Change tab placement in FlatTheme

Byte-Welt - Projekte / Projects DockingFrames
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Hi,

I would like to change the placement of the tabs in the FlatTheme from bottom to top but I don’t know how to do so. I had a look at the EclipseTheme but I could not find the right place.
Does anyone know how to do it (maybe with some sample code)?

Thanks for advance.
jof

2

Sorry, not possible. The position is hardwired (in the class CombinedStackDockComponent at lines 112/113).

But I’ll put this on the todo list for version 1.0.8.

3

Very nice work so far, being able to position the tabs is very important to my project also. In my case I need to be able to position tabs also on the left and right side of the containers. If / when you expand the positioning options can you allow for positioning of tabs on all 4 sides ? I know this will complicate the themes but maybe the theme could control whether or not it can show tabs in a certain position.
As a quick and less then beautiful hack you can modify the themes StackDockComponentFactory to return a tab panel which will allow you to position the tabs where-ever


        BasicTheme theme = new FlatTheme();
       
        theme.setStackDockComponentFactory(
           new StackDockComponentFactory(){
            public StackDockComponent create( StackDockStation station ) {
                BasicStackDockComponent dockComponent = new BasicStackDockComponent( station );
// CHANGE TO WHEREEVER
                dockComponent.setTabPlacement(JTabbedPane.TOP);
                return dockComponent;
            }
        });       
        controller.setTheme(theme);
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I thought to use some kind of “LayoutManager” which could then do almost anything (depending on the time someone invests…). Of course “BasicStackDockComponent” won’t be affected by such a manager since I don’t have much control over the tabs there.

I’m still not finished with 1.0.7 (but almost, one bug remaining), so some delay remains.