To design a graphical user interface with several UI components, you need a layout. Layouts help you arrange the single UI components of a graphical user interface and automatically control the behavior of UI components in the event you make changes to the size of the parent container (including program window, browser window, device display, and screen resolution). When you add a UI component to a layout, it is automatically positioned according to the specific rules of the layout, and the layout is reorganized. Additional settings in the Toolbox menu allow you to define the behavior of the individual UI components. RapidClipse offers six different layout types, as follows:
Note:


Margin

You can determine a margin between the border of the container and the UI component laid out within it by using the Properties > Margin menu. In all layouts, the margin is enabled by default.

With margin:

 

Without margin:

  1. Select the layout in Structure.
  2. Under Properties > Margin > TLBR, click.
  3. In the deployment wizard, set the appropriate margins.

Spacing

Under Properties > Margin you can determine the spacing between the UI components. In all layouts, the spacing is enabled by default.

With spacing:

Without spacing:

  1. Select the layout in Structure.
  2. Select Spacing.