Section Element

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Defines a section of a layout.

<Section
  Type="Divider | OneRow | TwoRow | ThreeRow"
  Alignment="Top | Middle"
/>

Attributes

Attribute

Description

Type

Optional. An enumeration value that specifies the type of section.

  • Divider. The section cannot contain child Row elements.

  • OneRow. The section can contain one child Row element.

  • TwoRow. The section can contain two child Row elements.

  • ThreeRow. The section can contain three child Row elements.

Alignment

Optional. An enumeration value that specifies the vertical alignment of controls within the section.

  • Top. Control icons are aligned to the top edge of their row.

  • Middle. Control icons are aligned in the middle of their row.

The default alignment is Top.

Child Elements

Row

Parent Elements

Layout

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: unbounded

Example

The following example defines a layout with two sections of different types.

<Layout Title="Large">
  <Section Type="OneRow">
    <Row>
      <ControlRef TemplateAlias="createView" DisplayMode="Large" />
    </Row>
  </Section>
  <Section Type="ThreeRow">
    <Row>
      <ControlRef TemplateAlias="viewSelector" DisplayMode="Medium" />
    </Row>
    <Row>
      <ControlRef TemplateAlias="modifyView" DisplayMode="Medium" />
    </Row>
    <Row>
      <Strip>
        <ControlRef TemplateAlias="previousPage" DisplayMode="Small" />
        <ControlRef TemplateAlias="currentPage" DisplayMode="Medium" />
        <ControlRef TemplateAlias="nextPage" DisplayMode="Small" />
      </Strip>
    </Row>
  </Section>
</Layout>