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MDI (Multiple document interface)

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Description

Description

Can we have multiple document interface support in MAUI?
It may be a outdated pattern for the most part, but it's still very useful for game editors but its also good for small single monitors.

While it may take some work behind the scenes of the maui api.
It's public api is as simple as letting the user assign a window or control to another window's parent.

Public API Changes
var window = new Window();
var subWindow = new Window();
subWindow.Parent = window;
// or
var control = new Control();
var subWindow = new Window();
subWindow.Parent = control;
Intended Use-Case

For me it would be used in gamedev, however I have seen dentist offices use winforms MDI for their apps due to being limited to 1 small screen.

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Research direction

The issue names MAUI's Window and Control types and proposes assigning a subwindow's Parent; no files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by locating the existing Window and Control APIs and determining how the proposed parent relationship should work across MAUI's supported desktop targets. Done means the described MDI use case and public API are supported.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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