TdxCustomLayoutItem.LayoutLookAndFeel Property

Associates the layout group or item with a dedicated look & feel storage component.

Declaration

property LayoutLookAndFeel: TdxCustomLayoutLookAndFeel read; write;

Property Value

Type	Description
TdxCustomLayoutLookAndFeel	The target layout look & feel component (a terminal TdxCustomLayoutLookAndFeel descendant instance). In addition to general appearance options (such as skins), layout look & feel components also include layout item and group-specific options (like paddings, offsets, and border appearance settings).

Remarks

The Layout control (and its groups and items) can have individual look & feel settings or automatically synchronize (recommended) with the skin and palette defined using a TdxSkinController component or the Project Settings dialog.

If you need to apply different appearance settings to your Layout control, assign a layout look & feel component to the LayoutLookAndFeel property.

Note

If a vector skin is applied to the Layout control, the skin always uses the color palette defined at the global level (TdxSkinController.SkinPaletteName).

Group and Item Look & Feel Settings

The LayoutLookAndFeel property allows you to override Layout or global appearance settings at the level of individual groups and items. If a layout group’s LayoutLookAndFeelException property is set to True, you can use LayoutLookAndFeel properties of nested groups and items to override look & feel settings of the parent group.

How to Use Layout Look & Feel Components

• Use a TdxLayoutLookAndFeelList component to manage look & feel storage components.
• You can associate one TdxLayoutSkinLookAndFeel component with multiple Layout controls (LayoutLookAndFeel) and their groups/items (LayoutLookAndFeel) to share settings.

Layout Look & Feel Component Manager

Use the TdxLayoutLookAndFeelList component to manage layout look & feel components. Call the TdxLayoutLookAndFeelList.CreateItem function or use the Designer dialog available at design time.

Design-Time Dialog

Double-click a TdxLayoutLookAndFeelList component to display a design-time dialog: