DockA

Dock AHK windows.

Using dock module you can glue windows to an AHK window. Docked windows are called Clients and the window that keeps their position relative to itself is called the Host. Once Clients are connected to the Host, this group of windows will behave like single window - moving, sizing, focusing, hiding and other OS events will be handled by the module so that the “composite window” behaves like the single window.

This module is version of Dock module that supports only AHK hosts (hence A in the name). Unlike Dock module, it doesnt’uses system hook to monitor windows changes.

Summary

DockA	Dock AHK windows.
DockA

DockA

DockA( HHost = "",
HClient = "",
DockDef = "" )

Parameters

HHost	Hwnd of the host GUI. This window must be AHK window.
HClient	HWND of the Client GUI. This window can be any window.
DockDef	Dock definition, see bellow. To remove dock client pass “-”. If you pass empty string, client will be docked to the host according to its current position relative to the host.

Dock definition

Dock definition is white space separated combination of parameters which describe Client’s position relative to the Host. Parameters are grouped into 4 classes - x, y, w & h parameters. Classes and their parameters are optional.

      Syntax:     x(hw,cw,dx)  y(hh,ch,dy)  w(hw,dw)  h(hh,dh)

The X coordinate of the top, left corner of the client window is computed as

x(hw,cw,dx) = HostX + hw*HostWidth + cw*ClientWidth + dx

The Y coordinate of the top, left corner of the client window is computed as

y(hh,ch,dy) = HostY + hh*HostHeight + ch*ClientHeight + dy

The width W of the client window is computed as

w(hw,dw) = hw*HostWidth + dw

The height H of the client window is computed as

h(hh,dh) = hh*HostHeight + dh

If you omit any of the class parameters it will default to 0. So, the following expressions all have the same effect :

          x(0,0,0) = x(0,0) = x(0,0,) = x(0) = x(0,)= x(0,,) = x() = x(0,,0) = x(,0,0) = x(,,0) = ...
          y(0,1,0) = y(0,1) = y(,1) = y(,1,) = y(,1,0) = ...

Notice that x() is not the same as omitting x entirely. First case is equal to x(0,0,0) so it will set Client’s X coordinate to be equal as Host’s. In second case, x coordinate of the client will not be affected by the module (client will keep whatever x it has).

Remarks

You can monitor WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED=0x47 to detect when user move clients (if they are movable) in order to update dock properties