reparenting windows from a wxAuiNotebook to a wxPanel

[Matthias Buelow]

Hi folks,

I'd like to do something like the following:

I have a wxAuiNotebook with a number of children as its pages.
I want to reparent all the children into a different container, say, a
wxPanel (and lay them out in a grid using a wxGridSizer), and make the
notebook disappear. Ideally, I could switch back later on, that is,
reparent the windows from the panel to the notebook and somehow restore
its configuration (via LoadPaneInfo() or a similar method).
The general idea is to (upon a keypress) toggle a work area with child
windows between an AUI notebook display and a simple grid layout.

Is this at all possible? My attempts so far in reparenting children from
the notebook to a panel have been unsuccessful. I have tried using
wxWindow::Reparent() and using combinations of RemoveChild()/AddChild()
etc. but can't get the children to display in the panel. Should I try
some more or is this not possible?

I'm using wxGTK 2.8.7 but it would have to work on wxMSW and wxMac aswell.

Thanks for any answers.