Small Talks/2012/September/New Features of ZK 6.5

Author
Timothy Clare, Potix Corporation

Date
September 12, 2012

Version
ZK 6.5

Scrollview Component

• Available for ZK:
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Cardlayout Component

• Available for ZK:
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The Cardlayout is a new component which enables end-users to switch components like switching cards. On tablet, this navigation operation is supported by simply swiping or switching through components.

Cardlayout is a layout that allows end-users to change component like changing cards. The selectedIndex will decide which component will be shown in the view port. When the value of selectedIndex changes or when next() or previous() is called, transition of components through animation will occur whereas the orient attribute decides whether the direction of the animation is horizontal or vertical.

The image and source below shows an example of the Cardlayout component being used.

	<cardlayout id="card" width="300px" height="200px" style="border:1px solid red" selectedIndex="1">
		<div vflex="1" hflex="1" style="background-color:yellow;padding:20px">flex component</div>
		<window title="Window Component" border="normal" width="250px">content...</window>
		<listbox>
			<listhead sizable="true">
				<listheader label="name" sort="auto" />
				<listheader label="gender" sort="auto" />
			</listhead>
			<listitem>
				<listcell label="Mary" />
				<listcell label="FEMALE" />
			</listitem>
			<listitem>
				<listcell label="John" />
				<listcell label="MALE" />
			</listitem>
			<listfoot>
				<listfooter>
					<label value="This is footer1" />
				</listfooter>
				<listfooter>
					<label value="This is footer2" />
				</listfooter>
			</listfoot>
		</listbox>
	</cardlayout>
	<hlayout>
		<button onClick="card.previous()">previous</button>
		<button onClick="card.next()">next</button>
		<button onClick='card.setOrient("horizontal".equals(card.getOrient()) ? "vertical" : "horizontal")'>change orient</button>
	</hlayout>

For more information please refer to the ZK Component Reference.

Touch Behaviour

In addition to the ability to change the Cardlayout view using commands (next and previous) ZK also includes default swipe behaviour for tablets. On swipe in an appropriate direction, the viewport will change which component is shown. The following video demonstrates this behaviour.