Roadmap

Current Status

wxAUI version 0.9 implements basic frame docking and toolbar support and includes:

• Native, floating/docking frames
• Customizable floating/docking behavior
• Toolbars, incorporating "spring-loaded" dragging
• Customizable look and feel
• Perspective saving and loading
• Optional transparent window effects while dragging and docking

wxAUI version 0.9.1 adds:

• Support for MDI frames
• Gradient captions option
• Active/Inactive panes option
• Fix for screen artifacts/paint problems
• Fix for hiding/showing floated window problem
• Fix for floating pane sizing problem
• Fix for drop position problem when dragging around center pane margins
• LF-only text file formatting for source code

wxAUI version 0.9.2 adds:

• Support for wxMac
• Updates for wxWidgets 2.6.3
• Fix to pass more unused events through
• Fix to allow floating windows to receive idle events
• Fix for minimizing/maximizing problem with transparent hint pane
• Fix to not paint empty hint rectangles
• Fix for 64-bit compilation

Roadmap to 1.0

To get to wxAUI version 1.0, we plan to

• Add "chevron" button support for toolbars that become partially hidden off screen
• Add hide/show control for docked panes
• Fix minimum/maximum size issues
• Optimize frame docking hint locations and mouse drop locations
• Streamline the "feel" of frame and toolbar dragging
• Fix various drawing glitches and toolbar instability

1.0 and Beyond

Beyond version 1.0, there are endless numbers of features to implement, but here are a few, in no particular order:

• Drop-down combos and menus in toolbars and tear-away frames
• Customizable toolbars for adding/removing icons and changing icon size preferences
• Adding tab options to view and organize documents
• Optional Heads Up Display (HUD) display mode for precisely positioned frame docking
• Optional interface animation such as smooth showing/hiding of frames
• Optional dock collapse button
• Optional Minimize/Maximize/Pin pane buttons