Bug 42631

Summary:	[ViewMgmt] More Flexible Nested Docking
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Jacob Robertson <pepblast>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P4	CC:	eclipse, markus.kell.r, michaelvanmeekeren
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	incubator

Description Jacob Robertson

2003-09-05 13:59:50 EDT

Many times I've wished for a more powerful docking feature.  (It's already dang 
good, I know!)  What I'm looking for is the ability to nest two panes under one 
tab.  For example, if I always want the Console and the Debug tabs to be 
together, but not layered on top of each other, I would like to be able to "co-
dock" them under a tab called "Console/Debug" (or whatever - "Custom Dock 1"?) 
and then when I click that tab, I can see both those panes together.  They can 
be resized within that co-docking pane/tab.  Of course, they could then be 
moved back out and docked individually as normal as desired.

The justification for this feature is that it saves screen real-estate when you 
have things that you like to logically see at the same time, but don't want to 
dock them in separate docking layers.  

To get around it for now, you have to create two separate docking areas with 
their own layers, and put the two desired "co-dockers" in different docking 
areas.  This is annoying, as when I want to see them together, I have to click 
two tabs, etc to get to them.

Comment 1 Tom Hofmann

2004-01-16 10:38:13 EST

Is there anything planned in this direction?

Comment 2 Nick Edgar

2004-01-16 10:45:46 EST

No, there is nothing planned here at this time due to other priorities (see the 
3.0 plan at 
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_0.html)

Comment 3 Jacob Robertson

2005-09-14 13:54:45 EDT

Is this even a possibility?  We are now developing an RCP application, and 
this would go a long way towards making it usable for the end-users, as well 
as allowing us to create a more modular system.

Right now we are trying to decide between using sash forms within views and 
using multiple views.  We want to be able to layout the views in particular 
ways, but without a way to group views together, it becomes more work for the 
user to maintain them.  On the other hand, if we just put all our composites 
into one master view, we lose the functionality that the ViewPart comes 
bundled with, like the max/min, toolbars, docking features, etc..

Comment 4 Nick Edgar

2005-09-14 15:06:08 EDT

Sorry, the chances of this happening for 3.2 are slim given the overall project
priorities.
See the 3.2 plan at
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_2.html

The closest item on the plan is bug 106189, which mentions "workbench layout
should be made more flexible and configurable".

Comment 5 Nick Edgar

2006-03-15 13:30:15 EST

Reassigning bugs in component areas that are changing ownership.

Comment 6 Boris Bokowski

2009-11-11 17:31:42 EST

Remy is now responsible for watching the [ViewMgmt] category.

Comment 7 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:11:12 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.