Table Tools Desktop

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June 18th, 2026, 21:24
Melborne

Table Tools Desktop
Table Tools Desktop

Table Tools Desktop adds a dock for minimized Fantasy Grounds windows, giving your desktop a cleaner place to store the windows you want to come back to.

Instead of minimized window bubbles being scattered across the tabletop, supported windows can be docked into a visible desktop bar. Clicking a docked icon restores the window and removes it from the dock. An example here, I have set the dock the size I desired and begun to fill it with my planned windows, with the Title setting turned on rather than off or hover, so I can see what the names of the objects are.

https://i.postimg.cc/qMPCwzjX/image.png

A parcel, encounter, map, quest, story page, item, feat, table, spell, location and player notes. Each have options based on what it is, or what it's for; If I wish to award the party the parcel for their quest, I can right-click it and Add to the Party-Sheet, or right-click the encounter and add it to the Combat Tracker.

Adjust the slots to your desired fit, if you're looking to store a few items to span a whole second monitor you can select between 5 and 30 slots of minimized windows.

This is intended for GMs and players who regularly keep maps, NPCs, encounters, parcels, character sheets, reference windows, and other records open during play.

https://i.postimg.cc/4yTg85vR/Drag-and-Drops.gif
Features
- Adds a desktop dock for minimized windows
- Automatically creates dock entries when supported windows are minimized
- Click a docked icon to reopen the window, or drag it from the dock into the desktop to open it while keeping it active on the dock tray
- Supports saved dock entries between sessions
- Option to choose how many dock slots are available
- Optional dock title display modes
- Option for customizable dock themes to match popular FGUVTT themes and provide personalization between users/gm's and players
- Right-click support for useful record actions where Fantasy Grounds allows them: add to combat tracker, party sheet, share
- Removes the normal floating minimized bubble after docking
- Drag and drop windows into the dock, drop into specific locations to organize or drag and drop to reorganize
- Change the icons of the docked windows via the right-click menu
- Horozontial and Vertical orientation support
https://i.postimg.cc/26x1HtsC/image.png
Notes
- Some Fantasy Grounds right-click menu entries are inserted by the ruleset or engine (Window).
- Available dock actions depend on the type of record being docked.
- The dock is designed to feel like part of the normal Fantasy Grounds desktop rather than a separate control panel.
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Table Tools Desktop on the Forge

Changelog
19/6/2026 Fixed a text scaling/UI issue between themes. Added custom themes; Core Gold, Gothic, Frost, Futuristic, Parchment, Simplistic, White Nobility. Additionally four added themes designed to match popular FGU Themes: Western, Industrial, Winter and New Gothic.
19/6/2026 Made some slight changes to its starting point to not overlap the dice tower if that's where people keep it, thought I'd get ahead of any suggestions if that became one.
19/6/2026 Fixed off-state visibility, prevented accidental dock closing, cleaned up duplicate dock windows (a bug I made trying to fix a bug), improved icon display in masked rulesets/themes, changed the default frame to Core Gold, and added two extra themes; Mel's Gold/Silver core.
19/6/2026 Added a Dock Closed Windows option for that one player we know who "Accidentally" closes everything, allowing closed windows to be sent to the dock instead of being lost when accidentally closed.
19/6/2026 Added multiple dock row options, ranging from 1x5 to 1x30, and 2x5 to 2x30 slots for saved windows.
19/6/2026 Added drag-and-drop docking for record shortcuts, allowing NPCs, images, parcels, encounters, notes, items, stories, and similar records to be dropped directly onto the dock. Added dock rearranging by dragging docked icons into a new order, or what isn't docked into a specific location for your OCD.
20/6/2026 Added CallOfCthulhu7E, and fixed a dock-entry restore bug on restart.
20/6/2026 Changed the Table Tools Desktop extension to support a vertical dock orientation option, and fixed a bug that effected vertical rows.
26/6/2026 Added Send to Dock for smart dock entries, allowing the GM to send docked records directly to a player’s dock or all player docks without opening the record on their screen. Added a new Smart Dock: Player-to-Player Send option so groups can allow players to send accessible dock entries to each other. And a sorting function to sort your dock by different record types.
June 19th, 2026, 09:04
Lo Zeno

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Mate, it's fantastic!
Just some minor notes which hopefully are an easy fix:
- in your pictures, it looks like there's a frame around the dock, but in my test it doesn't show. It's not just a stylistic thing, it makes it a bit harder to right click to unlock and drag to reposition
- The titles don't show as neatly as in your screenshot, they're cut in half (see picture)
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781856229
I don't know if these issues are theme-specific, I used the default theme for D&D 5e
June 19th, 2026, 11:55
Melborne

Glad to hear it. I’m actually pretty happy with how this one turned out, and I think it’ll be very popular at my game tonight.

The frame is from the theme I was using, so it’s probably not universal. That was an oversight on my part, so I’ll need to pull out the trusty MS Paint and make my own. I also made the dock scale with the UI setting, and I think the title issue is a funky combination of that scaling plus the space I gave the text and.. reduced size for the second line.

I think I have a solution, though. I’ll push it out today!
June 19th, 2026, 12:03
Ravanazar

This looks to be super useful. Just picked this up and I can't wait to try it out this weekend!
June 19th, 2026, 13:02
Lo Zeno

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Originally Posted by Melborne

Glad to hear it. I’m actually pretty happy with how this one turned out, and I think it’ll be very popular at my game tonight.

The frame is from the theme I was using, so it’s probably not universal. That was an oversight on my part, so I’ll need to pull out the trusty MS Paint and make my own. I also made the dock scale with the UI setting, and I think the title issue is a funky combination of that scaling plus the space I gave the text and.. reduced size for the second line.

I think I have a solution, though. I’ll push it out today!

To be clear, it's already a BIG step up in usability from the bubbles, for me!

I haven't looked into how themes work in FGU, but wouldn't it be wiser to, instead of creating your own graphics, reuse something like the frames and backgrounds of the windows? That way they should already adapt to different themes (assuming you have a way to reference them without pointing to the specific assets of a theme but by name/tag/type/style selector or something along those lines)
June 19th, 2026, 13:18
Melborne

That makes sense, and that was actually my first approach. And where the invisible parts came in with your testing. But I think I have a pretty good solution here, I'll upload this in a minute or two!

https://i.postimg.cc/qMPCwzjX/image.png
Try a few themes and let me know.
June 19th, 2026, 13:33
Melborne

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Originally Posted by Ravanazar

This looks to be super useful. Just picked this up and I can't wait to try it out this weekend!

Can't wait to hear what you think!
June 19th, 2026, 14:52
Trenloe

This looks great!

A couple of things when initially using this:

1) There's a right-click close option. If I select that, the whole window closes (expected), but how do I get it back?
2) I don't see any icons for the minimized entries when using with the PFRPG2 (Pathfinder 2e) ruleset - just big black circles. No other extensions loaded. This is even for generic windows (images, etc.).
June 19th, 2026, 15:01
Lo Zeno

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Originally Posted by Melborne

Try a few themes and let me know.

The titles now are perfect, I can read the text fully or almost fully (when the title is too long - but there's enough text visible to understand what each icon is, just like on an OS toolbar/dockbar).

The frame though... Still not appearing :cry: I don't have any other extension loaded, only Table Tools Desktop.
Here's the themes I've tried:

Core:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781877354

Core dark:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781877233

Default:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781877445

D&D:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781877553

FG Wizards Desk:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...1&d=1781877656

What theme did YOU use for that screenshot?
June 19th, 2026, 15:10
Melborne

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

This looks great!

A couple of things when initially using this:

1) There's a right-click close option. If I select that, the whole window closes (expected), but how do I get it back?
2) I don't see any icons for the minimized entries when using with the PFRPG2 (Pathfinder 2e) ruleset - just big black circles. No other extensions loaded. This is even for generic windows (images, etc.).

Thank you!

Hmm. I see. And a console errors if you try changing its visibility/options while closed. I've added a simple recovery command, and a failsafe to reopen it if it's accidentally closed. The icons there are being masked by Fantasy Grounds, I think I can work around this. Thanks for your report, I think I have a quick solution and should be able to push an update shortly.

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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno

The titles now are perfect, I can read the text fully or almost fully (when the title is too long - but there's enough text visible to understand what each icon is, just like on an OS toolbar/dockbar).

The frame though... Still not appearing :cry: I don't have any other extension loaded, only Table Tools Desktop.
Here's the themes I've tried:

What theme did YOU use for that screenshot?

Oh.. I meant the dock themes, not FGU themes! I apologize, head over into your options and give it a test!

https://i.postimg.cc/ht4X46Ph/image.png
This screenshot was taken on PF2 while I tested out the icon image bug.
June 19th, 2026, 15:15
Lo Zeno

Ah! I didn't even think of checking the options!

Yep, I see all the different themed frames now - beautiful, they work perfectly
June 19th, 2026, 15:57
Melborne
Updating now!

The dock has learned some manners.

Fixed/Adjusted
- Turning Smart Dock off now actually hides the dock.
- The dock can no longer be accidentally closed from the window menu.
- Added cleanup for a short-lived build where the dock could clone itself like it had learned mitosis.
- Adjusted icon handling for rulesets such as PFRPG2 where some dock icons could appear as black circles... and this should fix other rulesets too.
- Changed the default dock frame to Core Gold so first load is easier to see.
- And I added some more dock frame options.
https://i.postimg.cc/j27JY7ct/image.png
June 19th, 2026, 16:01
Trenloe

Fantastic! Thanks very much for the fast responses and updates.
June 19th, 2026, 17:09
Melborne

Glad you're enjoying it, and thank you! I'm glad it'll be of great use.

I've added a few extra details; allowing two rows to be created and created a new option for that one player we all have who "accidentally" closes stuff; the table tools desktop here will catch windows you close and not just minimize. You can update now to play around with it. I'm looking at dragging and dropping windows into it as well, and allowing you to reposition where they are via drag and drop methods.
June 19th, 2026, 17:11
Lo Zeno

Mate, you went far beyond what I was envisioning when I made the thread as feature request.
Awesome job!
June 19th, 2026, 17:13
Melborne

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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno

Mate, you went far beyond what I was envisioning when I made the thread as feature request.
Awesome job!

Thanks! It really was a good idea, I have a few more things planned for it.. I suppose it might be time to change your signature ;)
June 19th, 2026, 17:38
Lo Zeno

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Originally Posted by Melborne

I suppose it might be time to change your signature ;)

Yep, working on it already 😅

I have a suggestion for an improvement, but I don't know how easy or hard it is to do, and it's not a "must have": more meaningful icons based on the window.
E.g.: if it's the window of a character, the icon could be the same picture used as Token of the character, that way even if the titles on the toolbar appear only on hover it's immediately obvious, with a glance, what the window is. If it's a book, use the same miniature used for that book in the Modules window. Etc.
June 19th, 2026, 17:50
Melborne

Looks perfect!

I was actually in the middle of adding and testing right-click options to change icons. As well I've pushed an update to allow you to drag and drop things down into the bar, move things around, etc. Oh and a new setting for that one player we all know that "accidentally" closes everything.
June 20th, 2026, 19:42
Toadkiller

I snagged this addon and it is fantastic, and in my opinion it is a must have for certain players that are not the most technically inclined :D

Is there a possibility of having an option for the bar to be displayed vertically?
June 20th, 2026, 20:03
Melborne

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Originally Posted by Toadkiller

I snagged this addon and it is fantastic, and in my opinion it is a must have for certain players that are not the most technically inclined :D

Is there a possibility of having an option for the bar to be displayed vertically?

That's a pretty darn good idea.
June 20th, 2026, 20:36
Melborne

https://i.postimg.cc/1zk0xb7H/image.png
June 20th, 2026, 22:30
Toadkiller

That is perfect, thanks!
June 26th, 2026, 19:57
Melborne

The smart dock can now send records directly to another player’s dock. If you have an image, handout, parcel, note, or other docked record you want someone to have handy, right-click it on the record and use Send to Dock. As the GM, you can send it to a specific player or to all connected players without popping the window open on their screen.

There is also a new option for Player-to-Player Send. When enabled, players can send docked entries to each other, while the host still validates the request so private GM-only material does not get exposed by accident.

This has already been useful in testing for quietly handing someone a map, reference, note, or recurring window without interrupting the table.

Edit: And a sorting function.