Docktailor

Docktailor is a lightweight JavaFX framework for building modern user interfaces with detachable and dockable windows.
Inspired by the docking systems used in professional IDEs, Docktailor provides a clean, extensible architecture for creating flexible and highly customizable desktop applications.

✨ Features

🪟 Detachable Windows — Let users undock and rearrange tabs freely
🎯 Simple & Intuitive API — Designed to integrate seamlessly into existing JavaFX projects
🔄 Flexible View Management — Handle multiple views dynamically with minimal boilerplate
🎨 Fully Customizable — Easily adapt the layout, behavior, and look & feel (ships with a default IntelliJ-inspired theme)

🚀 Quick Start

Starter Template: Voidstack/docktailor-template

Requirements

Java 17+
Maven

  <dependency>
      <groupId>com.voidstack</groupId>
      <artifactId>docktailor</artifactId>
      <version>latest</version>
  </dependency>

Gradle

  implementation 'com.voidstack:docktailor:1.0.0'

📝 Roadmap

Complete API documentation
Smooth transition
Save separator position on SplitPane

📄 License

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

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