Added setAutoHide() and toggleAutoHide() function to CDockWidget

src/DockAreaWidget.cpp

@@ -1304,11 +1304,10 @@ void CDockAreaWidget::setAutoHide(bool Enable)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const auto area = calculateSideTabBarArea();
-
 	if (CDockManager::testAutoHideConfigFlag(CDockManager::AutoHideButtonTogglesArea)
 	 && features().testFlag(CDockWidget::DockWidgetPinnable))
 	{
+		auto area = calculateSideTabBarArea();
 		for (const auto DockWidget : openedDockWidgets())
 		{
 			if (Enable == isAutoHide())
@@ -1321,12 +1320,7 @@ void CDockAreaWidget::setAutoHide(bool Enable)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		const auto DockWidget = currentDockWidget();
+		currentDockWidget()->setAutoHide(true);
-		if (Enable == isAutoHide())
-		{
-			return;
-		}
-		dockContainer()->createAndSetupAutoHideContainer(area, DockWidget);
 	}
 }
 

src/DockWidget.cpp

@@ -1156,6 +1156,45 @@ void CDockWidget::raise()
 }
 
 
+//============================================================================
+void CDockWidget::setAutoHide(bool Enable)
+{
+	if (!CDockManager::testAutoHideConfigFlag(CDockManager::AutoHideFeatureEnabled))
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Do nothing if nothing changes
+	if (Enable == isAutoHide())
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	auto DockArea = dockAreaWidget();
+	if (!Enable)
+	{
+		DockArea->setAutoHide(false);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		auto area = DockArea->calculateSideTabBarArea();
+		dockContainer()->createAndSetupAutoHideContainer(area, this);
+	}
+}
+
+
+//============================================================================
+void CDockWidget::toggleAutoHide()
+{
+	if (!CDockManager::testAutoHideConfigFlag(CDockManager::AutoHideFeatureEnabled))
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
+	setAutoHide(!isAutoHide());
+}
+
+
 } // namespace ads
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/DockWidget.h

@@ -592,6 +592,18 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
      */
     void showNormal();
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the dock widget into auto hide mode if this feature is enabled
+	 * via CDockManager::setAutoHideFlags(CDockManager::AutoHideFeatureEnabled)
+	 */
+	void setAutoHide(bool Enable);
+
+	/**
+	 * Switches the dock widget to auto hide mode or vice versa depending on its
+	 * current state.
+	 */
+	void toggleAutoHide();
+
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     /**