WinJS.UI.ViewBox object

Scales a single child element to fill the available space without resizing it. This control reacts to changes in the size of the container as well as changes in size of the child element. For example, a media query may result in a change in aspect ratio.

Important  

If you add more than one element to a ViewBox, only the first element is resized. If you must scale more than one element, wrap the set of elements in a DIV. See the example below for more information. Elements that do not scale, such as text, are not affected by the transforms used for the ViewBox.

 

Syntax

<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ViewBox"></div>
var object = new WinJS.UI.ViewBox();

Members

The ViewBox object has these types of members:

  • Constructors
  • Methods
  • Properties

Constructors

The ViewBox object has these constructors.

Constructor Description
ViewBox

Initializes a new instance of the ViewBox control.

 

Methods

The ViewBox object has these methods.

Method Description
addEventListener

Adds an event handler for the specified event.

dispose

Releases resources held by this ViewBox. Call this method when the ViewBox is no longer needed. After calling this method, the ViewBox becomes unusable.

forceLayout

Forces the ViewBox to update its layout. Use this function when making the ViewBox visible again after its style.display property had been set to "none".

removeEventListener

Removes an event handler that the addEventListener method registered.

 

Properties

The ViewBox object has these properties.

Property Access type Description

element Property

Read-only

Gets the DOM element that functions as the scaling box.

 

Styling the ViewBox

CSS classes

To customize a ViewBox, you can define your own styles for these CSS classes (defined by the WinJS style sheets):

CSS class Description

win-viewbox

Styles the entire ViewBox control.

 

Examples

The following HTML shows how to display multiple elements inside a ViewBox:

<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ViewBox">
        <div id="containerDiv">
            <div id="div1">
            <div id="div2">
            <div id="div3">
        </div>
    </div>

Requirements

Minimum WinJS version

WinJS 1.0

Namespace

WinJS.UI