jQWidgets jqxLayout loadLayout() Method

Last Updated : 10 Dec, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxLayout is used for representing a jQuery widget that is used for the creation of complex layouts with nested, resized, pinned, unpinned, and closed panels.

The loadLayout() method is used for loading a previously saved layout for the specified jqxLayout widget.

Syntax:

$('#jqxLayout').jqxLayout('loadLayout', layout);

Parameters: This method accepts a parameter that is illustrated below.

layout: This is a saved layout that is being returned with the help of saveLayout() method.

Return Values: This method does not return any values.

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxribbon.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlayout.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxLayout loadLayout() method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css"
          type="text/css"/> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxribbon.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxlayout.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxLayout loadLayout() Method 
        </h3> 
        <div id="jqx_Layout"> 
            <div data-container="A1"> 
                <li>It is a computer science portal.</li> 
            </div> 
            <div data-container="A2"> 
                <li>It is a eCommerce platform.</li> 
            </div> 
            <div data-container="A3"> 
                <li>It is a service based company.</li> 
            </div> 
        </div> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="button_for_saveLayout" 
               value="Save the above layout"/> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="button_for_loadLayout" 
               value="Load the saved Layout" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                var jqx_Layout = [{ 
                    items: [{ 
                        items: [{ 
                            items: [{ 
                                contentContainer: 'A1', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'GeeksforGeeks', 
                            }, { 
                                contentContainer: 'A2', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'Amazon', 
                            }, { 
                                contentContainer: 'A3', 
                                type: 'documentPanel', 
                                title: 'Capgemini', 
                            }], 
                            type: 'documentGroup', 
                            height: 100, 
                        },], 
                        type: 'layoutGroup', 
                        height: 100, 
                    }], 
                    orientation: 'vertical', 
                    type: 'layoutGroup' 
                }]; 
                $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout({ 
                    width: 370, 
                    height: 100, 
                    layout: jqx_Layout 
                }); 
                $("#button_for_saveLayout").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 200, 
                }); 
                $("#button_for_loadLayout").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 200, 
                }); 
                var Saved_Layout; 
  
                $('#button_for_saveLayout') 
                .jqxButton().click(function () { 
                    Saved_Layout = $('#jqx_Layout') 
                           .jqxLayout('saveLayout'); 
                }) 
  
                $('#button_for_loadLayout') 
                .jqxButton().click(function () { 
                    $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout( 
                      'loadLayout', Saved_Layout); 
                }) 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>