VCL form

Basic form layout variants and arrangement of form elements with labels.

Features

Layouts

The following three basic form layouts available:

• vertical (default) ‒ stacked labels and controls,
• horizontal ‒ two column form layout, for labels and controls,
• inline ‒ lay out all elements in one line.

They cover most use-cases. For special cases, they can be combined with the grid system and mixed with each other.

Control Group

The concept of a control group with vclFormControlGroup which groups an input element together with a label so that they make up an atomic control. For example a label and a checkbox if such a combination should behave like a single control. The elements are aligned vertically.

Inline Control Group

vclFormInlineControlGroup is the same as the previous class but label and control are aligned horizontally.

Usage

Vertical form layout with stacked labels and controls.

vertical example

The horizontal layout uses two columns, one for labels, one for controls. Left-aligned labels in separate column. Controls and labels are in line. In this example the loose button group is used to lay out the buttons. The layout columns can be divided with the golden cut (vclGridSpan-gca, vclGridSpan-gcb) from the grid layout component or any other ratio.

horizontal example

The inline layout variant with right-aligned labels in line with controls.

inline example

The vclFormActionArea wraps the usual buttons on the bottom of the form and is optional.

Classes

• vclForm
• vclFormControlGroup
• vclFormInlineControlGroup
• vclFormActionArea

Modifiers

For vclForm

• vclFormInline: Lay out all elements in one line.
• vclFormHorizontal: Two column form layout, for labels and controls.

Variables

Demo

example.html on GH-pages.