# Floating docker's container

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204 "2021-02-21T20:17:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mako_matt/32/25250_2.png) [@Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/u/Mako_Matt)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/1 "2021-02-21T20:17:57Z")

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Hi, i think we can’t but i’m asking just in case… Is it possible to define the height/width and maybe location of the right panel that contains the dockers (maybe in the kritarc)? in order to achieve something like that (a floating container with tabbed dockers)

 ![display](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/6/1/617fb0819ea9b3d4d590b3409d9780cc30af94a5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/2 "2021-02-22T07:14:59Z")

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I think this would need coding changes because the section of kritarc that defines the layout of panels looks like this:

[MainWindow]  
Height 1024=905  
State=AAAA/wAAAAD9AAAABAAAAAAAAAEJAAACmPwCAAAABfsAAAAkAFMAbQBhAGwAbABDAG8AbABvAHIAUwBlAGwAZQBjAHQAbwByAgAAAmgAAABLAAAAzQAAAM/8AAAAbgAAAP8AAADAAQAAGfoAAAADAQAAAAX7AAAAHABPAHYAZQByAHYAaQBlAHcARABvAGMAawBlAHIDAAABhQAAABQAAAIcAAABvPsAAAAqAFMAcABlAGMAaQBmAGkAYwBDAG8AbABvAHIAUwBlAGwAZQBjAHQAbwByAQAAAAD/////AAAAugD// – lots more of this sort of thing–

It can’t be edited/modified by a user in any useful way.

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**Author:** ![Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mako_matt/32/25250_2.png) [@Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/u/Mako_Matt)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/3 "2021-02-22T07:59:08Z")

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yes, that’s what i tought 🙂 thanks for your time @AhabGreybeard

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**Author:** ![Lynx3d](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/lynx3d/32/4678_2.png) [@Lynx3d](https://krita-artists.org/u/Lynx3d)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/4 "2021-02-22T08:48:44Z")

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I don’t think floating dockers can be combined into some floating tabbed area.  
That would require a more advanced docking system than Qt itself features.

While there are some alternatives like KDDockWidgets, it’s not without risk to migrate…

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**Author:** ![Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/mako_matt/32/25250_2.png) [@Mako\_Matt](https://krita-artists.org/u/Mako_Matt)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/5 "2021-02-22T09:51:00Z")

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yes, it’s not worth it 🙂 i’ve seen [this plugin](https://krita-artists.org/t/kanvasbuddy-a-minimalist-toolbar/549) that may achieve what i wanted 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/floating-dockers-container/19204/6 "2021-03-09T09:51:31Z")

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