Question

Looking at the web desktop sample for Ext-JS I see that when a window is minimized or restored, that there is an animation where a transparent rectangle shrinks down to the task bar or grows up to the window location.

When I look at the same demo for Ext-GWT there is no animation: the window just vanishes and reappears.

Is there a way to turn this animation on for Ext-GWT, and what is the code to do it.

Answer 1

I think you can do it. The catch is that you have to

• catch the minimize event
• replace your rendered window with a proxy
• simultaneously move and resize your proxy
• replace your final proxy with the button on the dock bar

I’d consider following the extjs implementation as a guide.

The fact that it isn’t represented as a demo suggests that it takes quite a bit of work to put it together.