Mozilla XUL Element and Script Reference

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Column

A single column in a columns element. Each child of the column element is placed in each successive cell of the grid. The column with the most child elements determines the number of rows in each column.

Attributes:

Attributes inherited from XUL Element


align

Determines the horizontal alignment of the children of the column.

autostretch

In the column is placed inside a horizontally oriented box, autostretch determines whether the column stretches vertically to fit the given space. For vertically oriented boxes, determines whether the column stretches horizontally to fit the given space. Stetching in the opoosite direction is controlled with the flex attribute.

collapsed

If true, then the column is collapsed and does not appear. It is equavalent to setting the CSS visibility property to collapsed.

crop

If the label of the column is too small to fit in its given space, the text will be cropped on the side specified by the crop attribute. An ellipsis will be placed in place of the cropped text.

debug

If true, extra borders are drawn around the element and all its descendants. This can be used to determine orientation and where flexible elements are. If debug mode is enabled for a box, horizontal oriented boxes are displayed with a blue border and vertical boxes are displayed with a red border. The border above the element will be straight for non-flexible elements and wavy for flexible elements.

flex

Indicates the flexibility of the column. Flexible elements grow and shrink to fit their given space. The actual value is not relevant unless there are other flexible elements with-in the same container. Elements with larger flex values will grow more than elements with lower flex values, at the ratio determined by the two elements.

height

The height of the column in pixels. It is recommended to use the CSS height property instead.

left

For elements placed within a bulletinboard, specifies the position of the left edge of the column.

orient

Used to specify whether the children of the column element are oriented horizontally or vertically.

top

For elements placed within a bulletinboard, specifies the position of the top edge of the column.

valign

Determines the vertical alignment of the children of the column.

width

The width of the column in pixels. It is recommended to use the CSS width property instead.