[Lazarus] Docking into main window

[Mattias Gärtner]

Zitat von Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com>:

> Mattias Gärtner schrieb:
>
>>>> The docking manager handles Bounds, Align, Anchors, BorderSpacing and
>>>> AutoSize. I don't see why it should not also handle Constraints.
>>>
>>> Constraints are not applicable do docksites in a dockable layout.  
>>> When the MainBar shall become a docksite, it should have all  
>>> predefined components in a panel or other container, which can  
>>> have a fixed/constrained size.
>>
>> Have you documented the requirements for easydockmgr somewhere already?
>
> I don't understand what requirements you mean. The arrangment and  
> extent of all the forms should be up to the user, so that docksites  
> and dockable forms should not impose limits that prevent the user  
> from constructing his intended layout.

For example that constrains are not "applicable".


> The EasyDockMaster saved layout includes only actually docked forms,  
> the other forms have to be managed by the application. In the IDE  
> case we can agree about a common handling for *all* currently open  
> forms, in the IDEDockMaster or IDELayout. Then the  
> IDELayout/DockMaster manager can store information about *all*  
> currently open forms in the layout file, and on a layout restore it  
> can delegate their handling to either the application (IDE) or to  
> the EasyDockMaster. For this handling we'll have to define the hooks  
> in the IDE, for the restoration of the not-docked forms. Currently  
> it's unclear to me, how the FormCreators and SimpleLayout etc.  
> classes/objects have to be used.

I added some notes here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE#Notes_about_IDEWindowCreators_and_SimpleLayoutStorage


> BTW, I just noticed that on Linux (KDE) the "Show single button in  
> TaskBar" option has the strange effect, that on a Minimze of the  
> MainBar *only* the MainBar is minimized, all other windows stay  
> visible.

Yes, that is a limitation of your window manager. It does not allow to  
hide windows without a task bar button. This protects you from loosing  
windows. In fact the Lazarus IDE menu 'Window' is a workaround for  
those window managers that does not have this protection (MS Windows).


Mattias