POC: plugin subcomponent (ie table) in app layout

[kecnry]

Description

This pull request shows a POC of how a plugin subcomponent (i.e. table) can be shown in the golden-layout of the main app/viewer section of the app. This was an old POC rebased onto main so that we can discuss if we want to polish it for use with catalogs tables or wait for a fully-fledged table viewer (cc @bmorris3 )

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[bmorris3]

Would it be possible to remove the table from the plugin when it has been popped out, and show it again in the plugin when the in-app table is closed?

[kecnry]

Would it be possible to remove the table from the plugin when it has been popped out, and show it again in the plugin when the in-app table is closed?

Probably - but we'd also probably only want to do that for the tray instance (not any in-line or popout instances of plugins), right?