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Styling and Appearance

jQWidgets uses a pair of css files - jqx.base.css and jqx.[theme name].css. The base stylesheet creates the styles related to the widget's layout like margin, padding, border-width, position. The second css file applies the widget's colors and backgrounds. The jqx.base.css should be included before the second CSS file.

Below is the list of CSS classes used by jqxDocking.
  • jqx-docking - applied to the docking's main div.
  • jqx-docking-panel - applied to the different docking panels.
  • jqx-docking-drop-indicator - applied to the jqxdocking's drop indicator.
  • jqx-docking-window - applied to the windows which are inside the docking.
*jqxDocking internally use the jqxWindow widget. For additional information about styling jqxWindow, please take a look at the jqxWindow's Styling and Appearance help topic.

When you create a custom style with colors and backgrounds for jqxDocking panels, you need to do the following:
  • Add the above CSS classes related to jqxDocking
  • After each CSS class, add your theme name.
    For example:
    jqx-docking-panel-shinyblack
  • To apply your custom style to jqxDocking, you need to set its 'theme' property (option) to point to your theme name string. 
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            // Create jqxTooltip
            $("#jqxdocking").jqxDocking({ theme: 'shinyblack', width: 250 });
        });
    </script>
  • The sample below demonstrates how to set the 'Shiny Black' theme to jqxDocking. 
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title id='Description'>jQuery jqxDocking Sample</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.shinyblack.css" type="text/css" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxdocking.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxwindow.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function () {
                // Create jqxDocking
                $("#docking").jqxDocking({ width: 250, theme: 'shinyblack' });
            });
        </script>
    <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-2FX5PV9DNT"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'G-2FX5PV9DNT');</script></head>
    <body class='default'>
        <div id="docking">
            <div>
                <div id="window1">
                    <div>Header 1</div>
                    <div>Content 1</div>
                </div>
                <div id="window2">
                    <div>Header 2</div>
                    <div>Content 2</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
    </html>