Container width and height

When you first open a view in Properties View Designer, the canvas contains a single layout container. This container is the root container in which you add other containers and properties.

Each container is as wide as its parent container if a width and height is not specified. You can set a custom width.

The default height is determined by the content of the container. You can override the default height by setting the height to a specific percentage or number of pixels. If you set the container to a specific height (percentage), you must also set a specific height for the parent container or containers, including the root container. If the height of the content exceeds the specified height, a vertical scroll bar is displayed.

Tabbed Layout containers

• The Tabbed Layout container always fills the full width of the container unless an explicit height and width are specified.
• All tab panes within the container have the same width regardless of their explicit width settings.
• The height can be set for the tab container or for the individual tab panes within the container.
• If the content of a tab pane exceeds the specified width and height of the tab container, horizontal or vertical scroll bars are displayed.

Titled Layout containers

• The Titled Layout container expands to the height of its content. When the container is collapsed, the height is reduced to the height of the title bar.
• If an explicit height is specified, the container height is always that height. When the container is collapsed, the content is hidden but the height is not reduced.

Multiple column containers

• The default width for each container is an equal percentage of the parent container.
• When you override any column settings, the default settings are discarded and you must specify the settings for all columns.
• If the total column width exceeds the container width, a horizontal scroll bar is displayed.

Property List containers

• Labels have the width equal to the longest label in the list.
• The column for the editor gets the remaining width.
• A field width percentage is the percentage of the editor column.
• The field width can be specified for each property. If a width is not specified, a default width is used.

Property Table containers

• You can specify the width of the table. If the combined column width exceeds the container width, a horizontal scroll bar is displayed.
• You can specify the height of the table. If the height is not specified, the table increases in height without a limit. If a height is specified, the table height is fixed and a vertical scroll bar is displayed in the table as necessary.
• You can specify the field width for each property. If a width is not specified, a default width is selected. Percentage-based field widths are specified as a percentage of the table width.