Angular Docking Component

The Docking component for Angular represents a widget which allows you to manage multiple windows and even the layout of your web page. Each window in the Docking can be dragged around the Web page, docked into docking zones, removed from the docking, collapsed into a minimized state to hide its content, expanded to display its content or pinned in place.

1. Installation

The easiest way to get started with jQWidgets UI for Angular is to use the Angular CLI Tool. To scaffold your project structure, follow its installation instructions.

npm install -g @angular/cli
ng new jqwidgets-project
cd jqwidgets-project

Install jQWidgets

jQWidgets Angular UI comes packaged with Angular CLI schematics to make creating Angular applications easier. Schematics are included with both @angular/cdk and jqwidgets-ng. Once you install the npm packages, they will be available through the Angular CLI.

Angular CLI supports the addition of packages through the ng add command. The ng add command provides faster and more user-friendly package installation. To install the jQWidgets UI for Angular package, use ng add and add the name of the NPM package:

ng add jqwidgets-ng

Alternatively, you can use the standard installation (Manual Setup)

jQWidgets UI for Angular is distributed as jqwidgets-ng NPM package

Download and install the package.
```
npm install jqwidgets-ng
```
Adding CSS reference

The following CSS file is available in ../node_modules/jqwidgets-ng/ package folder. This can be referenced in [src/styles.css] using following code.
```
@import 'jqwidgets-ng/jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css';
```
Another way to achieve the same is to edit the angular.json file and in the styles add the style.
```
"styles": [
	"node_modules/jqwidgets-ng/jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css"
]
```

2. Add the HTML for jQWidgets component in src/app/app.component.html

app.component.html


<jqxDocking [theme]="'fluent'" [orientation]='"horizontal"' [width]='getWidth()' [mode]='"docked"'>
  <div>
    <div id="window1" style="height: 220px;">
      <div>
        Date and Time
      </div>
      <div style="overflow: hidden;">
        <jqxCalendar [theme]="'fluent'" [width]='180' [height]='180' style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;">
        </jqxCalendar>
        <h3 style="text-align: center; color: #787878;">Sunny</h3>
        <div style="float: left; margin-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
          <img src="https://www.jqwidgets.com/angular/images/sun-icon.png" alt="Sunny" />
        </div>
        <div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 10px; float: right; margin-right: 20px;">
          Mo: 23 °C<br />
          To 25 °C<br />
          We: 27 °C
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div id="window2" style="height: 220px">
      <div>
        News
      </div>
      <div style="overflow: hidden;">
        <jqxTabs [theme]="'fluent'" [width]='375' [height]='181' [selectedItem]='1'>
          <ul style="margin-left: 30px">
            <li>World</li>
            <li>Local</li>
            <li>Sports</li>
          </ul>
          <div>
            <div style="padding: 3px; margin: 10px; width: 150px; height: 84px; float: left;">
              <img src="https://www.jqwidgets.com/angular/images/news_ie6.jpg" alt="IE6" title="IE6" />
            </div>
            <span style="font-size: 11px;">
              Microsoft is set to get a little more pushy ensuring
              you have an up-to-date browser and will automatically update Internet Explorer...
              <span style="font-size: 8px;">(BBC)</span>
            </span>
          </div>
          <div>
            <div style="padding: 3px; margin: 10px; width: 144px; height: 81px; float: left;">
              <img src="https://www.jqwidgets.com/angular/images/local.jpg" alt="Tennis" title="Tennis" />
            </div>
            <span style="font-size: 11px;">
              The High Court has dismissed a challenge to laws that
              require immigrant spouses to be able to speak English in order to live in the UK...
              <span style="font-size: 8px;">(BBC)</span>
            </span>
          </div>
          <div>
            <div style="padding: 3px; margin: 10px; width: 130px; height: 73px; float: left;">
              <img src="https://www.jqwidgets.com/angular/images/tennis.jpg" alt="Tennis" title="Tennis" />
            </div>
            <span style="font-size: 11px;">
              British number one Elena Baltacha says Judy Murray is
              a "fantastic" appointment as Great Britain's new Fed Cup captain... <span style="font-size: 8px;">(BBC)</span>
            </span>
          </div>
        </jqxTabs>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div>
    <div id="window3" style="height: 220px">
      <div>
        Zodiac
      </div>
      <div style="overflow: hidden;">
        <jqxPanel [theme]="'fluent'" [width]='375' [height]='180'>
          <div style="padding-right: 20px;">
            <div style="padding: 3px; width: 150px; height: 110px; float: left; margin: 10px;">
              <img src="https://www.jqwidgets.com/angular/images/leo.jpg" alt="Leo" title="Leo" />
            </div>
            <h3 style="text-align: center; color: #787878;">Leo</h3>
            <span style="font-size: 11px">
              Individuals born under the zodiac sign of Leo are very
              good looking and have a healthy physique, with a broad forehead. Leo are very intelligent,
              extremely courageous, love their freedom and live by their own rules. Indulgence
              and extravagance is like second nature to them and they love to...
            </span>
          </div>
        </jqxPanel>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div id="window4" style="height: 220px;">
      <div>
        E-mail
      </div>
      <div style="overflow: hidden;">
        <jqxListBox [theme]="'fluent'" [width]='375' [height]='181' [source]='source'>
        </jqxListBox>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</jqxDocking>

3. Setup Component Logic

app.component.ts


import { Component } from '@angular/core';

import { jqxDockingModule, jqxDockingComponent } from 'jqwidgets-ng/jqxdocking';
import { jqxListboxModule } from 'jqwidgets-ng/jqxlistbox';
import { jqxTabsModule } from 'jqwidgets-ng/jqxtabs';
import { jqxCalendarModule } from 'jqwidgets-ng/jqxcalendar';
import { jqxPanelModule } from 'jqwidgets-ng/jqxpanel';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    imports: [jqxDockingModule, jqxPanelModule, jqxCalendarModule, jqxTabsModule, jqxListboxModule],
    standalone: true,
    templateUrl: './app.component.html'
})

export class AppComponent {

    getWidth(): any {
        if (document.body.offsetWidth < 650) {
            return '90%';
        }

        return 650;
    }


    source: string[] =
        [
            'JavaScript Certification - Welcome to our network',
            'Business Challenges via Web take a part',
            'jQWidgets better web, less time. Take a tour',
            'Facebook - you have 7 new notifications',
            'Twitter - John Doe is following you. Look at his profile',
            'New videos, take a look at YouTube.com'
        ];
}

Summary

jQWidgets UI for Angular provides an easy way to integrate robust UI components into your Angular project. By using either the ng add command or manual setup, you can quickly get started. Once the setup is complete, you can add the desired jQWidgets components and configure them in your Angular components to match your application requirements.

Docking API

API Reference of the jQWidgets Docking component for Angular: Docking API