Docking a pane can cover the minimized window

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   In a MDI application I can minimize a window and the window will collapse to the lower left side of the client area.

If I have a floating pane that is docked on the left of the frame and I redock it, the minimized MDI window will have its position changed and it stays at the lower left of the (newly recalculated) client area. I have not found the exact mechanism that causes the window to reposition but at least it does.

But if the pane is re-docked at the bottom of the frame, the docking pane covers the minimized window.

How do I get around this problem?

One can also move the minimized window to the right side of the frame. Again, if a pane is then docked on the right side, it will cover the minimized window.

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rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 985	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Docking a pane can cover the minimized window Posted: 22 April 2008 at 6:26pm
	In a MDI application I can minimize a window and the window will collapse to the lower left side of the client area. If I have a floating pane that is docked on the left of the frame and I redock it, the minimized MDI window will have its position changed and it stays at the lower left of the (newly recalculated) client area. I have not found the exact mechanism that causes the window to reposition but at least it does. But if the pane is re-docked at the bottom of the frame, the docking pane covers the minimized window. How do I get around this problem? One can also move the minimized window to the right side of the frame. Again, if a pane is then docked on the right side, it will cover the minimized window.

rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 985	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 May 2008 at 8:21am
	I solved the problem by sending the WM_MDIICONARRANGE message to the MDI client window. I added this in the frame's Recalclayout method. That way, even if the user resizes a docking pane, the resize does not cover the iconic windows.