Hi,
When using FGlobalTabmanager::Get()->TryInvokeTab twice, the two tabs that pop up spawn automatically in separate windows.
I’m wondering how to make them spawn docked together, two tabs under a single window.
My guess was:
const TSharedRef<SDockTab> mainTab = FGlobalTabmanager::Get()->TryInvokeTab(MainTabName, false).ToSharedRef();
const TSharedRef<SDockTab> demoTab = FGlobalTabmanager::Get()->TryInvokeTab(DemoTabName, true).ToSharedRef();
mainTab->GetParentDockTabStack()->AddTabWidget(demoTab); // This doesn't compile
But there is something weird going on since 5.4. GetParentDockTabStack() returns a SDockingTabStack, which is inaccessible from outside the Slate module.
In fact, since UE 5.4, it seems most docking classes have been moved from the public directory, to the private directory. With only ONE class remaining public in 5.5.3: SDockTab.
Everything else is now private…
It can be easily verified using the autogenerated API docs: SDockTab::GetParentDockTabStack | Unreal Engine 5.3 Documentation | Epic Developer Community
The documentation for “GetParentDockTabStack” for instance, exists in UE 5.3 but not in subsequent versions…
So my question is, short of editing the engine code to move the classes back into the public folder, how do we control the docking programatically nowadays?
Thank you for reading!