kddockwidgets

KDAB's Dock Widget Framework for Qt

KDDockWidgets is a Qt dock widget library suitable for replacing QDockWidget and implementing advanced functionalities missing in Qt. Some of its features include:

Advanced docking that QDockWidget doesn't support
Layout engine honouring size constraints and some size policies
Lazy separator resize
Reordering tabs with mouse
Partial layout save/restore, affecting only a chosen subset
Double-click on title bar to maximize
Double-click on separator to distribute equally
Show close button on tabs
Allow to make a dock widget non-closable and/or non-dockable
Optional minimize and maximize button on the title bar
FloatingWindows can be utility windows or full native ones.

Versions: 2.1.0
Website: https://github.com/KDAB/KDDockWidgets
Licenses: GPL 2 · GPL 3
Package source: gnu/packages/qt.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of kddockwidgets as follows:

guix install kddockwidgets

Or install a particular version:

guix install kddockwidgets@2.1.0

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.