GRID item type
Defines a layout area based on a grid of cells.
GRID item basics
A GRID
form item defines an area in the layout section to place
children form items by X,Y position in layout cells.
Defining an GRID
The GRID
container declares a formatted text block defining the
dimensions and the positions of the form items contained in the grid.
You can specify the position of labels, form fields for data entry or additional interactive objects such as buttons.
A GRID
container can hold static text, item tags, field tags, hbox
tags, and layout tags to define other containers such as TABLE
,
TREE
and SCROLLGRID
.
A GRID
can hold form items such as labels, fields, or buttons at a
specific position. Form items are located with item tags in the grid layout area.
You can use layout tags to place some type of containers inside a grid.
Front-ends support different presentation and behavior options, which can be
controlled by a STYLE
attribute. For more details, see Common style attributes.
Where to use a GRID
A GRID
form item can only be defined as a GRID
container in a LAYOUT
tree.
GRID layout definition
For more details about grid layout concept, see Grid-based layout.