# Issues with docked window resize **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 25, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-docked-window-resize/53533 "2021-11-25T17:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![e.cutino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@e.cutino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/e.cutino)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-docked-window-resize/53533/1 "2021-11-25T17:17:12Z")
HI PGriffith, I did exactly as you wrote but my window docked (east) having a 2 simple tab strips inside is not resizing at all. I have the 2 tab strips grouped (each is relative with keep aspect ratio) and I grouped the 2 strips and anchored the group to top and bottom (and mandatory in the center on X asis). The main window (floating) and all the objects are correctly resized, the docked not at all. Where am I wrong? Thanks, Elio ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-docked-window-resize/53533/2 "2021-11-29T16:20:37Z")
I can’t really picture what you have set up. If you can provide a window export or screenshots, I might be able to help, but I can’t promise how timely it’ll be. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Marchetti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Michael\_Marchetti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael_Marchetti)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-docked-window-resize/53533/3 "2025-06-03T14:07:46Z")
Hello, Reviving a dead thread here, but I am experiencing what seems to be the same issue. I have a Docked Window with a tab strip inside that I would like to have centered and spanning the width of the application window in the North position. I followed the tips you posted in this thread [Docked Window Size not correct on Client with Vision - Ignition - Inductive Automation Forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/docked-window-size-not-correct-on-client-with-vision/30455), anchoring the group to the left and right instead of top and bottom and ensuring the components within the group are set to relative. I included two dummy labels to show that the spanning is working correctly for other components, but _not_ tab strip components. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/b/5b0665b32510f56410c1e9370b0bc08d54ada588.png) The running client for the below screenshot is a maximized window on a 1920x1080 monitor, and the labels have stretched to the full length of the window while being "centered", but the tab strip is left aligned. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/9/c9b1c8d7f8850e1dc1217535c22b57b57aaa2623.png) Is this because the tab strip component is by default left-aligned? If so, is there a nifty scripting function I could use to change this? Hopefully this gives a little more of what you are looking for, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-docked-window-resize/53533/4 "2025-06-03T14:41:10Z")
You would have to reach "into" the tab strip component and provide your own widths to the component; it doesn't automatically scale its inner components to fill in the way you're expecting. There's a hack of sorts to accomplish this via the tab attributes dataset documented here: > [@Multiple Tab Strips - Consistent Tab Button Sizing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-tab-strips-consistent-tab-button-sizing/81230): > > For those who are looking to use multiple tab strips for tier navigation, or other things, I wanted to share a quick tip because getting them all to size the same between the different strips can be a hassle if display names change, etc. What I've done is created an extra, disabled tab at the very end of the strip that has transparent background color. It's display name is \\long display name - tab size is deteremined by the maximum display name and the text pad… Or this thread has a different, more "imperative" approach involving scripting to directly modify the inner components. The script in this post is modifying the overflow arrow panels, but it could be modified to look for the inner `com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.components.tabstrip.TabComponent` instead pretty easily. > [@Tag Strip Feature Request to make scroll arrows wider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-strip-feature-request-to-make-scroll-arrows-wider/57177/7): > > I'm pretty sure that is the scrollbar. If you must adjust your arrow button size with scripting, here is a simple recursive function that will do it: from com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.components.util import HoldDownArrowButton from com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.components.tabstrip import LeftRightArrowPanel from java.awt import Dimension tabStrip = system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.Tab Strip') arrowHeight = 50 arrowWidth =…