Re: Docking floating wxAUI panes together

Dan Korn <[email protected]> Mon, 18 May 2026 14:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
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Thanks for the quick response.

Do you think for us to do a simple version of this on our own, by=20
intercepting when a pane is dragged onto another pane?  Or am I being naive=
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about the. complexity?

Thanks again,
Dan

On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 4:00:56=E2=80=AFPM UTC-5 Vadim Zeitlin wrote:

> On Mon, 18 May 2026 13:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Dan Korn wrote:
>
> DK> But we also want to the user to be able to create ad-hoc containers=
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> for=20
> DK> arbitrary sets of panes, so that they can drag one floating pane onto=
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> DK> another and have that turn into a single floating pane with two tabs.=
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> DK> Basically what you can do with floating palettes in Adobe InDesign or=
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> DK> Microsoft Visual Studio.
> DK>=20
> DK> Is this possible to do?
>
> No. There was an attempt to implement this in a so-called "dynamic AUI"
> branch a long time ago but it unfortunately could never be merged. It wou=
ld
> be great to have this feature, of course, but it would require a lot of
> work (I think it would be simpler to do it anew than to resurrect that ol=
d
> branch but whichever way it's done, it still won't be simple) and so far =
I
> haven't had an opportunity to do it and nobody else did it either.
>
> Regards,
> VZ
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Thanks for the quick response.<br /><br />Do you think for us to do a simpl=
e version of this on our own, by intercepting when a pane is dragged onto a=
nother pane?=C2=A0 Or am I being naive about the. complexity?<div><br /></d=
iv><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Dan<br /><br /></div><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Monday, May 18, 2026 at 4:00=
:56=E2=80=AFPM UTC-5 Vadim Zeitlin wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 20=
4, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On Mon, 18 May 2026 13:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Dan K=
orn wrote:
<br>
<br>DK&gt; But we also want to the user to be able to create ad-hoc contain=
ers for=20
<br>DK&gt; arbitrary sets of panes, so that they can drag one floating pane=
 onto=20
<br>DK&gt; another and have that turn into a single floating pane with two =
tabs. =20
<br>DK&gt; Basically what you can do with floating palettes in Adobe InDesi=
gn or=20
<br>DK&gt; Microsoft Visual Studio.
<br>DK&gt;=20
<br>DK&gt; Is this possible to do?
<br>
<br> No. There was an attempt to implement this in a so-called &quot;dynami=
c AUI&quot;
<br>branch a long time ago but it unfortunately could never be merged. It w=
ould
<br>be great to have this feature, of course, but it would require a lot of
<br>work (I think it would be simpler to do it anew than to resurrect that =
old
<br>branch but whichever way it&#39;s done, it still won&#39;t be simple) a=
nd so far I
<br>haven&#39;t had an opportunity to do it and nobody else did it either.
<br>
<br> Regards,
<br>VZ
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