4. Layouts and layout elements
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Layouts are containers designed to help arrange component positions in view. Its definition is the same as normal component definition:
<component type="layoutType" name="componentName" basicOptions>
// HERE YOU PUT LAYOUT CONTENT
// HERE YOU PUT LAYOUT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
</component>
Where:
- layoutType - is name of layout
- componentName - is an identifier of layout
- basicOptions - are options for layout as key="value"
- layout content - are normal inner component definitions
- additional options - layout addtional options in form
<option type="optionType" value="optionValue" />
4.1. layouts
4.1.1. flowLayout
Flow layout puts its content one below another in top-down order.
basic options
none
additional options
none
4.1.2. verticalLayout
Vertical layout is currently the same as flow layout.
4.1.3. gridLayout
Grid layout arranges its components in grid-like structure. It is most common used layout in system.
options
basic options
- columns - [integer] required attribute that defines number of columns in elements grid
- rows - [integer] required attribute that defines number of rows in elements grid
- fixedRowHeight - [true | false] optional attribute that defines if every row in grid has the same height. Default value is 'true'.
- hasBorders - [true | false] If 'false' - there is no vertical lines between elements grid columns. Default value is 'true'.
additional options
none
content
Content of grid layout is defined as set of cells. Each cell is defined as:
<layoutElement column="columnNumber" row="rowNumber" width="cellWidth" height="cellHeight">
// HERE YOU PUT CELL CONTENT
</layoutElement>
Where:
- columnNumber - number of cell column
- rowNumber - number of cell row
- cellWidth - [optional] width of cell (in columns). Default is "1".
- cellHeight - [optional] height of cell (in rows). Default is "1".
Cell content is a normal xml components definition.