jQWidgets jqxLayout saveLayout() Method

Last Updated : 06 Jun, 2022

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 saveLayout() method is used for saving the current layout of the specified jqxLayout widget.

Syntax:

var layout = $('#jqxLayout').jqxLayout('saveLayout');

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameters.

Return Values: This method returns an object.

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-1.11.1.min.js.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 saveLayout() 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 saveLayout() 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_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_loadLayout").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 300 
                }); 
                var Saved_Layout =  $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout('saveLayout'); 
                  
                $('#button_for_loadLayout').jqxButton().click(function () { 
                    $('#jqx_Layout').jqxLayout('loadLayout', Saved_Layout); 
                    $("#log").text("This Layout is saved and loaded!") 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>