<change id="minimize_and_float">

    <api name="winsys"/>

    <summary>New API to check/modify the floating and minimize state of a TopComponent.</summary>

    <version major="6" minor="57"/>

    <date day="27" month="6" year="2012"/>

    <author login="saubrecht"/>

    <compatibility addition="yes" source="compatible" semantic="compatible" deprecation="no" deletion="no" modification="no"/>

    <description>

        <p>New methods in WindowManager class:

        <br/>

            isTopComponentMinimized()<br/>

            setTopComponentMinimized()<br/>

            isTopComponentFloating()<br/>

            setTopComponentFloating()<br/>

        </p>

    </description>

    <class package="org.openide.windows" name="WindowManager"/>

    <issue number="214854"/>

</change>

    /**

     * Checks the minimized status of given TopComponent.

     * @param tc

     * @return True if the given TopComponent is minimized (slided-out), false

     * otherwise.

     * @since 6.57

     */

    public boolean isTopComponentMinimized( TopComponent tc ) {

        return false;

    }

    /**

     * Minimizes the given TopComponent.

     * @param tc

     * @param minimize True to minimize (slide-out) given TopComponent, false

     * to pin it back to the main window.

     * @since 6.57

     */

    public void setTopComponentMinimized(  TopComponent tc, boolean minimize ) {

    }

    /**

     * Checks the floating status of given TopComponent.

     * @return True if the given TopComponent is separated from the main window.

     * @since 6.57

     */

    public boolean isTopComponentFloating( TopComponent tc ) {

        return false;

    }

    /**

     * Floats the given TopComponent or docks it back to the main window.

     * @param tc

     * @param floating True to separate the given TopComponent from the main window,

     * false to dock it back to the main window.

     * @since 6.57

     */

    public void setTopComponentFloating(  TopComponent tc, boolean floating ) {

    }