floating toolbar problem

[Caius Caesar]

I want a floating toolbar in a container. I succeed nicely, (I add the toolbar as item, set floating to true and use the alignTo function) but I have one problem. When the container is not visible (for instance if it is a tab in a tabpanel with another active tab), the toolbar remains visible, It shines through, so to speak.

I would think it needs a floatparent, but according to documentation the floatparent must be a floating container. The container of the toolbar is not floating.

Does anybody have any idea? Below is my definition of the floating toolbar.

Cheers,
Caius

    //floatin toolbar, to be used in container (just add as item).
    //the toolbar is only visible during mouseover
    Ext.define('Ext.ux.floating.Toolbar', {
        extend: 'Ext.toolbar.Toolbar',
        alias: "widget.floatingtoolbar",
        constructor: function (config) {
            config = config || {};
            config.cls = (config.cls || '') + ' floatingtoolbar';
            config.floating = true,
            config.shadow = false;
            if (!config.location) { config.location = "tr-tr?" }
            this.callParent(arguments);
        },
        tieToOwner: function () {
            this.myOwner.mon(this.myOwner, 'resize', function () { this.alignTo(this.myOwner, this.location) },this);
            this.myOwner.mon(this.myOwner, 'move', function () { this.alignTo(this.myOwner, this.location) }, this);
            this.myOwner.mon(this.myOwner, 'destroy', function () { this.hide(); this.destroy() }, this);
            this.show();
            this.ownerCt = this.myOwner;
            Ext.defer(function () {
                this.alignTo(this.myOwner, this.location);
                if (this.addedHidden) { this.hide() }
            }, 1, this);
        },
        onAdded: function () {
            this.callParent(arguments);
            this.myOwner = this.ownerCt;
            this.addedHidden = this.rendered ? this.hidden : this.initialConfig.hidden;
            if (this.myOwner.rendered) {
                this.tieToOwner()
            } else {
                this.myOwner.mon(this.myOwner, "afterrender", this.tieToOwner, this, { single: true })
            };
        },
        onRemoved: function () {
            this.callParent(arguments);
            this.hide();
            this.destroy();
        }
    });

[mitchellsimoens]

What does a floating toolbar get you that a docked toolbar doesn't?

[Caius Caesar]

The toolbar itself does nothing different, but in this case it is essential that the toolbar does not take up space.

In fact I got multiple objects on a canvas (think dashboard: tables and charts) and the toolbar is for 'design mode' to make changes to the dashboard. When designing, the dashboard must look the same as when viewing, so there's no room for a docked toolbar.

[worthlutz]

Did you figure this out?

Worth

[Caius Caesar]

I changed the design so I could do without floating toolbars, so the answer is no.