Container API in JavaScript (ES5) Drawing API control

Container module is used to group related objects

Properties

actualSize

Size

Gets the size that the element will be rendered

bounds

Rect

Gets/Sets the boundary of the element

children

DrawingElement[]

Gets/Sets the collection of child elements

cornerRadius

number

Set the corner of the element

desiredSize

Size

Gets the minimum size that is required by the element

height

number

Sets/Gets the height of the element

horizontalAlignment

HorizontalAlignment

Sets/Gets how the element has to be horizontally arranged with respect to its immediate parent

• Stretch - Stretches the diagram element throughout its immediate parent
• Left - Aligns the diagram element at the left of its immediate parent
• Right - Aligns the diagram element at the right of its immediate parent
• Center - Aligns the diagram element at the center of its immediate parent
• Auto - Aligns the diagram element based on the characteristics of its immediate parent

id

string

Sets the unique id of the element

isDirt

boolean

Sets or gets whether the content of the element needs to be measured

maxHeight

number

Sets/Gets the maximum height of the element

maxWidth

number

Sets/Gets the maximum width of the element

minHeight

number

Sets/Gets the minimum height of the element

minWidth

number

Sets/Gets the minimum width of the element

offsetX

number

Sets/Gets the x-coordinate of the element

offsetY

number

Sets/Gets the y-coordinate of the element

parentTransform

number

Gets the rotate angle that is set to the immediate parent of the element

relativeMode

RelativeMode

Sets whether the element has to be aligned with respect to a point/with respect to its immediate parent

• Point - Diagram elements will be aligned with respect to a point
• Object - Diagram elements will be aligned with respect to its immediate parent

rotateAngle

number

Sets/Gets the rotate angle of the element

staticSize

boolean

Defines whether the element has to be measured or not

verticalAlignment

VerticalAlignment

Sets/Gets how the element has to be vertically arranged with respect to its immediate parent

• Stretch - Stretches the diagram element throughout its immediate parent
• Top - Aligns the diagram element at the top of its immediate parent
• Bottom - Aligns the diagram element at the bottom of its immediate parent
• Center - Aligns the diagram element at the center of its immediate parent
• Auto - Aligns the diagram element based on the characteristics of its immediate parent

visible

boolean

Sets or gets whether the content of the element to be visible

width

number

Sets/Gets the width of the element

Methods

arrange

Arranges the container and its children

Returns Size

getAbsolutePosition

Gets the position of the element with respect to its parent

Returns PointModel

hasChildren

returns whether the container has child elements or not

Returns boolean

measure

Measures the minimum space that the container requires

Returns Size

setOffsetWithRespectToBounds

Sets the offset of the element with respect to its parent

Returns void

updateBounds

Updates the bounds of the element

Returns void