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Questions tagged [layout]

The layout tag is for questions about the placement, alignment and justification of objects with respect to a containing element. For questions pertaining to CSS, use the 'css' tag instead.

In computing, layout is the process of calculating the position of objects in space subject to various constraints. This functionality can be part of an application or packaged as a reusable component or library.

Android Development Examples:

HTML Examples:

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Why this line xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" must be the first in the layout xml file?

Why is this line needed in xml layout file? xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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Position absolute and overflow hidden

We have two DIVs, one embedded in the other. If the outer DIV is not positioned absolute then the inner DIV, which is positioned absolute, does not obey the overflow hidden of the outer DIV. #first { width: 200px; height: 200px; …
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How to show android checkbox at right side?

By default android checkbox shows text at right side and checkbox at left I want to show checkbox at right side with text at left how do I achieve this?
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Align items in a stack panel?

I was wondering if I can have 2 controls in a horizontal-oriented StackPanel so that the right item should be docked to the right side of the StackPanel. I tried the following but it didn't work: …
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Browser doesn't scale below 400px?

I'm working on putting together a liquid style-sheet and it works wonderful. One thing that I've noticed is that my browser window in Chrome won't resize below 400px it just gets stuck there and in FF as I scale down it it just stops at around 400px…
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Android: How to Programmatically set the size of a Layout

As part of an Android App I am building a button set. The buttons are part of a nested set of LinearLayouts. Using weight I have the set resizing itself automatically based on the size of the containing parent LinearLayout. The idea is, based on the…
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View inside ScrollView doesn't take all place

I have a RelativeLayout inside a ScrollView. My RelativeLayout has android:layout_height="match_parent" but the view doesn't take the entire size, it's like a wrap_content. Is there a way to have the real fill_parent/match_parent behavior ? My…
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Add space between HTML elements only using CSS

I have several same HTML elements going one after another: 1 2 3 I'm looking for the best way of adding space between the elements using CSS only [no space] [1] [space 10px] [2] [space 10px] [3] [no…
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Centering a view in its superview using Visual Format Language

I just started learning AutoLayout for iOS and had a look at Visual Format Language. It all works fine except for one thing: I just can't get a view to center within its superview. Is this possible with VFL or do I need to manually create a…
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Lock screen orientation (Android)

I'm writing an android application that uses tabs with different contents (activities). In one of these activities, I would like to lock the screen orientation to "Landscape"-mode, but in the other activities, I want the normal orientation…
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How to position a table at the center of div horizontally & vertically

We can set a image as background image of a
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