phosphor-panel

A convenient Phosphor panel widget and layout.

API Docs

Package Install

Prerequisites

• node

npm install --save phosphor-panel

Source Build

Prerequisites

• git
• node

git clone https://github.com/phosphorjs/phosphor-panel.git
cd phosphor-panel
npm install

Rebuild

npm run clean
npm run build

Run Tests

Follow the source build instructions first.

npm test

Build Docs

Follow the source build instructions first.

npm run docs

Navigate to docs/index.html.

Supported Runtimes

The runtime versions which are currently known to work are listed below. Earlier versions may also work, but come with no guarantees.

• IE 11+
• Firefox 32+
• Chrome 38+

Bundle for the Browser

Follow the package install instructions first.

npm install --save-dev browserify
browserify myapp.js -o mybundle.js

Usage Examples

Note: This module is fully compatible with Node/Babel/ES6/ES5. Simply omit the type declarations when using a language other than TypeScript.

A Panel is a convenient Widget subclass which acts as a container for child widgets. Adding child widgets to a panel is simple:

import {
  Panel
} from 'phosphor-panel';

import {
  Widget
} from 'phosphor-widget';

let panel = new Panel();
let child1 = new Widget();
let child2 = new Widget();
panel.addChild(child1);
panel.addChild(child2);

A more realistic scenario would involve custom widgets and CSS layout:

class LogWidget extends Widget {
  ...
}

class ControlsWidget extends Widget {
  ...
}

let logPanel = new Panel();
logPanel.addClass('my-css-layout');

let log = new LogWidget();
log.addClass('log-widget');

let controls = new ControlsWidget();
controls.addClass('controls-widget');

logPanel.addChild(log);
logPanel.addChild(controls);

The Panel and PanelLayout classes make it simple to create container widgets which cover a vast swath of use cases. Simply add CSS classes to the panel and child widgets and use regular CSS to control their layout.

Alternatively, these classes may be subclassed to create more specialized panels and layouts. The PhosphorJS project provides several useful panels and layouts out of the box. Some of the more commonly used are:

• BoxPanel
• DockPanel
• GridPanel
• SplitPanel
• TabPanel