MiniDockFx

This package provides (yet another) simple docking component for JavaFX. Most alternatives in 2020 did either not run on all operating systems or were way too complex.

This docking component provides the following capabilities:

• has a fixed layout with 4 docking areas (left, center,right, bottom)
• each docking area is a JFXTabbedPane
• users could move the tabs by dragging them onto a small screen element showing possible docking areas
• users could close the tabs using the button
• users could close the tabs using a context menu with the entries
  • Close
  • Close All
  • Close All to Left/Right
• users could maximise / unmaximise a dock using the context menu or double click
• split positions are stored in java.util.Preferences

The implementation is pretty simple, it is just four classes and two fxml files. Styling is possible using CSS, there are no hardcoded values.

Usage

1. Derive a view from AbstractTabableView. Here you could provided
   • the view name displayed in the tab
   • change whether your views supports moving or closing by a user
   • the Node you want to display
2. Instantiate a MiniDockFXPane
3. Add the views to the dock pane
4. Add the styling to your CSS. An example CSS file is found in src/test/resources/de/cadoculus/javafx/minidockfx/minidockfx.css

See Main.java as example how to use the docking area, ExampleTabview1 as example how to implement a view.

If you want to add local actions to your tab, you could add the buttons to the HBox containing the label. Example code

public ExampleTabview1(String name, String id, Color color) {
    super(name, id, true, true );

    HBox  hbox = (HBox) super.getTab();
    JFXButton but = new JFXButton();
    ...       
    hbox.getChildren().add( but);

Dependencies

• javafx
• jfoenix
• ikonli with fontawesome pack
• slf4j

I18N

The context Menu has some I18N support, the resource bundle contains a default bundle in English ( still british :-), French and German.

Maven Central

The sources, javadoc and jars are available on Maven Central: Maven Central

License

This code is under a BSD License, so feel free to use it without too many obligations :-)