Class GridLayout

GoJS® Diagramming Components
version 3.0.1
by Northwoods Software®

Hierarchy

This simple layout places all of the Parts in a grid-like arrangement, ordered, spaced apart, and wrapping as needed. It ignores any Links connecting the Nodes being laid out. There are many samples that use GridLayout. Every Palette uses a GridLayout by default.

If you want to experiment interactively with most of the properties, try the Grid Layout sample. See samples that make use of GridLayout in the samples index.

By default this layout will sort all of the Parts alphabetically (comparing Part.text values, respecting case) and position them left-to-right, separated by spacing.width, until they do not fit in the current row. At that time it starts a new row, separated from the previous row by spacing.height. There is a uniform cell size equal to the maximum Part width (plus spacing width) and the maximum part height (plus spacing height). At least one part is placed in each row, even if the part by itself is wider than the wrapping width.

You can specify values for the cellSize width and height. If a part is wider than the cell size, it spans more than one cell in the row.

When the value of wrappingWidth is set to NaN, as it is by default, the value of Layout.isViewportSized will be set to true. This causes the layout to be performed again automatically as the viewport changes size. You can also specify a real number value for the wrappingWidth, which will be used instead of the diagram's viewport width, to control when each row is considered "full".

You can also set wrappingColumn to limit the number of items in each row. By default wrappingColumn is NaN, meaning that there is no limit on the number of items in any one row. Both the wrappingWidth and the wrappingColumn are respected when deciding when to wrap to the next row.

This layout is sufficiently simple that it does not use a LayoutNetwork.

Index

Constructors

Accessors

  • Gets or sets the minimum part size by which each part is positioned in the grid.

    The default value is NaN x NaN. The units are in document coordinates.

    When the cell size is smaller than a part, the part will occupy more than one cell. This allows parts to be positioned closer to each other, but then variations in part sizes may cause them not to be aligned in perfect rows or columns.

  • Gets or sets the comparison function used to sort the parts.

    The default value is a case-insensitive alphabetic comparison using the Part.text property of each part.

      $(go.GridLayout,
    {
    sorting: go.GridSorting.Ascending,
    comparer: (pa, pb) => {
    const da = pa.data;
    const db = pb.data;
    if (da.someProperty < db.someProperty) return -1;
    if (da.someProperty > db.someProperty) return 1;
    return 0;
    }
    }
    )
  • Gets or sets the minimum horizontal and vertical space between parts.

    The default value is 10 x 10. The units are in document coordinates.

  • Gets or sets the maximum number of items that the layout will arrange in a single row.

    The default is NaN, meaning not to limit the number of columns. 1 is a common value to produce a single column of parts. The value must be positive or NaN.

    When Diagram.initialAutoScale or Diagram.autoScale are not None, it is common to set wrappingColumn and wrappingWidth to large values -- whatever seems reasonable given the number and size of the parts that will be laid out and the size of the viewport.

  • Gets or sets the width beyond which the layout will start a new row.

    The default is NaN, meaning to use the width of the diagram's panel's viewport. Infinity is a common value to produce a single row of parts, unless limited by wrappingColumn. The value must be positive or NaN.

    If the new value is NaN, Layout.isViewportSized will be set to true. When Diagram.initialAutoScale or Diagram.autoScale are not None, it is common to set wrappingColumn and wrappingWidth to large values -- whatever seems reasonable given the number and size of the parts that will be laid out and the size of the viewport.

Methods

Properties

deprecated

See GridSorting.Ascending.

deprecated

See GridSorting.Descending.

deprecated

See GridSorting.Forwards.

deprecated

See GridAlignment.Location.

deprecated

See GridAlignment.Position.

deprecated

See GridSorting.Reverse.