Re: those windows on the left-hand side of Mozilla; how to do it?

[Paul Coates <Paul Coates ncl ac uk>]

On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 17:21, Edward A. Falk wrote:
> Hi all; I don't even know the name of this thing, but I've seen a
> number of applications (e.g. Mozilla) that have an interesting way of
> stacking windows on the left edge of the application.
> 
> Let me describe it:  The left edge is maybe 1 or 2 inches wide.  It
> contains a number of buttons that run the full width of the window and
> are just tall enough to contain a text label.  Clicking on one of those
> buttons causes it to replace itself with a container widget containing
> other things.  Clicking on another button causes the open one to close and
> the new one to open in its place.
> 

Look at the source for the Preferences window in Galeon.

Paul