right side `Screen Position'.
  • Default Editor: If current selected content is editor type content, you can set the content to default editor position which is holding by the place holder content.


Tool Bar's buttons and options:

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  • Existing ToolBars: Show all existing tool bar in this project. By default, no tool bar available.
  • Create Tool Bar: Create a Smart Docking library tool bar and add it at the top side of main window.
  • Add Button: Add a tool bar button to selected tool bar in the `Existing ToolBars' list. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Build-in Widget: Add any Vision2 widgets to the selected tool bar. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Toggle Button: Add a toggle button to the selected tool bar. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Build-in Resizable: Add a resizable tool bar button to the selected tool bar. A resizable tool bar item can be resized directly by dragging the end of the item. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Radio Button: Add a radio button to the selected tool bar. The button is kind of toggle button which selected state is mutually exclusive with respect to other tool bar radio buttons in a tool bar. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Separator: Add a tool bar separator to the selected tool bar. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar.
  • Add Menu Button: Add a menu item to the selected tool bar. You should press `Set Top' button to update the target tool bar. For the moment (2007 Aug), this kind of item is not fully developed.
  • Show: Show the selected tool bar.
  • Hide: Hide the selected tool bar.
  • Close: Close the selected tool bar. The tool bar will be removed from the Smart Docking library. It can't be visible again by press the `Show' button.
  • Set title: Set the title of the selected tool bar.
  • Set top: Set the selected tool bar docking at top/bottom/left/right side of main window.
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