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This seems very similar to Java's gridbag layout manager (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/gridbag.html http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutor
by Robadob 13y ago
This seems very similar to Java's gridbag layout manager (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/gridbag.html http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/layout/gridba...) in terms of functionality.
I always liked the flexibility of using that layout manager (although I always managed it via visual editors) so if this does reach mainstream compatibility it could be good!
As comments on the article point out, it seems to overlap with FlexBox quite a bit though.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y agoI think it's actually based on the grids in WPF ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation ). This is no bad thing; those grids are superb for UI layout. Look at the editors list; this comes out of MS. Again, it's good that they feed this out into web standards.
- revelation 13y agoVery much reminded me of WPF, where grids are awesome. This being CSS, the syntax is a bit wonky, but it is certainly very good news for a world stuck in "pick any one of three sizes" bootstrap grids.