/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2002 Anders Lund <anders.lund@lund.tdcadsl.dk>

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
   License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Library General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/

#ifndef _KATE_DOCKVIEW_BASE_H_
#define _KATE_DOCKVIEW_BASE_H_

#include <tqvbox.h>

/** 
* Namespace collecting as much of the internal Kate classes as we 
* can manage.
*/
namespace Kate
{

/**
    Base class for dockwidget views
    This class creates a widget meant to be set as the main widget
    for a KDockWidget.
    
    This class provides a title in two parts, titlePrefix and title. The
    size policies are set so that neither will prevent resizing the view to
    a width smaller than the texts, the titlePrefix (on the left) will remain
    fully visible for as long as possible.
    
    Use the titlePrefix to describe the nature of the view contents, for
    example "Messages".
        
    Use the title to inform the user what is currently in the view,
    for example the name of a related file, a command or similar.
    
    To add widgets, just create them with this as the parent.
    
    @author Anders Lund <anders@alweb.dk>
*/


class DockViewBase : public TQVBox {
  Q_OBJECT
  public:
  /**
      Create a KateDockViewBase.
  */
  DockViewBase( TQWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
  
  /**
      Create a KateDockViewBase with the title prefix @p prefix
      and the title @p title.
  */
  DockViewBase( const TQString &prefix, const TQString &title, TQWidget *parent=0, const char *name=0 );
  
  ~DockViewBase();
  
  /**
      Set the title prefix to @p prefix.
  */
  void setTitlePrefix( const TQString &prefix );
  
  /**
      @return The title prefix.
  */
  TQString titlePrefix() const;
  
  /**
      Set the title to @p title 
  */
  void setTitle( const TQString &title );
  
  /**
     Convenience method, sets both the prefix and title
  */
  void setTitle( const TQString &prefix, const TQString &title );
  
  /**
      @return the title of the KateDockViewBase
  */
  TQString title() const;
  
  private:
  /** Private initialization */
  void init( const TQString &, const TQString &);
  class DockViewBasePrivate *d;
};

}

#endif // _KATE_DOCKVIEW_BASE_H_