Customizing Dockable Windows

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Every window in AggreGate Client has a title bar that provides some information about the window, and can be docked or floating. The bar has several buttons:

fr_help

Help. Opens documentation for the component displayed in the dockable window.

cl_dock_maximize

Maximize Window. Maximized window occupies the whole AggreGate Client frame.

cl_dock_minimize

Restore Window. Restores window back from its maximized size.

cl_dock_enable_floating

Enable Pane Floating. Undocks a window and makes it floating above the AggreGate Client frame.

cl_dock_disable_floating

Disable Pane Floating. Docks a floating window back to its previous location in AggreGate Client frame.

cl_dock_enable_autohide cl_dock_disable_autohide

Enable/Disable Side Bar Mode. With a window is located in a side bar, it is reduced to an icon on one of the edges of the main AggreGate Client frame. Hovering over this icon will display the window.

cl_dock_autohide

Hide Active Side Bar Window. Hides a visible Side Bar window back to the Side Bar.

cl_dock_close

Close Window. Closes a dockable window.

Some windows may not have all these operations available.

note_tip-wt

Many operations allow to specify location their data window(s) as a parameter and store it on the server. See details in Window Location section.

Window Operations

Every window can be dragged by its title bar and dropped in any of the following positions:

As a dockable window that is docked to other windows
As a floating window that "floats" over other windows
As a side bar window that normally appears as an icon in the corner of the client frame, but can be expanded when the icon is clicked (or on mouse-over).
As a new tab for a tabbed windows. This happens when you drop a window directly on top of another window.
And of course, many windows (like the System Tree window, or Event Log windows) may be also hidden (closed) and later restored using the corresponding Main Menu items.

The window's default appearance is similar to this:

cl_window_alldocked

This is what it looks like when the windows have been undocked and dropped onto one another, to create a floating tabbed pane. Note the tabs at the bottom:

cl_window_floating_tabbed

And this is what it looks like when the windows have been undocked and are used as floating mini-windows in cascaded form:

cl_window_floating_cascaded

If you've played around too much and now your layout is messy, you can always reset it using the main menu.