HLINE and VLINE

Both controls are actually not container controls, but they are typically used for structuring content - this is the reason why they are mentioned here. The controls are rather simple: they represent lines. HLINE represents a horizontal line and VLINE represents a vertical line.

Have a look at this demo:

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The corresponding XML layout definition is:

<rowarea name="HLINE">
    <itr>
        <label name="Now a horizontal line default attributes ..." asplaintext="true">
        </label>
    </itr>
    <hline>
    </hline>
    <itr>
        <label name="Now a horizontal line, 15px height, red color ..." asplaintext="true">
        </label>
    </itr>
    <hline height="15" color="#FF0000">
    </hline>
</rowarea>
<rowarea name="VLINE" height="150">
    <itr height="100%">
        <label name="Vertical line, default ..." width="150" asplaintext="true">
        </label>
        <vline>
        </vline>
        <label name="Vertical line, 15px width, green ..." width="150" asplaintext="true">
        </label>
        <vline width="15" color="#00FF00">
        </vline>
    </itr>
</rowarea>

For each line, you can define its width/height and its color.

The following topics are covered below:

VLINE Properties

Basic
width

Width of the control.

There are three possibilities to define the width:

(A) You do not define a width at all. In this case the width of the control will either be a default width or - in case of container controls - it will follow the width that is occupied by its content.

(B) Pixel sizing: just input a number value (e.g. "100").

(C) Percentage sizing: input a percantage value (e.g. "50%"). Pay attention: percentage sizing will only bring up correct results if the parent element of the control properly defines a width this control can reference. If you specify this control to have a width of 50% then the parent element (e.g. an ITR-row) may itself define a width of "100%". If the parent element does not specify a width then the rendering result may not represent what you expect.

Optional  
color

Color of the control. Value must follow format "#rrggbb", e.g. #000000 for black.

 Optional

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

#FFFFFF

#808080

#000000
comment

Comment without any effect on rendering and behaviour. The comment is shown in the layout editor's tree view.

 Optional  

HLINE Properties

Basic
height

Height of the control.

There are three possibilities to define the height:

(A) You do not define a height at all. As consequence the control will be rendered with its default height. If the control is a container control (containing) other controls then the height of the control will follow the height of its content.

(B) Pixel sizing: just input a number value (e.g. "20").

(C) Percentage sizing: input a percentage value (e.g. "50%"). Pay attention: percentage sizing will only bring up correct results if the parent element of the control properly defines a height this control can reference. If you specify this control to have a height of 50% then the parent element (e.g. an ITR-row) may itself define a height of "100%". If the parent element does not specify a width then the rendering result may not represent what you expect.

Optional  
color

Color of the control. Value must follow format "#rrggbb", e.g. #000000 for black.

 Optional  
comment

Comment without any effect on rendering and behaviour. The comment is shown in the layout editor's tree view.

 Optional