#include <QMainWindow>
#include "DockManager.h"

namespace Ui
{
    class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow( QWidget *parent = 0 );
    ~MainWindow();

public slots:
    void doSomething();

private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;

    // The main container for docking
    ads::CDockManager *m_DockManager;
};

#include "MainWindow.h"
#include "ui_MainWindow.h"

#include <QLabel>
#include <QAction>

#include <chrono>
#include <thread>

MainWindow::MainWindow( QWidget *parent ) :
    QMainWindow( parent ),
    ui( new Ui::MainWindow )
{
    ui->setupUi( this );

    // Create the dock manager. Because the parent parameter is a QMainWindow
    // the dock manager registers itself as the central widget.
    m_DockManager = new ads::CDockManager( this );

    // Add a do something action.
    QAction *doSomethingAction = new QAction( "Do something" );
    ui->menuAction->addAction( doSomethingAction );
    connect( doSomethingAction, SIGNAL( triggered() ), this, SLOT( doSomething() ) );

    // Create example content label - this can be any application specific
    // widget
    QLabel *l = new QLabel();
    l->setWordWrap( true );
    l->setAlignment( Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignLeft );
    l->setText( "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. " );

    // Create a dock widget with the title Label 1 and set the created label
    // as the dock widget content
    ads::CDockWidget *DockWidget = new ads::CDockWidget( "Label" );
    DockWidget->setWidget( l );

    // Add the toggleViewAction of the dock widget to the menu to give
    // the user the possibility to show the dock widget if it has been closed
    ui->menuView->addAction( DockWidget->toggleViewAction() );

    // Add the dock widget to the top dock widget area
    m_DockManager->addDockWidget( ads::TopDockWidgetArea, DockWidget );
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::doSomething()
{
    std::chrono::milliseconds timespan( 1 );
    
    for ( int i = 0; i != 2000; ++i )
    {
        std::this_thread::sleep_for( timespan );

        // Take into account the events during the loop.
        qApp->processEvents();
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
 <class>MainWindow</class>
 <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
  <property name="geometry">
   <rect>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
    <width>400</width>
    <height>300</height>
   </rect>
  </property>
  <property name="windowTitle">
   <string>MainWindow</string>
  </property>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralWidget"/>
  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menuBar">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>400</width>
     <height>21</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuView">
    <property name="title">
     <string>View</string>
    </property>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuAction">
    <property name="title">
     <string>Action</string>
    </property>
   </widget>
   <addaction name="menuView"/>
   <addaction name="menuAction"/>
  </widget>
  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusBar"/>
 </widget>
 <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
 <resources/>
 <connections/>
</ui>