FlexDock is a Java docking framework for use in cross-platform Swing applications.

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It offers features you'd expect in any desktop docking framework such as:

• Tabbed and Split Layouts
• Drag-n-Drop capability
• Floating windows
• Collapsible Containers to Save Real Estate
• Layout Persistence
• Multi-plaform (fully testing on Microsoft Windows, many WM of GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, OpenSolaris, etc)
• No JNI
• ...

For example, Flexdock is used as the default component for Scilab:

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