User Guide

226 Chapter 13: Floating Panels
Arguments
None.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects a string containing the words "left", "right", "top", and "bottom", or a
combination of them, that specifies where Dreamweaver can dock the floating panel.
Example
getDockingSide()
{
return dock_side = “left top”;
}
initialPosition()
Description
Determines the initial position of the floating panel the first time it is called. If this function is
not defined, the default position is the center of the screen.
Arguments
platform
• The platform argument has a value of either "Mac" or "Win", depending on the
user’s platform.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects a string of the form "leftPosInPixels,topPosInPixels".
Example
The following example of the initialPosition() function specifies that the first time the
floating panel appears, it should be 420 pixels from the left and 20 pixels from the top in
Windows, and 390 pixels from the left side of the screen and 20 pixels from the top of the screen
on the Macintosh:
function initialPosition(platform){
var initPos = "420,20";
if (platform == "macintosh"){
initPos = "390,20";
}
return initPos;
}
initialTabs()
Description
Determines which other floating panels are tabbed together the first time that this floating panel
appears. If any listed floating panel has appeared previously, it is not included in the tab group. To
ensure that two custom floating panels are tabbed together, each panel should reference the other
with the
initialTabs() function.
Arguments
None.