ngPaneManager
ngPaneManager is a docking panel system for AngularJS. It...
- Supports vertical splits, horizontal splits, and tab splits (configurable by both developer and user)
- Has a straight-forward API that takes advantage of AngularJS data binding
- Supports serializing/deserializing panel layouts
- Is easily themeable
Online Demo
Table Of Contents
Installation
npm install ng-pane-manager
Developer Guide
Hello World
There is one directive: ng-pane-manager
.
<body ng-app="myApp">
<div ng-controller="myController" ng-pane-manager="config"></div>
</body>
The following controller would produce a single panel with some text:
app.controller('myController', function($scope) {
$scope.config = {
layout: {
id: 'test-panel',
title: 'Test Panel'
panel: {
template: '<span>Some text!</span>'
}
}
};
});
Vertical/Horizontal Splits
You can display panels adjacently with a vertical
or horizontal
split:
app.controller('myController', function($scope) {
$scope.config = {
layout: {
split: 'vertical',
ratio: 0.5,
children: [
{
id: 'test-panel-1',
title: 'Test Panel 1'
icon: {
template: '<div class="icon"></div>'
},
panel: {
template: '<span>Some text!</span>'
}
},
{
id: 'test-panel-2',
title: 'Test Panel 2'
panel: {
template: '<span>Some more text!</span>'
}
}
]
}
};
});
Tab Splits
You can have 2+ panels appear as tabs:
app.controller('myController', function($scope) {
$scope.config = {
layout: {
split: 'tabs',
activeTabIndex: 0,
children: [
{
id: 'test-panel-1',
title: 'Test Panel 1',
panel: {
template: '<span>Some {{str}}!</span>',
scope: {
str: 'stuff'
}
},
},
{
id: 'test-panel-2',
title: 'Test Panel 2',
icon: {
templateUrl: 'panel3Icon.html'
},
panel: {
template: '<span>Even more {{something}}!</span>',
controller: function($scope, injectedThing) {
$scope.something = injectedThing;
},
resolve: {
injectedThing: function() {
return 'stuff';
}
}
}
},
{
id: 'test-panel-3',
title: 'Test Panel 3',
panel: {
template: '<div>I will be in the third tab!</div>'
}
}
]
}
};
});
Serialize/Deserialize
You may want your application to save the panel state (e.g. to cookies or local storage). The way to do this is to JSON.stringify()
the layout
property. There is one caveat: some options (e.g. controller
or resolve
) can accept functions, which cannot be serialized. If you need to use these options, you can use refs to separate out the unserializable state.
For example, if your config looks like this...
app.controller('myController', function($scope) {
$scope.config = {
layout: {
id: 'test-panel',
title: 'Test Panel',
panel: {
template: '<div>Some {{thing}}!</div>',
controller: function($scope, injectedThing) {
$scope.thing = injectedThing;
},
resolve: {
injectedThing: function() {
return 'stuff';
}
}
}
}
};
});
...you can write a save/load function like this:
app.controller('myController', function(ngPaneManager, $scope, $cookies) {
$scope.config = {
refs: {
panelController: function($scope, injectedThing) {
$scope.thing = injectedThing;
},
injectedThing: function() {
return 'stuff';
}
},
layout: {
id: 'test-panel',
title: 'Test Panel',
panel: {
template: '<div>Some {{thing}}!</div>',
controller: ngPaneManager.ref('panelController'),
resolve: {
injectedThing: ngPaneManager.ref('injectedThing')
}
}
}
};
$scope.save = function() {
var str = JSON.stringify($scope.config.layout);
$cookies.put('layout', str);
};
$scope.load = function() {
$scope.config.layout = JSON.parse($cookies.get('layout'));
};
});
All ngPaneManager.ref()
calls (see the ngPaneManager service reference) will return a magic string that can be serialized. When the config is evaluated by ngPaneManager, these strings will be expanded to the ref specified in the refs
config property.
Themes
See themes/black.css for an example of how to make an ngPaneManager theme. Some theming properties (e.g. headerHeight
, borderWidth
, marginWidth
) are also available in the configuration object.
Inserting Panels
If you have a complex layout and want to insert another panel into it, ngPaneManager.insertLeaf()
(see the ngPaneManager service reference) can automatically insert a panel into the layout given a gravity and (optional) grouping.
Other Features
There are other auxiliary features documented in the reference section. Be sure to check out the ngPaneManager service reference, which contains more examples and useful utility functions.
Reference
Configuration
The ng-pane-manager
directive accepts the following options:
headerHeight
(Number): The height of the header of each window. (default 20px)borderWidth
(Number): The width of the borders of each window. (default: 2px)marginWidth
(Number): The width of the margins surrounding the layout. When the user is dragging a window, they can drag it into the margins to split an entire side of the layout instead of a particular window. (default: 20px)getterSetter
(Boolean): Whether the layout
property is a getter/setter function. (default: false)closeButton
: The template describing how the windows' close buttons should be rendered. (default is an HTML template with a Unicode cross).refs
: An object describing the values to which ngPaneManager refs will be expanded (see Serialize/Deserialize and ngPaneManager.ref
in the functions reference for an explanation).layout
: The object describing the panel layout. If getterSetter
is true, then this is a getter-setter function: if an argument is given, it should set the layout, otherwise it should return the layout.
Layout
The layout
property is a tree of nodes. Each node is either a leaf or a split.
Leaves have no children and must have an id
property. They have the following properties:
id
(String): The ID of this leaf node. (required)title
(String): The title that should be displayed in this panel's window. (required)closeable
(Boolean): Whether the user should be able to close this panel's window.icon
(Object): A template describing how the window's icon should be rendered. (optional)panel
(Object): A template describing how this panel should be rendered. (required)
Splits have one or more children and must have a split
property. They have the following properties:
split
(String): Either "vertical", "horizontal", or "tabs"ratio
(Number): Number from 0 to 1 indicating the size ratio of the first panel to the second panel (required if vertical or horizontal split)activeTabIndex
(Number): Index of the tab that is currently active (required if tab split)children
(Array): Array of children. If the split is vertical or horizontal, there must be exactly 2 children. If the split is a tab split, there must be at least 2 children. (required)
All nodes also have the following properties:
gravity
(String): The gravity of this panel (see ngPaneManager.insertLeaf
in the function reference). (optional, only required if using insertLeaf)group
(String): The insert group of this panel (see ngPaneManager.insertLeaf
in the function reference). (optional)data
(Object): Arbitrary data to store along with this node. The object should be a plain key-value object, with the ID of the data as the key and your data as the value. (optional)
Templates
Options that take templates (e.g. closeButton
, icon
, panel
) take an object with the following properties:
template
(String): The angular template as a string. (required unless templateUrl
is defined)templateUrl
(String): The URL to the template. (required unless template
is defined)controller
(String | Function | Array): If this is a string, then it is the name of the controller to use for the template. If this is a function or array, then it is the controller definition. (optional)resolve
(Object): An object where the key is the name to inject into the controller, and the value is a function that either returns a value or a $q
promise that resolves to a value (example). (optional)scope
(Object): An object where each key is added to the template's scope with the given value (example). (optional)
Panel Scope
The controller of a panel has the following functions available in $scope
:
closeThisPanel()
: Removes the panel from the layoutonPanelResize(listener)
: Adds a listener that gets fired whenever the panel resizes (or is initially constructed). This is useful when embedding content into panels that needs to be manually notified of its container resizing.offPanelResize(listener)
: Removes a panel resize listener.
ngPaneManager Service
The ngPaneManager
service contains many auxiliary functions that are helpful for working with your ngPaneManager layouts and configuration.
Online Reference
You can build this reference yourself by installing documentation.js and running make
.