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Eclipse RAP Development Guide
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Layouts

Identifier:
org.eclipse.rap.ui.layouts

Since:
RAP 1.2

Description:
This extension point is used to register a custom Layout. This means a grafical Layout not a Layout from the programmers point of view.
Every Layout can hold attributes called LayoutSets. A LayoutSet is a simple container for images, fonts, colors and position data. These sets are usually coupled to a ElementBuilder.
A Layout can override LayoutSets of other Layouts. These overriden LayoutSets are used if the user switch the Layout during runtime.
The default Layout can be defined by contributing to the org.eclipse.rap.ui.branding extension point. If there is no default Layout defined a fallback mechanism will be used to show the standard Layout.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( layout+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT layoutSet EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST layoutSet

id    CDATA #REQUIRED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

  • id - The unique identifier for a LayoutSet. This id can be used to override a LayoutSet in a different Layout.
  • name - This optional attribute is just to give the LayoutSet a readable name.
  • class - The definition of a LayoutSet. This is a class that has to implement the ILayoutSetInitializer interface.

<!ELEMENT layout ( layoutSet+)>

<!ATTLIST layout

id   CDATA #REQUIRED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

  • id -
  • name -

Examples:
The following is an example of a Layout with three LayoutSets:


<extension
         id=
"org.eclipse.presentation.example.layout"

         name=
"Example Layout"

         point=
"org.eclipse.ui.presentations.Layouts"
>
      <LayoutSet
            class=
"org.eclipse.rap.ui.interactiondesign.example.layoutset.HeaderLayoutSet2"

            id=
"header.layoutset"

            name=
"Header2"
>
      </LayoutSet>
      <LayoutSet
            class=
"org.eclipse.rap.ui.interactiondesign.example.layoutset.MacBarLayoutSet2"

            id=
"macBar.layoutset"

            name=
"MacBar 2"
>
      </LayoutSet>
      <LayoutSet
            class=
"org.eclipse.rap.ui.interactiondesign.example.layoutset.FooterLayoutSet2"

            id=
"footer.layoutset"

            name=
"Footer"
>
      </LayoutSet>
      <LayoutSet
            class=
"org.eclipse.rap.ui.interactiondesign.example.layoutset.NavigationPaneLayoutSet2"

            id=
"navigationpane.layoutset"

            name=
"NavigationPane"
>
      </LayoutSet>
   </extension>
 

API Information:
Each LayoutSet in a Layout has to implement the ILayoutSetInitializer interface. The method within is called during the plugin activation to initialize components like images or fonts for this LayoutSet. This implementation can look like this:

public class HeaderLayoutSet implements ILayoutSetInitializer {
  public void initializeLayoutSet( LayoutSet layoutSet ) {
    layoutSet.addImagePath( HeaderBuilderData.LEFT, "icons/headerLeft.png" );
    layoutSet.addImagePath( HeaderBuilderData.CENTER, "icons/headerCenter.png" );
    layoutSet.addImagePath( HeaderBuilderData.RIGHT, "icons/headerRight.png" );
    layoutSet.addImagePath( HeaderBuilderData.LOGO, "icons/headerLogo.png" );
    addHeaderPositions( layoutSet );
  }
}

Supplied Implementation:
A detailed implementation example can be found in the org.eclipse.rap.presentation.example project. This project defines two Layouts and a bunch of LayoutSets. They look not pretty but they do their job.


Copyright (c) 2008 EclipseSource and others. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html


 
 
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