AppFramework layouts

A layout consists of one or more rectangular areas called panes that contain content shown in a ViewApp. Horizontal and vertical lines called dividers set the boundaries between adjacent panes in a layout. As part of building a ViewApp, you associate a layout to a screen in a selected screen profile. The Layout system encompasses an editor and an engine that displays a layout and its content while a ViewApp is running.

During design time, you use the Layout Editor to configure one or more layouts for a ViewApp. The Layout Editor includes controls to add panes and adjust their size and arrangement to other panes within the layout's window. The Layout Editor provides properties to configure the layout itself and each individual pane. You can also drag and drop content into panes as part of configuring a layout.

In addition to containing content such as the apps and graphics that you add to layout panes, a layout can itself function as content that you add to another layout. See Add content to panes for more information.

You can also associate layouts with an Application Server object, as you would any other content item. For more information about using layouts as content, see Use a layout as content.