native-ui-panels

native-ui-panels is a Node.js module that can be used to create panels that look similar to the native ones in Windows. Designed specifically for usage in NW.js applications.

Install

npm install native-ui-panels

Example

var panels = require("native-ui-panels");

// Create some content to put in the panel
var div = document.createElement("div");
var content = document.createTextNode("content");
div.appendChild(content);

panels("example", {
  title: "Hello world",
  content: div,
});

Usage

panels(id, {options});

id required

Type: String Default: null

This sets the value of the id attribute of the created panel.

options

options.title

Type: String Default: ""

The text to be displayed in the title bar of the panel.

options.content

Type: Node or String Default: null

The contents of the panel.

If options.content is a Node, it can either be an element already in the DOM which will be removed and reinserted in the panel or an element created using document.createElement.

If options.content is a String, the string will be inserted in the panel as HTML.

options.width

Type: String Default: auto

The width of the panel. Accepts any valid CSS length property.

options.height

Type: String Default: auto

The height of the panel. Accepts any valid CSS length property.

options.color

Type: String Default: #000000

The color of the panel's surrounding frame. Setting this to auto will get the theme color from the Windows registry.

options.posX

Type: String Default: 5em

The location of the panel from the left edge of the window. Accepts any valid CSS length property.

options.posY

Type: String Default: 5em

The location of the panel from the top edge of the window. Accepts any valid CSS length property.

options.blocking

Type: Boolean Default: false

Toggle if the panel prevents other elements from being selected when it is visible.

options.canClose

Type: Boolean Default: true

This toggles if a close button should be displayed on the title bar of the panel.

options.canDrag

Type: Boolean Default: true

This toggles whether the panel can be moved or not.

options.visible

Type: Boolean Default: false

This toggles whether to display the panel.

options.scrollPageIfOverflow

Type: Boolean Default: false

This toggles the behaviour when a panel is dragged to the edge of the window.

• true: If the panel is dragged to edge of the window, scrollbars will be displayed on the window to allow the entire panel to be viewed.
• false: If a section of the panel extends beyond edge of the window it will be hidden.

License

MIT