simplegrid

Creates a grid of fixed-sized cells.  All cells in a simplegrid control are of the same size. Child components are laid out left-to-right, top-down and are sized to fill the cell. If more control over layout is required, the table container should be used instead.

Syntax

<simplegrid container attributes>

<component component attributes> </component>

<component component attributes> </component>

<component component attributes> </component>

. . .

</simplegrid>

Container Attributes

In addition to General Attributes, the following attributes may be specified:

Attribute

Values

Restrictions

Description

rows

Integer

 

Specifies the number of rows in the grid

cols

Integer

 

Specified the number of columns in the grid

Child Component Attributes

See General Attributes. There are no additional attributes for child components.

Example

The following example creates a 2 row x 3 column grid, with buttons 1, 2, 3 on the top row and buttons 4, 5, 6 on the bottom row. Each cell is 100x100 pixels.

<simplegrid left="16" top="16" height="200" width="300" rows="2" cols="3">

<button buttontype="push" name="1"/>

<button buttontype="push" name="2"/>

<button buttontype="push" name="3"/>

<button buttontype="push" name="4"/>

<button buttontype="push" name="5"/>

<button buttontype="push" name="6"/>

</simplegrid>