Introducing Panes

The Views Gadgets library supports panes. A pane is a graphical area that displays any kind of drawing, such as IlvGraphic or IlvView objects.

Panes are objects of the class IlvPane that are stored in paned containers of the class IlvPanedContainer. A paned container can be either vertical or horizontal. In vertical paned containers, panes are arranged from top to bottom, whereas in horizontal paned containers they are arranged from left to right. Panes inside a vertical paned container have all the same width, but their height can vary. Similarly, panes inside a horizontal paned container have all the same height, but their width can vary.

A pane can encapsulate a paned container, allowing you to build complex, nested pane structures, as illustrated in the following figure.

Horizontal and Vertical Paned Container and Encapsulated Paned Container

The following figure shows an application main window that implements panes:

Application Main Window Made Up of Several Panes