Docking framework v2.0
The Docking framework v2.0 is a tool to create the paned GUI.
It is an enhanced version of Docking framework, the diamond in need of cutting.
The main cuttings of Docking framework v2.0 are
- the resulting layout is put out to a file, along with stdout as in Docking framework
- the resulting layout file is made usable, integrated with Docking framework v2.0
- another resulting file is for apave package, even more usable
- ttk::frame used instead of label as container widget for ttk::notebook tabs
- ttk::panedwindow added at bottom, to allow resizing the bottom parts
- tabs' number is 10 instead of 8, the option is easily customized
- .dFW for toplevel path instead of .t1 being too generic
- some unused code is removed
- the mouse right button allows removing tabs from the layout
- Help button
- demo video shows Docking framework v2.0 in work
- messages at saving/restoring layouts
- correct saving/restoring layout geometry
The last point should be detailed, as it might be interesting for those interested.
The main problem is the layouts with multiple ttk::notebook tabs in a ttk::panedwindow.
With such layouts, you should use a selected tab's sizes to save/restore the ttk::panedwindow's sizes. Otherwise, the latter would be distorted.
In a pseudo code, it might look as follows.
At saving:
for {set i 0} {$i<$number_of_tabs} {incr i} {
set frame [path_to_tab's_frame $i]
set notebook [container_of_the_frame $frame]
if {$notebook ne {} && [$notebook select] eq $frame} {
set width [winfo width $frame]
set height [winfo height $frame]
save_sizes_of_frame $frame $width $height
}
}At restoring:
for {set i 0} {$i<$number_of_tabs} {incr i} {
set frame [path_to_tab's_frame $i]
lassign [frame_saved_sizes $frame] width height
if {[string is digit -strict $width] && [string is digit -strict $height]} {
$frame configure -width $width -height $height
}
}How to use
The usage of Docking framework v2.0 is straightforward:
tclsh dockingFW.tcl
More details are in the framework's README.md .
As for visual effects, the usage is rather detailed in the demo video .
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