Hello again, As this is also dock/panel/tool related, here are some inspirations from a DTP application called Calamus SL. The application comes from Atari ST, then it was ported to other platforms, however retained the Atari core.
The application is "frame based", where you have a document and everything is a frame in the document. Then the application has very simple main menu: only file, options and windows menus. Everything other is located in panels. On the screen one can see: - main menu - module bar - tools panel - document area The module bar contains list of all loaded modules (compare to Etoile components). As the user switches modules, the tools panel changes it contents according to the module provided tools. The tools panel is divided into two parts: tabs and content. The content is is usualy a grid for selecting a tool or for doing certain action on a selected object in the document. Now some pictures: Concept: http://calamus.cybele-maia.net/concept.htm Here is list of modules and tools panel. You can click the module at the top and also tab int the tools panel. It is in french, but you get the idea just from the images - isn't that great? http://calamus.cybele-maia.net/modules.htm Main page: http://calamus.cybele-maia.net/index.php3?m=n Official documentation:http://man.calamus.net/us/cal/ Regards, Stefan Urbanek -- http://stefan.agentfarms.net First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi
