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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: lace-dock
+Version: 0.2.5
+Summary: Advanced PySide6 docking system
+Author-email: opticsWolf <opticswolf@protonmail.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace#readme
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace/issues
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+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+Requires-Dist: pyside6
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# Lace
+
+**Advanced docking system for PySide6** — a feature-rich, themeable widget layout framework for building professional Qt desktop applications in Python.
+
+**Version:** 0.2.5
+
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/lace-dock.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/lace-dock/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/lace-dock.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/lace-dock/)
+[![Publish to PyPI](https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace/actions/workflows/publish.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/opticsWolf/Lace/actions/workflows/publish.yml)
+[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![Framework](https://img.shields.io/badge/framework-PySide6%20%2F%20Qt6-purple)](https://pypi.org/project/PySide6/)
+
+---
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Features](#features)
+- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
+- [Screenshots](#screenshots)
+- [Architecture Overview](#architecture-overview)
+- [Documentation](#documentation)
+- [Contributing](#contributing)
+- [License](#license)
+
+---
+
+## Features
+
+### 🪑 Docking & Layout
+
+- **Multi-area docking** — Dock widgets to left, right, top, bottom, or center regions within a window
+- **Tabbed dock areas** — Multiple widgets share a single dock area as tabs, with full tab management (reorder, close, float)
+- **Floating windows** — Detach any dock widget into its own top-level window; drag it back to dock
+- **Drag-and-drop layout** — Intuitive resize, re-order, and re-dock via visual drop indicators
+- **Nested splitters** — Arbitrary nesting of horizontal and vertical split panes
+- **Maximize/restore** — Expand any dock area to fill its container
+
+### 📌 Sidebars
+
+- **Auto-hide panels** — VS Code-style slide-out sidebars that appear on hover
+- **Pinned widgets** — Pin dock widgets to sidebars with visual tab buttons
+- **Notification badges** — Numerical or symbolic badges on sidebar tabs
+- **Configurable focus behavior** — Choose whether sidebars steal keyboard focus
+- **Drag to detach** — Tear pinned widgets out of sidebars back into the main layout
+
+### 🎨 Theming
+
+- **14 built-in themes** — Dark, light, midnight, warm, nordic, monokai, neutral, tokyo_night, catppuccin, dracula, solarized_dark/light, and cyberpunk_neon
+- **Declarative `ThemeSpec`** — Define custom themes with color palettes and geometrical tokens (corner radius, border width, title height, tab radius, content margin, etc.)
+- **Reactive borders** — Active dock area shows a vibrant focus border; inactive areas show a subtle neutral border
+- **OS auto-sync** — Automatically switch between light/dark themes when the OS changes
+- **Custom QSS/stylesheet support** — Point themes to external `.qss` or `.css` files
+
+### ⚙️ Configuration
+
+- **16 global flags** — Control tab visibility, button visibility, drag behavior, floating window chrome, icon styling, and more
+- **Per-widget feature flags** — Granular control over what each dock widget can do: closable, movable, floatable, pinnable
+- **Insertion order** — Sort "Show View" menu items alphabetically or chronologically
+- **Toggle view actions** — Integrate dock widget show/hide into menu bars or toolbars as checkable toggles or one-way show buttons
+
+### 💾 Persistence
+
+- **JSON layout serialization** — Save and restore complete window layouts to/from JSON files
+- **Perspectives** — Save named layout presets (e.g., "Coding Mode", "Presentation Mode") and switch between them instantly
+- **Atomic file I/O** — Layouts are written atomically (temp file + rename) to prevent corruption
+
+### 🎯 Icons & Chrome
+
+- **SVG-based icon system** — Theme-aware SVG icons with automatic color tinting
+- **Custom icon provider** — Register a directory of SVG icons for use across tabs and menus
+- **Painted chrome** — Custom-drawn title bars, tab buttons, splitter handles, and drop indicators with rounded corners and hover states
+- **Chromeless floating windows** — Optional frameless floating windows that rely entirely on Lace's custom title bar
+
+---
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install pyside6
+# Clone Lace
+git clone https://github.com/yourusername/lace.git
+cd lace
+```
+
+### Minimal Example
+
+```python
+import sys
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QTextEdit
+from lace import DockManager, DockWidget, DockWidgetArea, apply_dock_theme
+
+app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+app.setStyle("Fusion")
+
+window = QMainWindow()
+window.setWindowTitle("My App")
+window.resize(1200, 800)
+
+# Create the dock manager
+dock_manager = DockManager(window)
+window.setCentralWidget(dock_manager._root)
+
+# Apply a theme
+apply_dock_theme("cyberpunk_neon")
+
+# Add a dock widget
+editor = DockWidget("Editor", window)
+editor.set_widget(QTextEdit())
+editor.set_features(DockWidgetFeature.all_features)
+dock_manager.add_dock_widget(DockWidgetArea.center, editor)
+
+window.show()
+app.exec()
+```
+
+### Full Example
+
+Run the demo application to explore all features:
+
+```bash
+python demo_app.py
+```
+
+The demo includes:
+- Multiple dock widgets with different feature flags (closable, movable, floatable, pinnable)
+- Sidebar setup with notification badges
+- Theme switching menu with 14 built-in themes
+- Global flags menu for live configuration toggling
+- Insertion order control
+- Sidebar focus mode and badge position controls
+- Preset configurations (Default, Minimal, Full)
+
+---
+
+## Screenshots
+
+> *Screenshots coming soon — add images of your application running with different themes.*
+
+---
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+Lace is built around a clean, modular architecture:
+
+```
+DockManager (facade)
+├── DockContainerWidget (root + floating windows)
+│   ├── DockSplitter (nested, orientation-aware)
+│   └── DockAreaWidget (tabbed regions)
+│       ├── DockAreaTitleBar
+│       │   └── DockAreaTabBar → DockWidgetTab (×N)
+│       └── DockWidget → user content (QTextEdit, QWidget, etc.)
+├── SidebarManager (auto-hide panels)
+│   ├── SideTabBar → VerticalTabButton (×N)
+│   └── SideBarContainer (overlay panel)
+├── LayoutSerializer (JSON persistence)
+├── DockStyleManager (theme engine)
+├── DockThemeBridge (QPalette → Qt children)
+└── ThemeManager (OS-aware auto light/dark)
+```
+
+See the [Architecture Documentation](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) for a complete module-by-module reference with class hierarchies, signals, and method tables.
+
+---
+
+## Documentation
+
+| Document | Description |
+|---|---|
+| [**Quick Reference**](docs/QUICK_REFERENCE.md) | 5-minute guide — installation, common patterns, API lookup |
+| [**Architecture**](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md) | Complete system architecture — all modules, classes, signals, and data flow |
+| [**Theming & Geometry**](docs/theming_and_geometry.md) | ThemeSpec tokens, titlebar flushness, reactive borders, content margin |
+| [**Enum Mapping**](docs/enum_mapping.md) | Comprehensive mapping of all enumerations and flags with wiring status |
+
+---
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+lace/
+├── lace/                          # Main package
+│   ├── dock_manager.py            # Central orchestrator (facade)
+│   ├── dock_widget.py             # User-facing dock widget wrapper
+│   ├── dock_widget_tab.py         # Painted-chrome tab button
+│   ├── dock_container_widget.py   # Root + floating container
+│   ├── dock_area_widget.py        # Single tabbed region
+│   ├── dock_splitter.py           # Nested splitters + resize handles
+│   ├── floating_dock_container.py # Top-level floating window
+│   ├── dock_overlay.py            # Drop-target visual overlays
+│   ├── dock_chrome.py             # Drag detector, chrome buttons, frames
+│   ├── dock_paint.py              # Painting primitives
+│   ├── dock_theme.py              # Theme schemas, ThemeSpec, color math
+│   ├── dock_custom_theme.py       # 14 built-in theme presets
+│   ├── dock_style_manager.py      # Singleton style manager (subscriber model)
+│   ├── dock_theme_bridge.py       # QPalette push to Qt children
+│   ├── theme_manager.py           # OS-aware auto dark/light switching
+│   ├── layout_serializer.py       # JSON save/restore, perspectives
+│   ├── dock_container_state.py    # Low-level tree state save/restore
+│   ├── dock_signals.py            # Internal event bus
+│   ├── dock_menu.py               # Unified context menu system
+│   ├── dock_styled.py             # DockStyled mixin (auto-style registration)
+│   ├── dock_icon_provider.py      # SVG icon provider with tinting
+│   ├── sidebar_manager.py         # Auto-hide sidebar controller
+│   ├── sidebar_tab.py             # Vertical tab button
+│   ├── sidebar_tab_bar.py         # Vertical tab strip
+│   ├── sidebar_container.py       # Animated overlay panel
+│   ├── sidebar_title_bar.py       # Title bar inside overlay panel
+│   ├── sidebar_state.py           # Sidebar state compatibility shim
+│   ├── eliding_label.py           # QLabel with text elision
+│   ├── enums.py                   # All enumerations and flags
+│   ├── util.py                    # Utility functions
+│   └── _trace.py                  # Optional debug tracing
+├── demo_app.py                    # Full-featured demo application
+├── dev_smoke/                     # Smoke tests for individual features
+├── docs/                          # Documentation
+├── lace/resources/lace_icons/     # SVG icons (close, dock, float, pin, etc.)
+├── LICENSE                        # Apache-2.0
+└── README.md                      # This file
+```
+
+---
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! Please:
+
+1. Open an issue to discuss significant changes before starting work
+2. Follow the existing code style and naming conventions
+3. Add smoke tests in `dev_smoke/` for new features
+4. Update documentation (`docs/`) for user-facing changes
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+Lace is licensed under the **Apache License 2.0**. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
+
+This project incorporates components from [qtpydocking](https://github.com/PySide6/qtpydocking) under the BSD 3-Clause License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for full attribution.
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+---
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+**Author:** opticsWolf  
+**Contact:** opticswolf@protonmail.com