Redock dockable with precise divider splits

[southafricansoftwaredeveloper]

Hi Andrew,

When calling newWindow on a HeaderController, we get a new window and the requested panel is docked, but if I redock it how would I redock it so I get the exact same layout as before undocking it?

Looking at the below, what dock method would be best suited for this use case?

[southafricansoftwaredeveloper]

Never mind, this works:

When undocking, save the current window and window layout

    private void undockPanel() {
        // get the current state so we can re-dock back to where we were
        lastOwnedWindow = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(this);
        layout = DockingState.getWindowLayout(lastOwnedWindow);

        headerController.newWindow();

        updateButtons();
    }

When redocking, see if we can restore a previously saved layout

    private void dockPanel() {

        // check if we can re-dock to a previous known position
        if (lastOwnedWindow != null && layout != null) {
            logger.info("Try to re-dock panel with id " + dockingPanel.getPersistentID() + " to last known state.");
            DockingState.restoreWindowLayout_PreserveSizeAndPos(lastOwnedWindow, layout);
            updateButtons();
        }else{
            Docking.getSingleInstance().dock(headerModel.dockable, Docking.getMainWindow(), DockingRegion.EAST);
            updateButtons();
        }

    }

[andrewauclair]

The application will have to track that. It's not feasible for Modern Docking to track that information. I at least can't think of a reasonable approach to solving it. The original window layout could have changed drastically since the dockable was removed.