JToolBar needs a way to limit docking to a particular orientation

Name: krT82822 Date: 01/14/99


When a component like a Combobox or a TextField is added to a
toolbar it no longer makes sense(IMHO) that it should be docked
in in a vertical orientation. Just take a look at the PC's
WordPad application, which prevents vertically docking of the
toolbar that contains the font combobox. In Visual C++ when a
toolbar containing a combobox is docked vertically, the combobox
component is actually removed temporarily from the toolbar. The
same appears to be true of the Microsoft Office family of apps.
I think it would make more sense for the case of toolbars containing
non-button components that the GUI prevent vertical docking instead
of temporarily removing components(but that's my opinion).

The point is that there are probably times when a toolbar should not be
allowed to be docked vertically. Because of this I feel the
JToolBar should provide us with an API to specify the valid
docking orientations(by default it would be ALL). Maybe something
like setDockingOrientation(JToolBar.HORIZONTAL).
(Review ID: 52582)
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