Pane-subPane behavior while docked?

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There is a docking-pane feature that I�d like to have in my application, and it looks like it is SO close to being supported in Xtreme Toolkit, but I can�t quite find it. 

I can already have a floating docking pane, with other panes �owned� by it and contained inside it, as is shown in 
http://www.codejock.com/products/dockingpane/tour_06.asp
or can be easily done with the �Panes� sample. When you dock another pane onto the side of a floating pane, a new floating �owner� pane called �Panes� appears to hold them both. This is great.

However, if I then dock that floating �owner� pane called �Panes� to the side of the mainframe, the owner pane disappears and the owned panes dock independently into the framework. The fact that they were grouped together as sub-panes of the owner pane is lost. I cannot grab the owner pane and re-float or re-dock the collection of panes as a unit; I have to do all of the formerly-owned panes separately.

So is there any way to have the pane-subpane relationship that is apparent in floating docking panes be preserved when the owning pane is docked? 

TIA

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DaveS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 18 February 2005 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote DaveS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Pane-subPane behavior while docked? Posted: 18 February 2005 at 12:35pm
	There is a docking-pane feature that I�d like to have in my application, and it looks like it is SO close to being supported in Xtreme Toolkit, but I can�t quite find it. I can already have a floating docking pane, with other panes �owned� by it and contained inside it, as is shown in http://www.codejock.com/products/dockingpane/tour_06.asp or can be easily done with the �Panes� sample. When you dock another pane onto the side of a floating pane, a new floating �owner� pane called �Panes� appears to hold them both. This is great. However, if I then dock that floating �owner� pane called �Panes� to the side of the mainframe, the owner pane disappears and the owned panes dock independently into the framework. The fact that they were grouped together as sub-panes of the owner pane is lost. I cannot grab the owner pane and re-float or re-dock the collection of panes as a unit; I have to do all of the formerly-owned panes separately. So is there any way to have the pane-subpane relationship that is apparent in floating docking panes be preserved when the owning pane is docked? TIA