Helper to dock EditorWindows

Docker.cs

#if UNITY_EDITOR
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public static class Docker
{

    #region Reflection Types
    private class _EditorWindow
    {
        private EditorWindow instance;
        private Type type;

        public _EditorWindow( EditorWindow instance ) {
            this.instance = instance;
            type = instance.GetType();
        }

        public object m_Parent {
            get {
                var field = type.GetField( "m_Parent", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic );
                return field.GetValue( instance );
            }
        }
    }

    private class _DockArea
    {
        private object instance;
        private Type type;

        public _DockArea( object instance ) {
            this.instance = instance;
            type = instance.GetType();
        }

        public object window {
            get {
                var property = type.GetProperty( "window", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public );
                return property.GetValue( instance, null );
            }
        }

        public object s_OriginalDragSource {
            set {
                var field = type.GetField( "s_OriginalDragSource", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic );
                field.SetValue( null, value );
            }
        }
    }

    private class _ContainerWindow
    {
        private object instance;
        private Type type;

        public _ContainerWindow( object instance ) {
            this.instance = instance;
            type = instance.GetType();
        }


        public object rootSplitView {
            get {
                var property = type.GetProperty( "rootSplitView", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public );
                return property.GetValue( instance, null );
            }
        }
    }

    private class _SplitView
    {
        private object instance;
        private Type type;

        public _SplitView( object instance ) {
            this.instance = instance;
            type = instance.GetType();
        }

        public object DragOver( EditorWindow child, Vector2 screenPoint ) {
            var method = type.GetMethod( "DragOver", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public );
            return method.Invoke( instance, new object[] { child, screenPoint } );
        }

        public void PerformDrop( EditorWindow child, object dropInfo, Vector2 screenPoint ) {
            var method = type.GetMethod( "PerformDrop", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public );
            method.Invoke( instance, new object[] { child, dropInfo, screenPoint } );
        }
    }
    #endregion

    public enum DockPosition
    {
        Left,
        Top,
        Right,
        Bottom
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Docks the second window to the first window at the given position
    /// </summary>
    public static void Dock( this EditorWindow wnd, EditorWindow other, DockPosition position ) {
        var mousePosition = GetFakeMousePosition( wnd, position );

        var parent = new _EditorWindow( wnd );
        var child = new _EditorWindow( other );
        var dockArea = new _DockArea( parent.m_Parent );
        var containerWindow = new _ContainerWindow( dockArea.window );
        var splitView = new _SplitView( containerWindow.rootSplitView );
        var dropInfo = splitView.DragOver( other, mousePosition );
        dockArea.s_OriginalDragSource = child.m_Parent;
        splitView.PerformDrop( other, dropInfo, mousePosition );
    }

    private static Vector2 GetFakeMousePosition( EditorWindow wnd, DockPosition position ) {
        Vector2 mousePosition = Vector2.zero;

        // The 20 is required to make the docking work.
        // Smaller values might not work when faking the mouse position.
        switch ( position ) {
            case DockPosition.Left:
                mousePosition = new Vector2( 20, wnd.position.size.y / 2 );
                break;
            case DockPosition.Top:
                mousePosition = new Vector2( wnd.position.size.x / 2, 20 );
                break;
            case DockPosition.Right:
                mousePosition = new Vector2( wnd.position.size.x - 20, wnd.position.size.y / 2 );
                break;
            case DockPosition.Bottom:
                mousePosition = new Vector2( wnd.position.size.x / 2, wnd.position.size.y - 20 );
                break;
        }

        return GUIUtility.GUIToScreenPoint( mousePosition );
    }
}
#endif

@thecrazy

I needed to use AddTab for my project too here is how I did it.
Hope it helps someone.

I made a function just like Dock to do it but you also can add a tab position in the enum wand do it in the Dock function

        /// <summary>
        /// Docks the second window to the first window as a tab
        /// </summary>
        public static void AddTab(this EditorWindow wnd, EditorWindow other)
        {
            var parent = new _EditorWindow(wnd);
            var child = new _EditorWindow(other);
            var dockArea = new _DockArea(parent.m_Parent);
            var childDockArea = new _DockArea(child.m_Parent);
            childDockArea.RemoveTab(other);
            dockArea.AddTab(other);
        }

If you don't remove the tab from the window you're about to dock it will just create a duplicate and you'll have two windows.
So to do that we have to add two functions in the _DockArea class : AddTab and RemoveTab.

            public void AddTab(EditorWindow child)
            {
                var methods = type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
                var method = methods.FirstOrDefault(c =>
                {
                    return
                        c.Name == "AddTab" &&
                        c.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType == typeof(EditorWindow);
                });
                method.Invoke(instance, new object[] { child, true });
            }

            public void RemoveTab(EditorWindow pane)
            {
                var methods = type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
                var method = methods.FirstOrDefault(c =>
                {
                    return
                        c.Name == "RemoveTab" &&
                        c.GetParameters().Count() == 1;
                });
                method.Invoke(instance, new object[] { pane });
            }

and that's it 😄

Thank you guys for this... what a life saver! Spent so much time trying to figure out Unity's "documentation". New to reflection.. so it was difficult using MS's docs, but this really helps put it all together. <3

My small contribution: Added shortcuts to some static methods using this attribute. In this example, Control + M calls the method that follows. Here's the documentation on the attribute!

[Shortcut("AddNewInspectorWindow", KeyCode.M, ShortcutModifiers.Action)]
public static void MyAddInspectorFunction()
{
//code
};

hey. the code seems to not work properly in Unity 2020.3.25f1

Some advice for astronauts: you can use internal bridges of unity: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/a6cadb936f3855ab7e5bd8e19d85af403d6802c6/Editor/Mono/AssemblyInfo/AssemblyInfo.cs
Just create an assembly with the one of the names (Unity.InternalAPIEditorBridge.001 for example) and then you can use internals of unity inside this assebly. You don't need reflection afrer that

       public static void DockTo(this EditorWindow first, EditorWindow second, DockPosition position)
        {
            Vector2 mousePosition = GetFakeMousePosition(second, position);
            SplitView targetView = null;
            DropInfo dropInfo = null;
            var windows = ContainerWindow.windows;
            for (int i = 0; i < windows.Length; i++)
            {
                SplitView rootSplitView = windows[i].rootSplitView;
                if (rootSplitView != null)
                {
                    dropInfo = rootSplitView.DragOverRootView(mousePosition);
                    targetView = rootSplitView;
                }

                if (dropInfo == null)
                {
                    View rootView = windows[i].rootView;
                    for (int j = 0; j < rootView.allChildren.Length; j++)
                    {
                        if (rootView.allChildren[j] is IDropArea dropArea)
                        {
                            dropInfo = dropArea.DragOver(second, mousePosition);
                            if (dropInfo != null)
                            {
                                targetView = rootView.allChildren[j] as SplitView;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    break;
                }
            }


            if (targetView != null && dropInfo != null)
            {
                DockArea.s_OriginalDragSource = (DockArea) first.m_Parent;
                targetView.PerformDrop(first, dropInfo, mousePosition);
            }
        }