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

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
Instantiate a MiniDockFXPane
Add the views to the dock pane
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