Ultra Light Client Guide and Reference

Setting the layout

ULC visual parts use box layout. (For more information about layout, see ULC layout.) The To-Do list sample can be visualized as having three basic groups:

We therefore choose a grid of a single column with three rows.

Adding a Box part

  1. From [Ulc Canvas icon] the Ulc Canvas category, select [Box icon] the Box part in the right-hand column and drop it onto the Shell part. By default, the Box has two rows and two columns, each containing a cell. The Box part can be distinguished from the cell by the Box's continuous blue outline; the cell has a dotted black outline.
  2. Edit the following Box settings:
  3. Click OK to apply your changes.

Adding GroupBox parts

  1. Select [GroupBox icon] the GroupBox part and drop it into the first row. By default, a cell's content is horizontally left-aligned and vertically centered.
  2. Edit GroupBox settings as follows:
  3. Click OK to apply your changes. The GroupBox part immediately expands to take up all space within this cell.
  4. Select [GroupBox icon] another GroupBox part and drop it into the second row.
  5. Edit GroupBox settings as follows:
  6. Click OK to apply your changes. The GroupBox part immediately expands to take up all space within this cell.


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