Index: lams_central/web/css/authoring.css
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diff -u -r0441b6caf440e4a40163c2aa4ba1f4002051fc81 -rcb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40
--- lams_central/web/css/authoring.css	(.../authoring.css)	(revision 0441b6caf440e4a40163c2aa4ba1f4002051fc81)
+++ lams_central/web/css/authoring.css	(.../authoring.css)	(revision cb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40)
@@ -70,22 +70,14 @@
 	border: none;
 }
 
-#dialogMinContainer {
-	height: 35px;
-	bottom: 1px;
-	left: 1px;
-	position: fixed;
-	right: 1px;
-	z-index: 9999;
-}
-
 .dialogMin {
+	top: auto !important;
+	bottom: 5px !important;
 	overflow: hidden !important;
 	padding: 0 !important;
-	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
-	float: left;
-	position: static !important;
-	width: 257px !important;
+	position: fixed !important;
+	width: 250px !important;
+	height: 35px !important;
 }
 
 .dialogMin .modal-title {
@@ -109,6 +101,7 @@
 	height: 100%;
 	margin: 0 !important;
 	padding: 3px 5px !important;
+	cursor: default !important;
 }
 
 div.smallHeader .modal-header {
Index: lams_central/web/css/main.css
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diff -u -r9215bdc1670a10e0a55aef21bedce446eb460082 -rcb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40
--- lams_central/web/css/main.css	(.../main.css)	(revision 9215bdc1670a10e0a55aef21bedce446eb460082)
+++ lams_central/web/css/main.css	(.../main.css)	(revision cb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40)
@@ -342,22 +342,14 @@
 	cursor: move;
 }
 
-#dialogMinContainer {
-	height: 35px;
-	bottom: 1px;
-	left: 1px;
-	position: fixed;
-	right: 1px;
-	z-index: 9999;
-}
-
 .dialogMin {
+	top: auto !important;
+	bottom: 5px !important;
 	overflow: hidden !important;
 	padding: 0 !important;
-	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
-	float: left;
-	position: static !important;
-	width: 257px !important;
+	position: fixed !important;
+	width: 250px !important;
+	height: 35px !important;
 }
 
 .dialogMin .modal-title {
@@ -381,6 +373,7 @@
 	height: 100%;
 	margin: 0 !important;
 	padding: 3px 5px !important;
+	cursor: default !important;
 }
 
 .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-content {
Index: lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js
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diff -u -r34350886b13d64af5e221ee22f3fc14ff251139b -rcb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40
--- lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	(.../dialog.js)	(revision 34350886b13d64af5e221ee22f3fc14ff251139b)
+++ lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	(.../dialog.js)	(revision cb4d21bab9428253cb4b4fe98ddfb092676aeb40)
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
 				dialog.position(position);
 			}
 
-			
 			if (draggable) {
 				modalDialog.on('drag', function(event, ui){
 					// pass the event to the dialog, not its internal element
@@ -212,39 +211,59 @@
 	    $('.dialogMinimise', dialog).click(function() {
 	    	// swap icon
             $('i', this).toggleClass('fa-minus').toggleClass('fa-clone');
-	        dialog.toggleClass('dialogMin');
 	        if (dialog.hasClass('dialogMin')) {
+	        	shiftMinimisedDialogs(dialog);
+	        	// restore old left position
+	        	dialog.css('left', dialog.data('oldLeft'));
+	        	dialog.removeClass('dialogMin');
+	            dialog.siblings('.modal-backdrop').show();
+	            $('.dialogMaximise', dialog).show();
+	            $('.ui-resizable-handle', dialog).show();
+	            if (draggable) {
+	            	modalDialog.draggable('enable');
+	            }
+	        } else {
+	        	// store current left position
+	            dialog.data('oldLeft', dialog.css('left'));
+	        	dialog.css('left', $('.dialogMin').length * 260 + 5 + 'px');
+	        	dialog.addClass('dialogMin');
 	        	// remove overlay
 	        	dialog.siblings('.modal-backdrop').hide();
-	        	// move the dialog to the bar at the bottom
-	        	var minContainer = $('#dialogMinContainer');
-	        	if (minContainer.length == 0) {
-	        		minContainer = $('<div>').attr('id', 'dialogMinContainer').appendTo('body');
-	        	}
-	        	minContainer.append(dialog);
 	            // disable maximising 
 	        	$('.dialogMaximise', dialog).hide();
 	        	// disable rezising
 		        $('.ui-resizable-handle', dialog).hide();
-	        } else {
-	            $('body').append(dialog);
-	            var minContainer = $('#dialogMinContainer');
-	            if (minContainer.children().length == 0) {
-		            $('#dialogMinContainer').remove();
+	            if (draggable) {
+	            	modalDialog.draggable('disable');
 	            }
-	            dialog.siblings('.modal-backdrop').show();
-	            $('.dialogMaximise', dialog).show();
-	            $('.ui-resizable-handle', dialog).show();
 	        };
 	    });
+	    
+	    dialog.on('hide.bs.modal', function(){
+	    	shiftMinimisedDialogs($(this));
+	    });
 	} else {
 		$('.dialogMinimise, .dialogMaximise', dialog).remove();
 	}
 	
 	return dialog;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Moves other minimised dialogs to the left after the given dialog was restored or closed.
+ */
+function shiftMinimisedDialogs(dialog){
+	var left = dialog.offset().left;
+	$('.dialogMin').each(function(){
+		var thisDialogLeft = $(this).offset().left;
+		// if the dialog was to the right of the given dialog, shift it to left
+		if (left < thisDialogLeft) {
+			$(this).css('left', thisDialogLeft - 260 + 'px');
+		}
+	});
+}
 
+
 /**
  * Focuses on the dialog. Called from within the contained iframe.
  */