# Docked Windows And Overlapping **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276 "2010-10-19T18:34:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adonis.Schmidt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Adonis.Schmidt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adonis.Schmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/1 "2010-10-19T18:34:09Z")
I have 2 windows that I have docked to the “north”. I have 1 window docked to the “west”. I want the 2 windows docked to the north to overlap the window docked to the west. How do I do this? I have the layer and dock index of the 2 north docked windows higher than the west docked window. I thought this would correct it but it doesn’t do anything. Help is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/2 "2010-10-19T19:01:47Z")
Unfortunately, the docked north window cannot overlap the docked west window. ---
**Author:** ![WKetcham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@WKetcham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WKetcham)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/3 "2011-05-17T23:05:03Z")
Travis, If a window docked to the north can not take horizontal position preference over a window docked on the west then what would be a good solution for the case of having the main navigation tabs on the top but based on some selections (from the top menu) needing a menu on the left of the screen. I have attached a screen shot of an existing app that I am in the process of converting to ignition. When the “Water” tab on the top is selected it displays the individual station screens which are selectable from the general status/navigation menu on the left. It would be great if I could dock the water sub-menu to the west without shifting the top menu over to the right. Thanks, ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/b97cd67b35914a26a9445814ef5972f68f8a603d.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/4 "2011-05-30T04:10:55Z")
I think that these two things would be good feature requests. 1. Allow docked windows to overlap. (based upon what criteria though…) 2. Allow the user to choose docking layout: whether vertical takes the most space or horizontal takes the most space. ---
**Author:** ![w.mandelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@w.mandelli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/w.mandelli)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/5 "2013-05-01T01:02:36Z")
Last post is fairly old: is there any update about giving to the north docked window the horizontal preference? ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/6 "2013-05-01T12:50:27Z")
[quote=“Carl.Gould”]I think that these two things would be good feature requests. 1. Allow docked windows to overlap. (based upon what criteria though…) 2. Allow the user to choose docking layout: whether vertical takes the most space or horizontal takes the most space.[/quote] Is there any progress on this? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/7 "2013-05-01T16:50:34Z")
No, this has not been implemented. ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/8 "2013-05-01T19:11:55Z")
Yes, we see that… 🙂 Is there any plans to implement this? Because is quite useful… ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/9 "2013-05-02T22:42:29Z")
I don’t see overlapping happening, but the other part about having a preference about which axis takes the most space could happen in 7.7 ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/10 "2013-08-01T07:48:01Z")
Will it happen? ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/11 "2013-08-12T21:41:32Z")
Most likely it will. It is on the 7.7 list, that’s about the best I can give you at this point. ---
**Author:** ![fledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fledder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fledder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/12 "2013-09-09T06:02:37Z")
+1 for being able to choose precedence. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/13 "2013-09-09T14:27:18Z")
This hasn’t been forgotten and is still planned for 7.7 ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/14 "2013-09-09T16:15:08Z")
And for when is the 7.7 planned? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/15 "2013-09-09T16:50:50Z")
Hard to say this early. Probably early next year. ---
**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/16 "2014-06-26T13:55:05Z")
> [@Carl.Gould](#): > > I don't see overlapping happening, but the other part about having a preference about which axis takes the most space could happen in 7.7 7.7 (beta) is here. What about this feature? ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/17 "2014-06-26T14:20:03Z")
It’s been in since -beta1. Have you downloaded the beta and had a problem with this feature? ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/18 "2014-06-26T14:20:51Z")
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/19 "2014-06-26T15:31:23Z")
I don’t get it, Kyle. What are you trying to say? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-windows-and-overlapping/2276/20 "2014-06-26T15:43:46Z")
Yes, I was wondering the same thing 😆