Welcome to Modern Docking

Welcome! This documentation explains the user facing features of Modern Docking, its API, and some of the internals.

Modern Docking provides a rich set of features to enhance any Java Swing User Interface with a desire to provider user customizable layouts of UI components.

Java 11 and newer are supported.

Contents:

• User Facing Features
  • Using Docking Handles to Dock
  • Adjusting Split
  • Creating Tab Group
  • Closing Panels
  • Floating a Panel
  • Auto Hide a Panel
  • Option Panel in New Window
  • Additional Settings Options
• Packaging
• Modern Docking API
  • Hello World
  • Dockable Properties
  • Dockable Interface
  • Docking Programmatically
  • Menu Items
  • Customization Points
  • Exceptions
  • Events
  • Listeners
  • Working With Layouts
  • Persistence
  • Look and Feel
• Modern Docking UI
  • Initializing
• Internal Workings
  • ActiveDockableHighlighter
  • AppStatePersister