Application Packaging Standard

Last updated 18-Mar-2019

aps/Container¶

This is used to create containers with an HTML code and/or a set of child widgets.

Every child widget (except for ``aps/Button``, ``aps/Output``, and ``aps/Status``) inside an ``aps/Container`` gets the ``gridSize`` attribute as explained in the CSS Grid Size section.

Table of contents

Compatibility
Overview
Examples
Public Properties
Public Methods
Public Events

Overview ¶

It is possible to use one or more aps/Container widgets on the same page to group widgets. Each container is used as a parent with a group of widgets sharing a single title.

Depending on the way your widgets are declared, child elements are defined as follows:

Nested arrays in case of declaration through the widget loader
Using the addChild method in case of declaration through widget constructors
Hierarchy of widgets corresponding to the hierarchy of HTML DOM nodes when using the declarative syntax

Find the nested rules for this widget in the recommended Widget Hierarchy.

Examples ¶

Basic Container¶

In the simplest case, a container is just a flat group of widgets:

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        [ "aps/Container",
            [[ "aps/ProgressBar", { value: "35%" } ],
             [ "aps/ProgressBar", { value: "55%" } ],
             [ "aps/ProgressBar", { value: "75%" } ]]
      ]
    ]]);
});

Multi-Column Placement¶

Inside a container, you may group widgets in more than one column. Depending on control panel version, one of the following methods is possible:

The CP mode supports the cols property. It allows using one or two columns in a container. By default, cols equals 0. This makes the container place all child widgets in one column. To advance a container to 2 columns, you need to specify 2 as a value for the cols property.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
 function(load) {
     load(["aps/PageContainer", [
         ["aps/Panel", [
                ["aps/Container", {cols: 2}, [
                    ["aps/TextBox", {
                        placeHolder: "Type email addresses here"
                    }],
                    ["aps/TextBox", {
                        placeHolder: "Type full name here"
                    }]
                ]]
            ]]
     ]]);
 });

../../../../../_images/container-cols.png

UX1 supports the gridSize property that specifies the width for each child separately. This method is much more flexible than using cols. It allows to use up to 12 widgets with various width in a row.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
function(load) {
    load(["aps/Panel", [
        ["aps/FieldSet", [
            ["aps/TextBox", {
                placeHolder: "Type email addresses here",
                gridSize: "md-8"
            }],
            ["aps/TextBox", {
                placeHolder: "Type full name here",
                gridSize: "md-6"
            }]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

../../../../../_images/container-gridsize.png

Descriptive Information¶

A container may display a title (the title property). A description (description) and supplemental information (hint) are environment sensitive.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            ["aps/Container", {
                title:         "Resource Usage",
                description:   "Active downloads"
            }, [
                [ "aps/Gauge", {
                    legend: "Storage-1 usage: ${value} %",
                    value: 35,
                    gridSize: "md-8"
                }],
                [ "aps/Gauge", {
                    legend: "CPU usage: ${value} %",
                    value: 55,
                    gridSize: "md-8"
                }],
                [ "aps/Gauge", {
                    legend: "RAM usage: ${value} %",
                    value: 75,
                    gridSize: "md-8"
                }]
    ]]]]]]);
});

To display a horizontal line above a container that does not have a title text, you need to set the title property to true.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            [ "aps/Container", { title: true }, [
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 35 } ],
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 55 } ],
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 75 } ]]
            ]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

Ability to collapse¶

A container may provide a user an ability to collapse its content and leave only the title visible. To do this, you need to set the collapsible property to true.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            [ "aps/Container", { collapsible: true , title: "Collapsible" }, [
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 35 } ],
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 55 } ],
                [ "aps/Gauge", { value: 75 } ]]
            ]
        ]]
    ]]);
});

Inside FieldSet¶

A container may be a child element of an aps/FieldSet container. In this case, you should specify the label property of the container for correct operation of the FieldSet widget.

RUN DEMO

require(["aps/load", "aps/ready!"],
  function(load){
    "use strict";
    load(["aps/PageContainer", [
        ["aps/Panel", [
            [ "aps/FieldSet", {
                title:         "Form Elements -> Text Input -> Single Line",
                description:   "A single line text input is used to enter short strings."
            }, [
                [ "aps/Container", { label: "DNS zones for DNSBL service" }, [
                    [ "aps/TextBox"],
                    [ "aps/Output", {
                        "class":    "hint",
                        content:  "Separate entries with a semicolon"
                    }]
                ]],
                [ "aps/TextBox", {
                    label: "f-small-size", "class": "f-small-size",
                    autoSize: false
                }],
                [ "aps/TextBox", {
                    label: "f-limits", "class": "f-limits",
                    autoSize: false
                }],
                [ "aps/Container", { label: "f-date + f-date-year" }, [
                    [ "aps/TextBox", { "class": "f-date", autoSize: false }],
                    [ "aps/TextBox", { "class": "f-date-year", autoSize:   false }]
                ]
            ]]
    ]]]]]);
});

Public Properties ¶

PROPERTY	TYPE	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
collapsed	boolean	false	If this property value is set to “false”, the inner part of the widget is visible.
collapsible	boolean	false	A container may provide a user an ability to collapse its content and leave only the title visible.
cols	number	0	Number of columns in a container.
description	string	“”	Text under the header of the Container and over the content of the Container.
disabled	boolean	false	Specifies if the widget will respond to user input.
gridSize	string	undefined	This specifies the widget width that is relevant only for widgets inside Container, FieldSet, or Tiles.
hint	string	“”	It contains supplemental information.
isBusy	boolean	false	If the widget is busy then this property is true.
label	string	“”	Text that is shown in aps.
title	string	“”	Text that is shown in the header of the Container.
visible	boolean	true	If this property value is set to true, then the widget is visible.

collapsed boolean¶

If this property value is set to “false”, the inner part of the widget is visible. Default value: false.

collapsible boolean¶

A container may provide a user an ability to collapse its content and leave only the title visible. Default value: false.

cols number¶

Number of columns in a container. Supported values: 0 and 2. The default value is 0.

description string¶

Text under the header of the Container and over the content of the Container. Default value: “”.

disabled boolean¶

Specifies if the widget will respond to user input.

Default value: false.

gridSize string¶

This specifies the widget width that is relevant only for widgets inside Container, FieldSet, or Tiles. In other cases it will be ignored.

gridSize string contains few options with number values (from 1 to 12) separated by spaces, which specify the grid size of the widget in different layouts:

- md - desktop

- xs - phone

For example, gridSize: “md-4 xs-2”.

All values below 1, e.g. “md-0”, will be replaced with the empty string (“”), values above 12, e.g. “md-14”, will be reduced to 12 (“md-12”).

Default value: undefined.

hint string¶

It contains supplemental information. Deprecated in CCP v2. Default value: “”.

isBusy boolean¶

If the widget is busy then this property is true.

Default value: false.

label string¶

Text that is shown in aps.FieldSet. Don’t shown in the header of the Container. Default value: “”.

title string¶

Text that is shown in the header of the Container. Don’t shown in aps.FieldSet. Default value: “”.

visible boolean¶

If this property value is set to true, then the widget is visible.

Default value: true.

Public Methods ¶

METHOD	RETURN	DESCRIPTION
addChild (child)	undefined	Makes the given widget a child of this widget
cancel ()	object	Sets the isBusy property to false
destroy ()	undefined	Destroys this widget
focus ()	aps/_container function	Focusing on the focusNode of the first suitable child
get ()	any	Get a property of the Stateful instance
getChildren ()	array	Returns all direct children of this widget, i
getParents ()	array	Discover and return all parents of the widget
placeAt ()	dijit/_widgetbase function	Place this widget somewhere in the DOM based on standard dojo/dom-construct::place() conventions
removeAll ()	undefined	Remove all children in the widget
removeChild (widget)	undefined	Removes the passed widget instance from this widget and destroys it
reset ()	undefined	Resets the widget
set ()	object function	Set a property of the Stateful instance
startup ()	undefined	Gets started after the DOM fragment is added to the document
validate ()	boolean	Called by oninit, onblur, and onkeypress

addChild¶

Makes the given widget a child of this widget. Inserts specified child widget’s dom node as a child of this widget’s container node, and possibly does other processing (such as layout).

Return: undefined

ARGUMENT	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
`child`	Widget	Child widget

cancel¶

Sets the isBusy property to false.

Return: object

destroy¶

Destroys this widget. Will also destroy any resources (including widgets) registered via this.own(). This method will also destroy internal widgets such as those created from a template.

Return: undefined

focus¶

Focusing on the focusNode of the first suitable child

Return: aps/_container function

get¶

Get a property of the Stateful instance. Get a named property of the Stateful object. The property may potentially be retrieved via a getter method in subclasses.

In the base class, this just retrieves the object’s property.

Return: any

getChildren¶

Returns all direct children of this widget, i.e. all widgets underneath this.containerNode whose parent is this widget. Note that it returns not all descendetns, but only the direct children. Analogous to Node.childNodes, except containing widgets rather than DOMNodes.

The result intentionally excludes internally created widgets (a.k.a. supporting widgets) outside of this.containerNode.

Note the returned array is a simple array. The application code should not assume existence of methods like forEach().

Return: array

getParents¶

Discover and return all parents of the widget.

Return: array

placeAt¶

Place this widget somewhere in the DOM based on standard dojo/dom-construct::place() conventions. A convenience function providing a simple shorthand mechanism to put an existing (or newly created) widget somewhere in the DOM, and allow chaining.

Return: dijit/_widgetbase function

removeAll¶

Remove all children in the widget.

Return: undefined

removeChild¶

Removes the passed widget instance from this widget and destroys it. You can also pass in an integer indicating the index within the container to remove (ie, removeChild(5) removes the sixth widget).

Return: undefined

ARGUMENT	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
`widget`	Widget Int	Child widget or index

reset¶

Resets the widget.

Return: undefined

set¶

Set a property of the Stateful instance. Sets named properties of the stateful object and notifies the watchers of the property. A programmatic setter may be defined in subclasses.

Return: object function

startup¶

Gets started after the DOM fragment is added to the document Called after the widget and its children have been created and added to the page, and all related widgets have finished their create() cycle, up through postCreate().

Note that startup() may be called while the widget is still hidden, for example if the widget is inside a hidden dijit/Dialog or an unselected tab of a dijit/layout/TabContainer. For widgets that need to do layout, it’s best to put that layout code inside resize(), and then extend dijit/layout/_LayoutWidget so that resize() is called when the widget is visible.

Return: undefined

validate¶

Called by oninit, onblur, and onkeypress. Show missing or invalid messages if appropriate, and highlight textbox field.

Return: boolean

Public Events ¶

EVENT	RETURN	DESCRIPTION
onClick ()	undefined	The method is called when a user clicks on the widget

onClick¶

The method is called when a user clicks on the widget.

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Application Packaging Standard

aps/Container¶

Compatibility¶

Overview¶

Examples¶

Basic Container¶

Multi-Column Placement¶

Descriptive Information¶

Ability to collapse¶

Inside FieldSet¶

Public Properties¶

collapsed boolean¶

collapsible boolean¶

cols number¶

description string¶

disabled boolean¶

gridSize string¶

hint string¶

isBusy boolean¶

label string¶

title string¶

visible boolean¶

Public Methods¶

addChild¶

cancel¶

destroy¶

focus¶

get¶

getChildren¶

getParents¶

placeAt¶

removeAll¶

removeChild¶

reset¶

set¶

startup¶

validate¶

Public Events¶

onClick¶

Compatibility ¶

Overview ¶

Examples ¶

Public Properties ¶

Public Methods ¶

Public Events ¶