Widget placeholders and layouts

Use widget placeholders to lay out widgets on app boards. When you create an app board, you can select a predefined placeholder layout. You can also change the position and size of both widgets and placeholders, and then drag and drop a placeholder onto an empty area of an app board.

Use a predefined placeholder layout

1. Add a new app board to an app.
2. In the New App Board dialog box, in the Layout section, select a placeholder layout.

   

Add a placeholder to an app board

• Do either of the following:
  • In the Layout Designer pane, in the Planner Widgets section, drag and drop a Placeholder widget onto an empty area of the app board.
  • In the title bar of an empty placeholder on the app board, click Split Vertically or Split Horizontally.

Change the position of widgets or placeholders

• In the upper left corner of the widget or placeholder title bar, click and drag the widget or placeholder to a new position on the widget grid.

  

Change the size of widgets or placeholders

• Click and drag the bottom right corner of the widget or placeholder to a new position on the widget grid.

  The widget boundaries snap to the new position.

  

Change the size of the widget grid

1. In the title bar of the Panel widget, click Properties.
2. In the Panel Properties dialog box, on the General tab, specify the size of the widget grid:
   • For Columns, type the number of columns.
   • For Rows, type the number of rows.
   A Panel widget grid can have up to 20 columns and 20 rows.

Allow app users to adjust the app board layout

1. In the title bar of the Panel widget, click .
2. Select Unlock Panel And Children.

Delete a widget or placeholder

• In the title bar of the widget or placeholder, click Properties and choose Delete.