grid-layout

What are the parameters for a GridLayout?

private static final GridLayout layout = new GridLayout( 3, 1, 1, 0 ); in this line of code what do the numbers represent and how do you use them to arrange the checkboxes and buttons in the window? ...

What do you believe to be the best CSS Grid system and why?

I've been using Nicole Sullivan's "Object Oriented" CSS grid for a while now (hate the term, though) and have found it to be quite good. However, as I get more experience with grids, I'm noticing a lot of other frameworks out there; in particular the 960 Grid System and the Yahoo! UI Library. I'm looking for other peoples' experiences ...

Why are Grid Layouts still seeing such poor adoption?

Having recently become a convert to Grid Layouts, I find myself looking at more and more sites' code and seeing that grids are still grossly under-represented. While I accept that grids might not always be the only right solution for every web design situation, I think that they are a tool that should be seeing higher rates of adoption ...

Background and CSS Floats

So I am using the 960 grid system and found a few things that they don't support. I've considered switching to Blueprint, but I've got to come back to the design a bit later in the process. Anyway, I've simplified my code to show what I'm experiencing: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/T...

Possible to control vertical source ordering with 960 Grid System?

Hi, I've understood it's possible to control the horizontal (columnwise) source ordering with the 960 Grid System. However, is it possible to do something similar vertically? If not, does anyone know of any grid system that handles source ordering vertically? Thanks, Jens ...