I got the logic down pat for creating icons on the left and right.  If you’re not an OS X user; the icons left of the ‘runway’ (divider) are for launching applications and the right are a location for minimized windows.  What the video shows is what it looks like to register an icon in the dock as an application launcher ( no animation ) and a minimized window container (animated).

Next is setting up the full context menus (minimize, close, etc) and window (app?) registration for the icons.

 Ext Window Drawers Alpha 1 is released today with two new examples; the drag and drop and basic grid window in the desktop.

Click here to download: winDrawers.alpha1.tgz

The following features were added:

• IE6 and IE7 Certification
• Fx3 Certification
• Titles
• Support for [ X ] close button in titles
• Resize finished
• Window.el.move intercepted
• animate : true || false honored

Examples to date:

• Four Drawer basic
• Grid and Form
• Grid to grid DnD (new)
• Web Desktop (new - not complete)

(drag and drop example)

(grid in desktop window example)

Known issues:

• IE6/7 - Issues with z-ordering (desktop only thus far)
• Desktop window maximize to normal size not  hooked properly

Worked on the drawers a little more and wanted to show a simple use case.

Click here to see it in action.  Test drive the four drawer demo and the grid demo below.

To Do list:

• Enable resize for the drawers
• Honor the animate boolean
• Set configurable fx
• enable shadows
• Anything else that the community would like

Per the requested changes from this Extjs.com thread.

Another sneak peak

http://tdg-i.com/img/screencasts/2008-08-08_1812.swf

For my employer, I’m currently experimenting with an awesome FLEX library called flexvizgraplib which is nothing short of remarkable. It was relatively easy to integrate with EXTJS.  Essentially, this application map is gathered via queries to my employer’s installation of HP Universal Configuration Manager Database without having to use their unreliable API.   The maps will represent dependency relationships with applications, servers and databases.  This application serves as an Operations Portal for my employer’s data center.