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authorSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@digia.com>2013-06-24 11:26:22 +0200
committerSimon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@digia.com>2013-06-24 11:48:46 +0200
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Merge branch 'dev' of ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/qt/qtdeclarative into wip/v4
Conflicts: src/imports/qtquick2/plugins.qmltypes src/qml/debugger/qv8debugservice.cpp src/qml/qml/qml.pri src/qml/qml/qqmlcompiler.cpp src/qml/qml/qqmlcomponent.cpp src/qml/qml/qqmlcontext.cpp src/qml/qml/qqmldata_p.h src/qml/qml/qqmlengine_p.h src/qml/qml/qqmljavascriptexpression.cpp src/qml/qml/qqmlxmlhttprequest.cpp src/qml/qml/v4/qv4bindings.cpp src/qml/qml/v4/qv4irbuilder.cpp src/qml/qml/v4/qv4jsonobject_p.h src/qml/qml/v8/qqmlbuiltinfunctions.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8bindings.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8contextwrapper.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8listwrapper.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper_p.h src/qml/qml/v8/qv8sequencewrapper_p_p.h src/qml/qml/v8/qv8typewrapper.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8valuetypewrapper.cpp src/qml/types/qqmldelegatemodel.cpp src/quick/items/context2d/qquickcanvasitem.cpp src/quick/items/context2d/qquickcontext2d.cpp sync.profile tests/auto/qml/qjsengine/tst_qjsengine.cpp tests/benchmarks/qml/animation/animation.pro tools/qmlprofiler/qmlprofiler.pro Change-Id: I18a76b8a81d87523247fa03a44ca334b1a2360c9
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Visual items in QML can be positioned in a variety of ways. The most important
positioning-related concept is that of anchoring, a form of relative
positioning where items can be anchored (or attached) to each other at certain
boundaries. Other positioning concepts include absolute positioning,
-positioning with coordinate bindings, and layouts.
+positioning with coordinate bindings, positioners, and layouts.
\section1 Manual Positioning
@@ -134,21 +134,20 @@ positioning, whereas a "contaminated" anchor layout is one which uses both
anchoring and bindings (either on position-related [x,y] properties or on
dimension-related [width,height] properties) to determine the position.
-\section1 Layouts
-
-Qt Quick also provides some built-in layout items. For many use cases, the
-best layout to use is a simple grid, row, or column, and Qt Quick provides
-items which will layout children in these formations in the most efficient
-manner possible.
+\section1 Positioners
-There are many well-known layouts which work well in user-interfaces, such as
-grids and lists, rows and columns. Qt Quick supports these sort of pre-defined
-layouts, which can often be more performant to draw than anchor or
-binding-based layouts. See the documentation on
-\l{qtquick-positioning-layouts.html}{layout types} for more
-information about utilizing pre-defined layouts.
+Qt Quick also provides some built-in positioner items. For many use cases, the best
+positioner to use is a simple grid, row, or column, and Qt Quick provides items which
+will position children in these formations in the most efficient manner possible.
+See the documentation on \l{qtquick-positioning-layouts.html}{item positioners types}
+for more information about utilizing pre-defined positioners.
+\section1 Layouts
+From Qt 5.1, the module \l {Qt Quick Layouts} can also be used to arrange Qt Quick
+items in a user interface. Unlike positioners, the types in Qt Quick Layouts manage
+both the positions and sizes of items in a declarative interface. They are well
+suited for resizable user interfaces.
\section1 Right-To-Left Support