LayoutView

Label: :IA_Function
Property: type: LayoutView
Inherits from: Function and View

The LayoutView Function allows users to display multiple Views simultaneously. It divides the workspace into horizontal or vertical panels with tabs in each one to see, organize and switch between different views efficiently. Each panel can be resized manually.

The View is based on Docking Layout from Smart HTML Elements

• LayoutView

  • Function parameters

  • Layout description

    • LayoutGroup

    • LayoutPanel

    • Tab

  • Action description¢

  • Outgoing triggers

    • Type: tabCreated

    • Type: tabUpdated

    • Type: tabSelected

    • Type: tabClosed

    • Type: lastTabClosed

Function parameters

Key	Description	Default value	Possible values
$layout	The initial layout description	{}	Object
#actions	List of update actions to be performed on LayoutPanel items	[]	Array of actions (documented bellow)

Layout description

The $layout description can contain the following types of elements

LayoutGroup

Is used to split an area horizontally or vertically between multiple LayoutPanels or other LayoutGroups. A LayoutGroup should be the root element of the $layout parameter.

Key	Description	Default value	Possible values
type	Type of layout element		LayoutGroup
orientation	A string value indicating the orientation of the Splitter group	null	horizontal / vertical.
size	A string	number value indicating the size of the Splitter group
items	A collection of LayoutPanel or LayoutGroup definitions	{}
resizeMode	A string indicating the resize mode.		'none', 'adjacent', 'end', 'proportional'.
resizeStep	A numeric value that determines the step of resizing	1	number
liveResize	Determines if splitter resizing happens while dragging or not	false	boolean

LayoutPanel

A LayoutPanel holds one or more Tabs

Key	Description	Default value	Possible values
type	Type of layout element		LayoutPanel
autoHide	a boolean property that determines if the LayoutPanel is autoHidden	false	Boolean
autoHidePosition	determines the autoHide position of the item if autoHide property is set		top, bottom, left, right
dropPosition	Determines the possible positions for the item at which a new item can be dropped as a result of dragging		top, bottom, left, right, center, header, layout-top, layout-bottom, layout-left, layout-right. Positions with the layout prefix reflect on LayoutPanelItems that are children of the LayoutPanel
label	the Label of the LayoutPanel window		String
tabPosition	Determines the position of the Tab labels inside the LayoutPanel
layout	determines the DockingLayout owner of the LayoutPanel. Accepts a string indicating the ID of a DockingLayout on the page or a direct reference to it
headerButtons	an Array of strings that define the buttons in the header section of the DockingLayout item
tabCloseButtons	a boolean property that Enables or disables the close buttons inside each Tab item label inside the DockingLayout item
tabOverflow	same as overflow property of smartTabs. It defines the overflow mode of the labels of the Tab items inside a DockingLayout item
selectionMode	the same as smartTabs selection modes. Applies to Tab items inside a DockingLayout item
tabResize	the same as resize property of smartTabs. Allows resizing the Tab labels inside the DockingLayout item
locked	Locks the size of the item and does not allow resizing
max	sets the maximum size of the item
min	sets the minimum size of the ite
size	sets the size of the item
items	a collection of objects. Each object defines the structure of a Tab. Each tab will will be uniquely identified by the key (in the items object.)		Object

Tab

The tab is the LayoutView element that contains other Graphileon Views.

Key	Description	Default value	Possible values
area	Graphileon View area ID		String
label	a string representing the label of the Tab item		String
selected	determines if the tab is selected. By default the first added item to the LayoutPanel is automatically selected		Boolean
draggable	a boolean property that allows to disable the dragging of the Tab item	true	Boolean

For tabs the type should not be specified because it's implied.

Action description¢

Key	Description	Default value	Possible values
type	Action to be performed		update
element	a string representing key (in the layout description) of the LayoutPanel that contains the Tabs to be updated		String
data.tabs	A collection of Tab descriptions (similar to LayoutPanel's items). Existing Tabs will be updated and missing ones will be created.		object

Outgoing triggers

Type: tabCreated

Occurrence: After a new tab is created in a panel.

Additional event properties (besides the inherited properties):

Key	Description	Possible values
data.panel	Key of the panel that contains the new tab	String
data.value	Properties of the created tab	Object

Type: tabUpdated

Occurrence: After a tab's properties are updated.

Additional event properties (besides the inherited properties):

Key	Description	Possible values
data.panel	Key of the panel that contains the tab	String
data.value	Properties of the updated tab	Object

Type: tabSelected

Occurrence: When a new tab is selected on a panel.

Additional event properties (besides the inherited properties):

Key	Description	Possible values
data.panel	Key of the panel that contains the tab	String
data.value	Properties of the selected tab	Object

Type: tabClosed

Occurrence: When a tab is closed on a panel.

Additional event properties (besides the inherited properties):

Key	Description	Possible values
data.panel	Key of the panel that contained the tab	String
data.value	Properties of the closed tab	Object

Type: lastTabClosed

Occurrence: When the last tab of a panel is closed.

Additional event properties (besides the inherited properties):

Key	Description	Possible values
data.panel	Key of the panel that contained the tab	String
data.value	Properties of the closed tab	Object

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