Graphical Modeling Framework Tooling - Eclipse Modeling Project: A Domain-Specific Language Toolkit - page 513

Border Layout
Border Layout s allow for the placement of inner elements in the following
locations: top, bottom, left, right, and center. In terms of GMF graphical defini-
tion properties, the values in Table 11-4 correspond to these options.

Table 11-4 Border Layout Properties

Border Layout Data Alignment Vertical

CENTER CENTER true | false

TOP BEGINNING true

BOTTOM END true

LEFT BEGINNING false

RIGHT END false

In Figure 11-5, a Border Layout is used on the outer rectangle, which also
has a margin border to provide spacing between its outer edge and the inner ele-
ments. Additional rectangles are added to the top, bottom, left, and right loca-
tions. A rectangle is also added in the center position and has a compound border
to achieve the (outer) margin border and (inner) line border. Each of these rec-
tangles has child Border Layout Data elements with alignment and vertical
property settings.

Figure 11-5 Border layout

Grid Layout
The Grid Layout is a powerful layout, although with additional complexity
required to configure. Each figure added to a parent that uses Grid Layout
provides its own Grid Layout Data . The Grid Layout itself has just two