Updated 3 May 2005

The following projects are enhancements of the original docking code found in this tutorial.

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to create docking toolbars, using pure Win32 techniques. I'm going to split this topic in two separate pages. The first tutorial will cover the "floating" aspect of toolbars - i.e. how to get tool windows to stay floating on top of all other windows, how to get the window activation working correctly etc. The second tutorial will show you how to get these floating toolbars to "dock" to the side of a window, and discuss various methods of window management.

Updated 5 Jan 2006

I've added a new sourcecode download from L.D. Blake who kindly sent me a great little splitter library called "Easy Split". From the readme:

"EasySplitter is a custom control, in library format, that can be used with Pelles C to implement a very simple splitter window. With EasySplitter you create a splitter bar as a windows control that you can size, move and stylize like any other windows control. All mouse capture and window drag operations are handled internally by the control itself."