Is Splitter only limited to 2 panels?

[bobsovMember]

I would like to have 4 panels with splitter functionality. Are we only limited to two panels when using splitter?

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi bobsov,

An instance of jqxSplitter splits 2 panels. However, you can nest multiple Splitters as shown in the Splitter’s Demos. Ex: http://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxsplitter/defaultfunctionality.htm?arctic

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[pakbalParticipant]

Hi Peter

The demo you refer to shows how a horizontal splitter (contentSplitter) is nested in the righthand panel of a vertical splitter (mainSplitter). That use case works fine. But if the use case is that you want to have a west-center-east or north-center-south layout, then you want both splitters to change the size of the center panel (and collapse the north or south panel) only. Or put differently, when one splitter-bar is moved all others stay put, which is a usual behaviour if you build a workbench kind of application. But with nested splitters it doesn’t work like that. For example try resizing panel 4 using the splitter on its top in the demo . Other frameworks allow you to define more that two panels inside a splitter. It would be nice to have that in jQWidgets too.

[pakbalParticipant]

The link was removed. I meant demo http://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxsplitter/index.htm#demos/jqxsplitter/nested-splitters.htm

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi pakbal,

You can nest as many Splitters as you wish within one splitter. Each Splitter can have up to 2 Panels. That is the widget’s behavior by design. At present, there are no plans for future design changes about that widget.

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[pakbalParticipant]

Hi Peter

So there is no way we are going to see a jQWidgets widget that works like =link=

Kind regards,

Paul

[Peter StoevKeymaster]

Hi pakbal,

jqxSplitter works in the way demonstrated on our Live Demos. If you can’t find a demo about a functionality, then most probably it is not supported.

Best Regards,
Peter Stoev

jQWidgets Team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

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