John Cappiello - Dojo.common-0.4.1

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dojo.provide("dojo.widget.html.layout");

dojo.require("dojo.lang.common");
dojo.require("dojo.string.extras");
dojo.require("dojo.html.style");
dojo.require("dojo.html.layout");

dojo.widget.html.layout = function(/*DomNode*/ container, /*Object[]*/ children, /*String*/ layoutPriority) {
	/**
	 * summary
	 *		Layout a bunch of child dom nodes within a parent dom node
	 * container:
	 *		parent node
	 * layoutPriority:
	 *		"top-bottom" or "left-right"
	 * children:
	 *		an array like [ {domNode: foo, layoutAlign: "bottom" }, {domNode: bar, layoutAlign: "client"} ]
	 */

	dojo.html.addClass(container, "dojoLayoutContainer");

	// Copy children array and remove elements w/out layout.
	// Also record each child's position in the input array, for sorting purposes.
	children = dojo.lang.filter(children, function(child, idx){
		child.idx = idx;
		return dojo.lang.inArray(["top","bottom","left","right","client","flood"], child.layoutAlign)
	});

	// Order the children according to layoutPriority.
	// Multiple children w/the same layoutPriority will be sorted by their position in the input array.
	if(layoutPriority && layoutPriority!="none"){
		var rank = function(child){
			switch(child.layoutAlign){
				case "flood":
					return 1;
				case "left":
				case "right":
					return (layoutPriority=="left-right") ? 2 : 3;
				case "top":
				case "bottom":
					return (layoutPriority=="left-right") ? 3 : 2;
				default:
					return 4;
			}
		};
		children.sort(function(a,b){
			return (rank(a)-rank(b)) || (a.idx - b.idx);
		});
	}

	// remaining space (blank area where nothing has been written)
	var f={
		top: dojo.html.getPixelValue(container, "padding-top", true),
		left: dojo.html.getPixelValue(container, "padding-left", true)
	};
	dojo.lang.mixin(f, dojo.html.getContentBox(container));

	// set positions/sizes
	dojo.lang.forEach(children, function(child){
		var elm=child.domNode;
		var pos=child.layoutAlign;
		// set elem to upper left corner of unused space; may move it later
		with(elm.style){
			left = f.left+"px";
			top = f.top+"px";
			bottom = "auto";
			right = "auto";
		}
		dojo.html.addClass(elm, "dojoAlign" + dojo.string.capitalize(pos));

		// set size && adjust record of remaining space.
		// note that setting the width of a <div> may affect it's height.
		// TODO: same is true for widgets but need to implement API to support that
		if ( (pos=="top")||(pos=="bottom") ) {
			dojo.html.setMarginBox(elm, { width: f.width });
			var h = dojo.html.getMarginBox(elm).height;
			f.height -= h;
			if(pos=="top"){
				f.top += h;
			}else{
				elm.style.top = f.top + f.height + "px";
			}
			// TODO: for widgets I want to call resizeTo(), but I can't because
			// I only want to set the width, and have the height determined
			// dynamically.  (The thinner you make a div, the more height it consumes.)
			if(child.onResized){
				child.onResized();
			}
		}else if(pos=="left" || pos=="right"){
			var w = dojo.html.getMarginBox(elm).width;

			// TODO: I only want to set the height, not the width, but see bug#941 (FF),
			// and also the resizeTo() function demands both height and width arguments
			if(child.resizeTo){
				child.resizeTo(w, f.height);
			}else{
				dojo.html.setMarginBox(elm, { width: w, height: f.height });
			}	

			f.width -= w;
			if(pos=="left"){
				f.left += w;
			}else{
				elm.style.left = f.left + f.width + "px";
			}
		} else if(pos=="flood" || pos=="client"){
			if(child.resizeTo){
				child.resizeTo(f.width, f.height);
			}else{
				dojo.html.setMarginBox(elm, { width: f.width, height: f.height });
			}
		}
	});
};

// This is essential CSS to make layout work (it isn't "styling" CSS)
// make sure that the position:absolute in dojoAlign* overrides other classes
dojo.html.insertCssText(
	".dojoLayoutContainer{ position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; }\n" +
	"body .dojoAlignTop, body .dojoAlignBottom, body .dojoAlignLeft, body .dojoAlignRight { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; }\n" +
	"body .dojoAlignClient { position: absolute }\n" +
	".dojoAlignClient { overflow: auto; }\n"
);