kdeui Library API Documentation

KDockMainWindow Class Reference

A special kind of KMainWindow that is able to have dockwidget child widgets (and member of the dockwidget class set). More...

#include <kdockwidget.h>

Inheritance diagram for KDockMainWindow:

KMainWindow QMainWindow KXMLGUIBuilder KXMLGUIClient List of all members.

Signals

void dockWidgetHasUndocked (KDockWidget *)

Public Member Functions

 KDockMainWindow (QWidget *parent=0L, const char *name=0L, WFlags f=WType_TopLevel|WDestructiveClose)
virtual ~KDockMainWindow ()
KDockManagermanager () const
void setMainDockWidget (KDockWidget *dockwidget)
KDockWidgetgetMainDockWidget () const
KDockWidgetcreateDockWidget (const QString &name, const QPixmap &pixmap, QWidget *parent=0L, const QString &strCaption=QString::null, const QString &strTabPageLabel=QString::fromLatin1(" "))
void writeDockConfig (QDomElement &base)
void readDockConfig (QDomElement &base)
void writeDockConfig (KConfig *c=0L, QString group=QString::null)
void readDockConfig (KConfig *c=0L, QString group=QString::null)
void activateDock ()
QPopupMenudockHideShowMenu () const
void makeDockVisible (KDockWidget *dock)
void makeDockInvisible (KDockWidget *dock)
void makeWidgetDockVisible (QWidget *widget)
void setView (QWidget *widget)

Protected Slots

void slotDockWidgetUndocked ()

Protected Member Functions

virtual void virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

Protected Attributes

KDockWidgetmainDockWidget
KDockManagerdockManager

Friends

class KDockManager

Detailed Description

A special kind of KMainWindow that is able to have dockwidget child widgets (and member of the dockwidget class set).

The main widget should be a KDockWidget where other KDockWidget can be docked to the left, right, top, bottom or to the middle. Note: dock to the middle means to drop on a dockwidget and to unite them to a new widget, a tab control.

Furthermore, the KDockMainWindow has got the KDockManager and some data about the dock states.

If you've got some dockwidgets, you can dock them to the dockmainwindow to initialize a start scene: Here an example:

 DockApplication::DockApplication( const char* name) : KDockMainWindow( name)
 {
   ...
   KDockWidget* mainDock;
   mainDock = createDockWidget( "Falk's MainDockWidget", mainPixmap, 0L, "main_dock_widget");
   AnyContentsWidget* cw = new AnyContentsWidget( mainDock);
   mainDock->setWidget( cw);
   // allow others to dock to the 4 sides
   mainDock->setDockSite(KDockWidget::DockCorner);
   // forbit docking abilities of mainDock itself
   mainDock->setEnableDocking(KDockWidget::DockNone);
   setView( mainDock); // central widget in a KDE mainwindow
   setMainDockWidget( mainDock); // master dockwidget
   ...
   KDockWidget* dockLeft;
   dockLeft = createDockWidget( "Intially left one", anyOtherPixmap, 0L, i18n("The left dockwidget"));
   AnotherWidget* aw = new AnotherWidget( dockLeft);
   dockLeft->setWidget( aw);
   dockLeft->manualDock( mainDock,              // dock target
                         KDockWidget::DockLeft, // dock site
                         20 );                  // relation target/this (in percent)
   ...

Docking is fully dynamic at runtime. That means you can always move dockwidgets via drag and drop.

And last but not least you can use the popupmenu for showing or hiding any controlled dockwidget of this class and insert it to your main menu bar or anywhere else.

Author:
Max Judin (documentation: Falk Brettschneider).

Definition at line 1300 of file kdockwidget.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KDockMainWindow::KDockMainWindow QWidget parent = 0L,
const char *  name = 0L,
WFlags  f = WType_TopLevel|WDestructiveClose
 

Constructs a dockmainwindow.

It calls its base class constructor and does additional things concerning to the dock stuff:

  • information about the dock state of this' children gets initialized
  • a dockmanager is created...
  • ...and gets initialized
  • the main dockwidget is set to 0
Parameters:
parent Parent widget for the dock main widget
name internal object name
f Qt::WidgetFlags widget flags

Definition at line 102 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, and mainDockWidget.

KDockMainWindow::~KDockMainWindow  )  [virtual]
 

Destructs a dockmainwindow.

Definition at line 110 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager.


Member Function Documentation

KDockManager* KDockMainWindow::manager  )  const [inline]
 

Returns the dockmanager of this.

(see KDockManager)

Returns:
pointer to the wanted dockmanager

Definition at line 1331 of file kdockwidget.h.

void KDockMainWindow::setMainDockWidget KDockWidget dockwidget  ) 
 

Sets a new main dockwidget.

Additionally, the toolbar is re-initialized.

Parameters:
dockwidget dockwidget that become the new main dockwidget

Definition at line 115 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, mainDockWidget, and KDockManager::setMainDockWidget2().

Referenced by KDockManager::readConfig().

KDockWidget* KDockMainWindow::getMainDockWidget  )  const [inline]
 

Returns the main dockwidget.

Returns:
pointer to the main dockwidget

Definition at line 1346 of file kdockwidget.h.

Referenced by KDockManager::writeConfig().

KDockWidget * KDockMainWindow::createDockWidget const QString name,
const QPixmap pixmap,
QWidget parent = 0L,
const QString strCaption = QString::null,
const QString strTabPageLabel = QString::fromLatin1(" ")
 

This is one of the most important methods! The KDockMainWindow creates a new dockwidget object here that usually should encapsulate the user's widget.

The new dockwidget is automatically taken under control by the dockmanager of the dockmainwindow.

Parameters:
name QObject name (default dockwidget caption)
pixmap window icon (for instance shown when docked as tabwidget entry)
parent parent widget for the new dockwidget
strCaption window title (shown when toplevel)
strTabPageLabel title of the tab page (visible when in tab page mode), if it is "", only the icon will be shown; if it is 0L, the label is set to strCaption
Returns:
a pointer to the new created dockwidget

Definition at line 135 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager.

void KDockMainWindow::writeDockConfig QDomElement base  ) 
 

Saves the current dock window layout into a DOM tree below the given element.

Definition at line 157 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, and KDockManager::writeConfig().

void KDockMainWindow::readDockConfig QDomElement base  ) 
 

Reads the current dock window layout from a DOM tree below the given element.

Definition at line 162 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, and KDockManager::readConfig().

void KDockMainWindow::writeDockConfig KConfig c = 0L,
QString  group = QString::null
 

It writes the current dock state in the given section of KConfig.

Parameters:
c KDE class for saving configurations
group name of section to write to

Definition at line 168 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, and KDockManager::writeConfig().

void KDockMainWindow::readDockConfig KConfig c = 0L,
QString  group = QString::null
 

It reads the current dock state from the given section of KConfig.

Parameters:
c KDE class for saving configurations
group name of section to read from

Definition at line 173 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, and KDockManager::readConfig().

void KDockMainWindow::activateDock  )  [inline]
 

It runs through all dockwidgets which are under control of the dockmanager and calls show() for every encapsulated widget and show() for the dockwidget itself if it is not in tab mode.

Additionally, if the main dockwidget is not a QDialog, it will be shown.

Definition at line 1395 of file kdockwidget.h.

References KDockManager::activate().

QPopupMenu* KDockMainWindow::dockHideShowMenu  )  const [inline]
 

Returns a popup menu that contains entries for all controlled dockwidgets making hiding and showing them possible.

Returns:
the wanted popup menu

Definition at line 1403 of file kdockwidget.h.

References KDockManager::dockHideShowMenu().

void KDockMainWindow::makeDockVisible KDockWidget dock  ) 
 

This method shows the given dockwidget.

The clue is that it also considers the dockwidget could be a tab page and must set to be the activate one.

Parameters:
dock the dockwidget that is to be shown

Definition at line 140 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References KDockWidget::makeDockVisible().

Referenced by makeWidgetDockVisible().

void KDockMainWindow::makeDockInvisible KDockWidget dock  ) 
 

This method hides the given dockwidget.

Parameters:
dock the dockwidget that is to be shown

Definition at line 146 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

void KDockMainWindow::makeWidgetDockVisible QWidget widget  ) 
 

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Definition at line 152 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockManager, KDockManager::findWidgetParentDock(), and makeDockVisible().

void KDockMainWindow::setView QWidget widget  ) 
 

This method calls the base class method.

If the given widget inherits KDockWidget, applyToWidget(this) is called.

Parameters:
widget any widget that should become the main view

Definition at line 122 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

Referenced by KDockManager::readConfig().

void KDockMainWindow::dockWidgetHasUndocked KDockWidget  )  [signal]
 

Signals a certain dockwidget is undocked now.

Referenced by slotDockWidgetUndocked().

void KDockMainWindow::slotDockWidgetUndocked  )  [protected, slot]
 

Called whenever one of the dockwidgets of this has been undocked.

Definition at line 179 of file kdockwidget.cpp.

References dockWidgetHasUndocked().


Member Data Documentation

KDockWidget* KDockMainWindow::mainDockWidget [protected]
 

A pointer to the main dockwidget (where one can manualDock() to.

Definition at line 1446 of file kdockwidget.h.

Referenced by KDockMainWindow(), and setMainDockWidget().

KDockManager* KDockMainWindow::dockManager [protected]
 

A pointer to the manager for the dock process.

Definition at line 1451 of file kdockwidget.h.

Referenced by createDockWidget(), KDockMainWindow(), makeWidgetDockVisible(), readDockConfig(), setMainDockWidget(), writeDockConfig(), and ~KDockMainWindow().


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