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// use the default "full" mode - not the "fit" mode many of the codepens use
// full mode makes a full window stage without any automatic scaling
// the objects then must be manually scaled in the Frame's resize event
const frame = new Frame({color:darker});
frame.on("ready", ()=>{ // ES6 Arrow Function - similar to function(){}
zog("ready from ZIM Frame"); // logs in console (F12 - choose console)
// often need below - so consider it part of the template
let stage = frame.stage;
let stageW = frame.width;
let stageH = frame.height;
// REFERENCES for ZIM at https://zimjs.com
// see https://zimjs.com/intro.html for an intro example
// see https://zimjs.com/learn.html for video and code tutorials
// see https://zimjs.com/docs.html for documentation
// CODE HERE
// RESPONSIVE / FLEXIVE - like former Adobe Flex or its successor CSS Flexbox
// Here we make regions in containers
// and then layout the regions with the ZIM Layout() class
// we then resize() the layout object in the resize event
// ZIM handles multiple pages with the Pages() class (not shown)
// and multiple layouts can be added to a LayoutManager() to resize all at once
// make left, middle and right containers
// Adaptive design can be done by providing alternate page for vertical layout, for instance
const left = new Container(100, 300).addTo();
const pad = new Pad(60, 1, 4, [1,2,3,4], green).centerReg(left);
pad.selectedIndex = 2;
const middle = new Container(500, 500).addTo();
const title = new Label({
text:"ZIM - Responsive Canvas: Layout / Flex",
color:white
}).alp(.95).scaleTo(middle, 90).pos(0, 40, CENTER, TOP, middle);
const button = new Button({backgroundColor:dark, rollBackgroundColor:grey, label:"TOGGLE"})
.center(middle)
.tap(()=>{
layout.toggle();
stage.update();
});
const right = new Container(100, 550).addTo();
var cp = new ColorPicker({
colors:[purple, pink, blue, green, orange, red],
cols:6,
circles:true,
backgroundColor:clear
}).centerReg(right).rot(-90) // negative to match up down arrows on component
cp.selectedIndex = 4;
cp.on("change", ()=>{
layout.regions[1].backgroundColor = cp.selectedColor;
layout.resize();
});
// the Layout() class with its regions - all sorts of options, see the docs
// may look similar to CSS but... programming used this format well before CSS was around
const layout = new Layout(stage, [
{object:left, backgroundColor:darker},
{object:middle, backgroundColor:orange},
{object:right, align:"center", minWidth:20, maxHeight:90}
], 0, null, false, new Shape()); // container, regions, last margin, backing color, vertical, boundary shape
// here is the frame resize event (same as window.addEventListener("resize", ()=>{}))
frame.on("resize", resize);
function resize() {
stageW = frame.width;
stageH = frame.height;
layout.resize();
}
// DOCS FOR ITEMS USED
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=container
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=pad
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=label
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=button
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=colorpicker
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=layout
// http://zimjs.com/docs.html?item=frame
}); // end of ready
Also see: Tab Triggers