Re: [FR-devel] Nishio Mizuho's Source Browser -- any volunteers?

[Philipp Meier]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 03:35:45PM +0200, Laurent Julliard wrote:

> I like this idea. However before we embark into the integration of the 
> source browser I'd like to collect opinions about 2 extensions I think 
> we must do first. This is about augmenting the current layout of the 
> AppFrame with 2 new pane: a DockPane and a ToolPane.
> 
> The DockPane is a pane that should be place on the left hand side of the 
> EditPane and allows plugins to dock their own UI in this area. I can be 
> a source browser, a project browser (if we ever have a notion of 
> 'project' in FR) and I also see the future CVS plugin in there. The 
> DockPane can host several plugins UI at the same time each of them 
> inserted in the TabItem of a TabBook (for the FOX rendering). The 
> DockPane can be collapsed along the left hand side of the window if not 
> used.

JEdit, a highly plugin based java editor has a similiar feature. It goes
even farer and uses the "BorderLayout" from the Swing LayoutManagers. For
the non-java people, a BorderLayoutManager can contain other gui elements
in the following manner:

  +-----------------------------+       +------+---------------+------+
  |           North             |       |      |    North      |      |
  +------+---------------+------+       |      |---------------+      |
  |      |               |      |       |      |               |      |
  |      |               |      |       |      |               |      |
  | West |    Center     | East |   Or  | West |    Center     | East |
  |      |               |      |       |      |               |      |
  |      |               |      |       |      |               |      |
  +------+---------------+------+       |      |---------------+      |
  |           South             |       |      |    South      |      |
  +-----------------------------+       +------+---------------+------+

A Plugin's GUI can be docked anywhere Nort, West, South or East. Of more
than one GUI is plugged in a pane, they get shown in a tabbed pane.

If it's done with split panes this would be a nice way to implement
this.

-billy.

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