Flex Container User Interface

When a Flex container is deep selected, there is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) at the top of the Perspective Property Editor that enables you to set the container's properties. Functionality is similar to that of the properties in the Props Tree, but you may find the visual interface easier or quicker to use.

Direction

This sets the direction for the child layout. Options are Row or Column. When the Reverse icon is selected, the contents of this container are displayed in reverse order.

Direction: Row

The following table shows the icons and properties they represent when Direction: Row is selected. The icon that's displayed if Reverse order is selected is also shown.

note

Left/right/top/bottom notes in the descriptions refer to non-reversed directions. The phrase "when there is extra space" means when no components have are stretching to fill the space. That is, when no components have "grow" greater than 0.

Items	Row Icon	Row Reversed Icon	Property
		Flex Start	Child items are placed along the start (top) of the container when there is extra space.
		Center	Child items are placed along the center of the container when there is extra space.
		Flex End	Child items are placed along the end (bottom) of the container when there is extra space.
		Stretch	Child items are stretched from top to bottom of the container.
		Baseline	Child items are placed so the baseline of the text matches for all of them when there is extra space.

Justify

Row Icon	Row Reversed Icon	Property	Description
		Flex start	Adjusts placement of children to the start (left) of the container when there is extra space. If reversed, children are placed along the right.
		Center	Adjusts placement of children along the center of the container when there is extra space.
		Flex End	Adjusts placement of children along the end (right) of the container when there is extra space. If reversed, children are placed along the left.
		Space Between	Adjusts placement of children with space in between them reaching to the edges of the container when there is extra space.
		Space Around	Adjusts placement of children with even spacing in between them with some space along the edges when there is extra space.
		Space Evenly	Adjusts placement of children with even spacing in between them and the edges of the container when there is extra space.

Children

Icon	Property	Description
N/A	Don't Wrap	If there are more components than the width allows, shrink them.
N/A	Wrap	If there are more components than the width allows, wrap onto the next line.
	Reverse Wrap	Toggle to reverse the direction of wrap from top-down to bottom-up

Content

The following properties are only applicable when children: Wrap is selected.

Row Icon	Row Reversed Icon	Property	Description
		Flex start	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the start (top) of the container when there is free space.
		Center	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the middle of the container when there is free space.
		Flex End	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the end (bottom) of the container when there is free space.
		Space Between	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line, reaching to the edges (top and bottom) of the container when there is extra space.
		Space Around	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line and the edges (top and bottom) of the container when there is extra space.
		Stretch	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line and after the last line (bottom) of the container when there is extra space.

Direction: Column

The following table shows the icons and properties they represent when Direction: Column is selected. The icon that's displayed if Reverse order is selected is also shown.

Items

Column Icon	Column Reversed Icon	Property	Description
		Flex start	Child items are placed along the start (left) of the container when there is extra space.
		Center	Child items are placed along the center of the container when there is extra space.
		Flex End	Child items are placed along the end (right) of the container when there is extra space.
		Stretch	Child items are stretched from left to right of the container.
		Baseline	Child items are placed so the baseline of the text matches for all of them when there is extra space.

Justify

Column Icon	Column Reversed Icon	Property	Description
		Flex start	Adjusts placement of children to the start (top) of the container when there is extra space. If reversed, children are placed along the bottom.
		Center	Adjusts placement of children along the center of the container when there is extra space.
		Flex End	Adjusts placement of children along the end (bottom) of the container when there is extra space. If reversed, children are placed along the top.
		Space Between	Adjusts placement of children with space in between them reaching to the edges of the container when there is extra space.
		Space Around	Adjusts placement of children with even spacing in between them with some space along the edges when there is extra space.
		Space Evenly	Adjusts placement of children with even spacing in between them and the edges of the container when there is extra space.

Children

Icon	Property	Description
N/A	Don't Wrap	If there are more components than the width allows, shrink them.
N/A	Wrap	If there are more components than the width allows, wrap onto the next line.
	Reverse	Toggle to reverse the direction of wrap from top-down to bottom-up

Content The following properties are only applicable when children: Wrap is selected.

Column Icon	Column Reversed Icon	Property	Description
		Flex start	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the start (left) of the container when there is free space.
		Center	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the middle of the container when there is free space.
		Flex End	Adjusts placement of wrapped content to the end (bottom) of the container when there is free space.
		Space Between	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line, reaching to the edges (left and right) of the container when there is extra space.
		Space Around	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line and the edges (left and right) of the container when there is extra space.
		Stretch	Adjusts placement of wrapped content evenly with space in between each wrapped line and after the last line of the container when there is extra space.