Protocol: SC.ChildViewLayoutProtocol
The SC.ChildViewLayoutProtocol protocol defines the properties and methods that you may
implement in your custom child view layout plugins. The only required method for a plugin to
implement is layoutChildViews.
Note: Do not mix SC.ChildViewLayoutProtocol into your classes. As a protocol, it exists only
for reference sake. You only need define any of the properties or methods listed below in order to
use this protocol.*
Defined in: child_view_layout_protocol.js
Field Summary
- SC.ChildViewLayoutProtocol.childLayoutProperties
Class Methods
Field Detail
SC.ChildViewLayoutProtocol.childLayoutProperties ArrayAn optional array of properties that should be observed on the child views in order
to re-lay out the child views when changes occur. For example, most child
view layout plugins will want to adjust the layout of the views whenever
any view is hidden or becomes visible. Therefore, the parent view should
re-run the child view layout whenever any child view's isVisible property
changes and thus, childLayoutProperties should include at least the
isVisible property name.
For another example, the included stack child layout plugins both have the
same childLayoutProperties defined:
childLayoutProperties: ['marginBefore', 'marginAfter', 'isVisible']
Class Method Detail
This required method will be called by the view each time that it needs to re-lay out its child views. The plugin should then as efficiently as possible, calculate each child views' new layout and call adjust on the child views.
For code examples, see SC.View.VERTICAL_STACK and SC.View.HORIZONTAL_STACK
in the core foundation framework.
- Parameters:
- view SC.View
- The view that is using this plugin.
This optional method will be called when the view initializes itself. By
returning true from this call, we would be indicating that whenever the
view's size changes, it should re-lay out the child views.
For instance, if the layout of the child views depends on the parent view's
size, we should return true. If the layout of the child views is
independent of the parent view's size, we can return false to improve
performance.