VCL flex-layout

Flexbox based layout system.

Features

A declarative layout system built on top of CSS Flexbox. Features in CSS Flexbox are exposed as classes that can be put on any element.

Based on that, a twelve-column grid is provided.

Usage

Flexbox based layout primitives that can solve almost all layout challenges.

basic example

The flex layout also features a layout grid which works just like a classical float based grid. A grid row is built from a vclLayoutGridRow containing an arbitrary number of vclLayoutGridCells. The cells can be sized using the column classed vclLayout1 .. vclLayout11 or the sizing spans from the layout-spans module.

grid basic example

The grid also supports nesting of rows.

grid nested example

Note that a vclLayoutGridRow must be enclosed in a block container.

A special feature is a grid row which allows to wrap grid cells based on their width maintaining the gutters. The total width of all cells can be greater than 100%, they wrap at multiples of 100%. The vclLayoutWrappingRow modifier is used to enable this.

wrapping example

Classes

Flex Layout

• vclLayoutHorizontal
• vclLayoutVertical
• vclLayoutInline
• vclLayoutReverse
• vclLayoutWrap
• vclLayoutWrapReverse
• vclLayoutFlex
• vclLayoutAuto
• vclLayoutNone
• vclLayout1
• vclLayout2
• vclLayout3
• vclLayout4
• vclLayout5
• vclLayout6
• vclLayout7
• vclLayout8
• vclLayout9
• vclLayout10
• vclLayout11
• vclLayout12
• vclLayoutCenter
• vclLayoutCenterCenter
• vclLayoutStartJustified
• vclLayoutCenterJustified
• vclLayoutEndJustified
• vclLayoutJustified
• vclLayoutAroundJustified
• vclLayoutSelfStart
• vclLayoutSelfCenter
• vclLayoutSelfEnd
• vclLayoutSelfStretch

Flex Grid Layout

• vclLayoutGridRow
• vclLayoutGridCell
• vclLayoutWrapContainer

Fixed Positioning

• vclLayoutFixedTop
• vclLayoutFixedRight
• vclLayoutFixedBottom
• vclLayoutFixedLeft
• vclLayoutFullBleed

Other

• vclLayoutInvisible
• vclLayoutHidden
• vclLayoutRelative
• vclLayoutFit

Modifiers

For vclLayoutGridRow

• vclLayoutWrappingRow: Make the row a non-nestable one that can accommodate cells of more than 100% width in total and wrap those accordingly.

Attributes

Flex Layout DEPRECATED

• layout
• horizontal
• vertical
• inline
• reverse
• wrap
• wrap-reverse
• flex
• auto
• none
• one
• two
• three
• four
• five
• six
• seven
• eight
• nine
• ten
• eleven
• twelve
• start-justified
• center-justified
• end-justified
• justified
• around-justified
• self-start
• self-center
• self-end
• self-stretch

Variables

• --flex-layout-half-gutter-width: The half width of the gutter between grid cells.

Demo

example.html on GH-pages.