You can create a plug-in to provide a custom layout to
use in IBM® Content
Navigator. The
layout defines the arrangement of the widgets that are used in a desktop.
Procedure
To create a layout:
- Extend the ecm.widget.layout.MainLayout.js class
to create the primary widget for the layout:
- Implement the getAvailableFeatures method
to return the features that to be available in the layout. Each
feature is declared as an instance of the ecm.model.Feature class.
- Implement the setFeatures method
to configure how the features are arranged in the layout.
- Extend the PluginLayout.java class. Implement the getLayoutClass method to return
an instance of the widget class that you created in step 1.
- Add the layout as a component in your Plugin.java subclass.
To add the feature, implement the getLayouts method
to return an instance of the PluginLayout.java class
that you created in step 2.
Sample plug-in files for a custom layout
The
following files in the sample plug-in define a layout:
Table 1. Sample files that define a plug-in layout| File |
Description |
|---|
| SampleLayout.js |
This file extends the MainLayout.js class
to create the widget that is used for the sample plug-in layout. |
| SamplePluginLayout.java |
This file extends the PluginLayout.java class
to define sample plug-in layout. |
What to do next
After you add the plug-in in the web client, use the IBM Content
Navigator administration tool
to associate the layout with a desktop.