Mozilla XUL Element and Script Reference

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Grid

A grid is an element that contains both rows and columns elements. It is used to create a grid of elements. Both the rows and columns are displayed at once although only one will typically contain content, while the other may provide size information. Whichever is last in the grid is displayed on top.

Attributes:

Attributes inherited from XUL Element


align

Determines the horizontal alignment of the children of the grid.

autostretch

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

collapsed

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

crop

If the label of the grid 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 grid. 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 grid 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 grid.

orient

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

top

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

valign

Determines the vertical alignment of the children of the grid.

width

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