Controlling Empty Spaces Within the Grid
Example of setting the gridAutoFlow property.
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_145
Controls
sap.ui.layout
UI5 1.71
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples-controls
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMPC_APP_145- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_145.clas.abap↗- Library
- sap.ui.layout
- UI5 entity
sap.ui.layout.cssgrid.CSSGrid- Demo kit sample
sap.ui.layout.sample.GridAutoFlow- SAP's own sample
- running at sdk.openui5.org ↗
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
Keywords: cssgrid, sap.ui.layout.cssgrid, css, grid, autoflow, html, togglebutton, panel, overflowtoolbar, title, radiobuttongroup, radiobutton
Controls it builds
- sap.m.OverflowToolbar
- sap.m.Panel
- sap.m.RadioButton
- sap.m.RadioButtonGroup
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.Title
- sap.m.ToggleButton
- sap.m.VBox
- sap.ui.core.HTML
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.cssgrid.CSSGrid
- sap.ui.layout.cssgrid.GridItemLayoutData
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" @keywords cssgrid sap.ui.layout.cssgrid css grid autoflow html togglebutton panel overflowtoolbar title radiobuttongroup radiobutton
" @summary Example of setting the gridAutoFlow property.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_145 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA selected_index TYPE i.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS model_init.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smpc_app_145 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
model_init( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory( ).
" the original's onRadioButtonSelected switches the CSSGrid gridAutoFlow per
" selected index in JS; rebuilt on the client as a two-way bound
" selectedIndex plus the same switch as a gridAutoFlow expression binding -
" no round-trip. The Reveal Grid ToggleButton loses its press (see sidecar)
view->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:grid` v = `sap.ui.layout.cssgrid`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
" the sample's own css/main.css - without it the ten demoBox tiles render as bare text instead of the blue rounded boxes the sample is a picture of
" \{ \} escaped: the XMLView parser reads an unescaped brace as a binding
)->tag( n = `HTML` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `content` v = `<style>.sapMFlexBox.demoBox\{border-radius:10px;background-color:#427cac;text-align:center\}` &&
`.demoBox .sapMText\{color:#fff\}</style>`
)->tag( `ToggleButton`
)->a( n = `id` v = `revealGrid`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Reveal Grid`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->ele( `Panel`
)->a( n = `width` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->ele( `headerToolbar`
)->ele( `OverflowToolbar`
)->a( n = `height` v = `3rem`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `gridAutoFlow property example`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( `RadioButtonGroup`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->a( n = `selectedIndex` v = client->_bind( selected_index )
)->tag( `RadioButton`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Column - Vertical placement in columns`
)->tag( `RadioButton`
)->a( n = `text` v = `ColumnDense - Vertical placement in columns and filling empty spaces`
)->tag( `RadioButton`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Row - Horizontal placement in rows`
)->tag( `RadioButton`
)->a( n = `text` v = `RowDense - Horizontal placement in rows and filling empty spaces`
)->end(
)->ele( n = `CSSGrid` ns = `grid`
)->a( n = `id` v = `grid1`
)->a( n = `gridAutoFlow` v = |\{= ${ client->_bind( selected_index ) } === 0 ? 'Column'| &&
| : (${ client->_bind( selected_index ) } === 1 ? 'ColumnDense'| &&
| : (${ client->_bind( selected_index ) } === 2 ? 'Row' : 'RowDense')) \}|
)->a( n = `gridTemplateColumns` v = `repeat(7, 1fr)`
)->a( n = `gridTemplateRows` v = `repeat(2, 5rem)`
)->a( n = `gridAutoRows` v = `5rem`
)->a( n = `gridAutoColumns` v = `1fr`
)->a( n = `gridGap` v = `0.5rem`
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->ele( `layoutData`
)->tag( n = `GridItemLayoutData` ns = `grid`
)->a( n = `gridRow` v = `span 2`
)->end(
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `One (2 rows)`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Two`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->ele( `layoutData`
)->tag( n = `GridItemLayoutData` ns = `grid`
)->a( n = `gridRow` v = `span 2`
)->end(
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Three (2 rows)`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->ele( `layoutData`
)->tag( n = `GridItemLayoutData` ns = `grid`
)->a( n = `gridColumn` v = `span 2`
)->end(
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Four (2 columns)`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Five`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->ele( `layoutData`
)->tag( n = `GridItemLayoutData` ns = `grid`
)->a( n = `gridColumn` v = `span 2`
)->end(
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Six (2 columns)`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Seven`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Eight`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Nine`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true`
)->end(
)->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `demoBox`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Ten`
)->a( n = `wrapping` v = `true` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD model_init.
" the original's gridAutoFlow="Column" is the first radio button
selected_index = 0.
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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