Hi, I have added two new methodes to KDockWidget: void setDockWindowType (NET::WindowType windowType); with it you can set the type the dock windows should have if they are=20 undocked. void setDockWindowTransient (bool transientEnabled); Here you can specifiy if the dock widgets should be on top of there=20 parentWidget specified in the constructor. --=20 | | / / - get an edge in editing - | | / / =BB=BB=BB=BB GET KATE =AB=AB=AB=AB | |/ / a fast and capable multiple document, | \ multiple view text editor for KDE | |\ \ cullmann@kde.org | | \ \ http://devel-home.kde.org/~kate