Modern Docking

Modern Docking is a simple framework designed for adding docking features to Java Swing applications.

There are many existing Java Swing docking frameworks, but they are outdated and no longer maintained. The existing frameworks also suffer from complexity due to customization features.

Snapshots

Modern Docking snapshot binaries are available on Sonatype OSSRH. To access the latest snapshot, change the Modern Docking version in your dependencies to <version>-SNAPSHOT (e.g. 0.11.0-SNAPSHOT) and add the repository https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/ to your build (see Maven and Gradle docs).

Features

Supports Java 11 and newer
Docking Component Interface
Docking Frames (Floating JFrame)
Docking Ports (One per frame)
Split Panels
Tabbed Panels
Visual Studio style drag floating and docking hints that show drop locations

Modern Docking UI Extension

Requires FlatLaf L&F

Building

Modern Docking uses Gradle and can be opened directly in IntelliJ IDEA or any other IDE that supports Gradle. It can also be built from the command line with ./gradlew build.

Examples

See basic-demo for a simple example in Example.java and a more complicated example in MainFrame.java.