Layout::Manager::Flow - Directional layout manager
Layout::Manager::Flow is a layout manager that anchors components in one of the four cardinal directions. The first comp
When you instantiate a Flow manager, you may supply it with an anchor value which may be one of north, south, east or west. The example below shows how the default anchor value of 'north' works when you add two components.
north +--------------------------------+ | component 1 | +--------------------------------+ | component 2 | +--------------------------------+ | | | | | | +--------------------------------+
Components are placed in the order they are added. If two items are added with a 'north' anchor then the first item will be rendered above the second. Components will be expanded to take up all space perpendicular to their anchor. North and south will expand widths while east and west will expand heights.
Flow is similar to Java's FlowLayout it does not, however, center or wrap components. These features may be added in the future if they are needed.
my $lm = Layout::Manager::Flow->new(anchor => 'north'); $lm->add_component($comp1); $lm->add_component($comp2); $lm->do_layout($container);
Creates a new Layout::Manager::Flow.
The direction this manager is anchored. Valid values are north, south, east and west.
Size and position the components in this layout.
Returns the amount of space used an arrayref in the form of [ $width, $height ].
Cory Watson, <gphat@cpan.org>
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Infinity Interactive, http://www.iinteractive.com
Copyright 2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Layout::Manager, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Layout::Manager
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Layout::Manager
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.