Layout widths auto-converted to percentages, sometimes

[GaryParticipant]

Hi,
I just wanted to verify whether the behavior I am seeing is expected before coding around it.

In jqxLayout, if I set the width of a layoutGroup, it is immediately converted to a percentage width.
For example, in the demo
https://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxlayout/index.htm#demos/jqxlayout/javascript-layout-dashboard.htm
The left-hand tool panel is a layoutGroup with a width of 300, but the inspected element has a width of 37.5%.

Therefore, is it correct that all initial widths are automatically converted to percentages?

The reason I ask is two-fold:
1. Is there a recommended way to set the widths to not be percentages so that resized windows maintain a consistent width and/or is there a reason that it must be left as percentages?

2. In my previous question about modifying layouts:
https://www.jqwidgets.com/community/topic/modifying-layout-properties/
I was told to use loadLayout and modify the layout reference directly. When I do this, the widths are not automatically converted to percentages. Is this a problem in this context?

Best Regards,
-Gary

[DimitarParticipant]

Hi Gary,

The way jqxLayout works is to convert pixel values to percentages in order to preserve proportions when having nested elements (in many of the use cases of the widget). This is the expected behaviour.

However, modifying the layout object directly was presented as a workaround solution and setting width/height in pixels there is not actually supported. Unfortunately, there is no way to convert your new sizes to percentages in the current implementation of jqxLayout.

Best Regards,
Dimitar

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

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