Expose Dock/ Float for windows to Python

[Nick Draper]

My instrument view is large enough so that I want to as a default kick it out of the tiny dark grey window in MantidPlot. I am preparing a script for users that would do this automatically, and would like to use this script to change a window to ‘floating.’ This feature can be done from using mantidplot, windows menu, change to floating, but I’d rather this be done automatically, regardless of user settings on MantidPlot, for ease of use.

I think we want something like the following on all mdisubwindows:

• float()
• isFloating()
• dock()
• isDocked()

[Martyn Gigg]

Add methods to MdiSubWindow for controlling dock/undocked status. Refs #9060

Changeset: ​c2d040e996ab6d19497c6adafe1aa56cbd1171ee

[Martyn Gigg]

Turn off close confirmations for unittests Refs #9060

Changeset: ​0fd1c97590abd77fbeae8256844fdd8fa4f6658e

[Martyn Gigg]

Formatting changes to MDISubWindow Refs #9060

Changeset: ​8c2403ee126fb3a2d04c17c42ca872859c6d7bf6

[Martyn Gigg]

Branch: feature/9060_float_windows_python

Tester: All windows that are dockable, anything inheriting from MdiSubWindow, now have 4 methods attached to them:

• dock()
• isDocked()
• undock()
• isFloating()

The following script demonstrates the desired behaviour:

import numpy as np
import math

X1 = np.linspace(0,10, 100)
Y1 = 1000*(np.sin(X1)**2) + X1*10
X1 = np.append(X1, 10.1)

X2 = np.linspace(2,12, 100)
Y2 = 500*(np.cos(X2/2.)**2) + 20
X2 = np.append(X2, 12.10)

X = np.append(X1, X2)
Y = np.append(Y1, Y2)
E = np.sqrt(Y)

CreateWorkspace(OutputWorkspace="fake", DataX=list(X), DataY=list(Y), DataE=list(E), NSpec=2, UnitX="TOF", YUnitLabel="Counts",  WorkspaceTitle="Faked data Workspace")

pl = plotSpectrum("fake",0)

print "Floating: ",pl.isFloating()
print "Docked: ",pl.isDocked()

pl.undock()
print "Floating: ",pl.isFloating()
print "Docked: ",pl.isDocked()
pl.dock()
print "Floating: ",pl.isFloating()
print "Docked: ",pl.isDocked()

Try similar things, from Python, for 2D graphs, instrument view, matrices.

The original description had float() as an additional method rather than undock() but float is a reserved keyword in C++ so the compiler won't accept it has a method name. It could be changed on the way out to Python but I think it's preferable to keep them matched when they are just pass through methods.

There is also some documentation here: http://www.mantidproject.org/MantidPlot:_Docking_Windows_From_Python

[Michael Reuter]

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feature/9060_float_windows_python'

Full changeset: ​ef9dcb38e19df81d53623b9cc4c15a1d2afd2da3

[Stuart Campbell]

This ticket has been transferred to github issue ​9903