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SUB PANE
Guide Section: An EASAP GUI
EASAP Tree: USER INTERFACE → FORM LIST or TABBED PANE LIST → FORM or TABBED PANE
A SUB PANE creates a rectangular area in the GUI to group data entry and display objects.
A common use case use involves an arrangement of other SUB PANE's in a rectangular table:
- Create a 2 row x 3 column grid Parent SUB PANE or LAYOUT PANEL for six Child SUB PANE's
- For the Parent set:
- Layout: GRID
- Grid: 2,3
- Show Border: FALSE
 SUB PANE |
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| Optional Parameters: | |
| Border: | Label displayed on SUB PANE's border, object references allowed. |
| Show if: | Logical expression, if TRUE then pane shown, if FALSE then pane NOT shown |
| Enable if: | Logical expression, if TRUE then pane enabled, if FALSE then pane NOT enabled |
| Layout: | Specify placement of Child objects within a SUB PANE, default→VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, HORIZONTAL FLOW, or GRID (in which case Grid: must be set) |
| Grid: | If Layout:→GRID, Grid: will define the dimensions of a rowsxcolumns grid for Child objects using integers in the form rows,columns (eg. 5,7 for a 'calendar month grid of days') |
| Show Border: | Show border rectangle, default→TRUE or FALSE |
| Label Width: | Width in pixels for all object labels in SUB PANE |
| Style: | A literal string, a USER INTERFACE STYLE or an object reference that controls the visual appearance of this SUB PANE. |
| Column Widths: Row Heights: | Fixed by the Excel Range Wizard in 'Spreadsheet compatibility' mode. To modify these values, convert the SUB PANE, right-click select →'Change Object Type'→ to LAYOUT PANEL (the new object will have Style: settings imported from Excel but now modifiable by an Author. |
| Style to Child: | Should Child objects inherit the Style: of this SUB PANE? default→FALSE Each Child→Style: must be left blank or else it will take precedence over the Parent→Style: |
| Visual Compatibility: | Should the content within the SUB PANE should mimic the look of an Excel spreadsheet? SPREADSHEET is required for Change Object Type to LAYOUT PANEL under right-click menu. default→No |
| Show If Mode: | Allows the entire row of objects to be hidden when Show If: is FALSE. This prevents a GRID layout from collapsing. default→NORMAL, ROW HIDING |
| Rowspan: | Span vertically across more than one cell in a Parent LAYOUT PANEL or SUB PANE with Parent→Layout:GRID |
| Colspan: | Span horizontally across more than one cell in a Parent LAYOUT PANEL or SUB PANE with Parent→Layout:GRID |