Docking proposals: what changed
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Title: Docking proposals
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| 1 | + | This page contains summary of available informations related to implementation of advanced forms docking. | |
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| 3 | + | ## Motivation | |
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| 5 | + | - Arrange ever growing count of windows | |
| 6 | + | - Allow to remember and fast switch layout/desktop/personality | |
| 7 | + | - Allow proportional windows resizing to adapt to screens with changing size (for example remote desktop connection) | |
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| 9 | + | ## Possible features | |
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| 11 | + | - Hierarchical region docking | |
| 12 | + | - Tabbed docking | |
| 13 | + | - Animated popup forms, Able to pin forms | |
| 14 | + | - Support for conjoined floating forms | |
| 15 | + | - Manage layouts (save, load, switch, manage) | |
| 16 | + | - Manual docking from code | |
| 17 | + | - Support for multiple visual styles, link to theme manager for native look support | |
| 18 | + | - Layout locking | |
| 19 | + | - Title bar positioning (top, left, bottom, right, auto) | |
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| 21 | + | ## Existed solutions | |
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| 23 | + | ### For Lazarus | |
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| 25 | + | - [[Anchor Docking]] | |
| 26 | + | - [[EasyDockingManager]] | |
| 27 | + | - [DoDi blog](http://dodi-lcl-dragging.blogspot.cz/) - about his docking implementation | |
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| 29 | + | ### For Delphi | |
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| 31 | + | - [JEDI VCL Docking](http://jvcl.delphi-jedi.org/) | |
| 32 | + | - [Docking on torry.net](http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=1549) | |
| 33 | + | - [LMD DockingPack](http://www.lmdinnovative.com/products/vcl/lmddockpack/) - commercial | |
| 34 | + | - [DevExpress ExBars](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/VCL/ExBars/) - commercial | |
| 35 | + | - [AutomatedDocking(aqdocking)](http://web.archive.org/web/20090413151913/http://www.automatedqa.com/products/aqdocking/using.asp) - commercial, not available anymore, only archive page | |
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| 37 | + | Tutorials: | |
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| 39 | + | - YouTube: [1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNT_m1cnK38) [2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1SH4u2o3Y) | |
| 40 | + | - [Using the TDockTabSet component by Jeremy North](http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/33446) | |
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| 42 | + | ### Other IDEs | |
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| 44 | + | --- | |
| 45 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Docking proposals", as it stood on 2013-06-05 after a change by Chronos, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 46 | + | Category: Docking | |
| 47 | + | Category: Proposals |