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Change-Id: I72ae2a1c49052fbf92d05212c1d0a94aa5dae5f1 Reviewed-on: https://codereview.kdab.com/70211 Reviewed-by: Sérgio Martins <sergio@kdab.com>
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KDDockWidgets
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`KDDockWidgets` is a KDAB effort to provide an advanced docking system for Qt.
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Throughout the years KDAB has contributed and funded bug fixes and features to `QDockWidget`.
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Sadly, the `QDockWidget` code is in such a state that each bug fix took many days
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and sometimes caused regressions. The codebase mixes GUI code, with logic, with state
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in a spaghetti manner, which makes it very hard to move forward with new features.
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In hindsight, what led to `QDockWidget` complexity is that is supports a multitude
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of options and a exponential number of option combinations, times 3 platforms. From
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talking with our customers we gathered that none of them cared about most of those options,
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and all of them wanted the same 3 or 4 missing features.
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This framework is under active development and has no planned release date yet.
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Goals
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- Provide advanced docking that QDockWidgets doesn't support:
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- nesting dock widgets in a floating window and docking that group back to main window
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- docking to any main window, not only to the parent main window
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- docking to center of main window, or simply removing the concept of "central widget"
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- main window supporting detachable tabs in center widget
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- different forms of docking indicators (through plugins)
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- detaching arbitrary tabs from a tab bar into a dock area
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- QtQuick support
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- Exposing inner helper widgets so the user can customize them or provide his own
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- Clean codebase
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- Not mixing GUI with state with logic with animations
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- Unit-test everything, even the GUI and DnD operations
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Licensing
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=========
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KDDockWidgets is (C) 2018-2019, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, and is available
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under the terms of the GPLv2 (see LICENSE.GPL.txt).
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Contact KDAB at <info@kdab.com> if you need different licensing options.
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Get Involved
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KDAB will happily accept external contributions; however, **all**
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contributions will require a signed Contributor License Agreement
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(see docs/KDDockWidgets-CopyrightAssignmentForm.docx).
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Contact info@kdab.com for more information.
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About KDAB
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KDDockWidgets is supported and maintained by Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB (KDAB).
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The KDAB Group is the global No.1 software consultancy for Qt, C++ and
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OpenGL applications across desktop, embedded and mobile platforms.
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The KDAB Group provides consulting and mentoring for developing Qt applications
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from scratch and in porting from all popular and legacy frameworks to Qt.
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We continue to help develop parts of Qt and are one of the major contributors
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to the Qt Project. We can give advanced or standard trainings anywhere
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around the globe on Qt as well as C++, OpenGL, 3D and more.
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Please visit http://www.kdab.com to meet the people who write code like this.
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