Layout

Question 1

What must one do to achieve structure?

Answer 1

Structure doesn’t happen naturally

• Must be explicitly planned, designed

People will naturally try to find order and structure, even if none was intentionally designed

Gestalt principles are one powerful way to create structure

Question 2

How do you create Structure by grouping of items?

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Question 3

How do you create structure using order of groups and items?

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Question 4

How dies hierarchy create structure?

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Question 5

How should text be aligned for text that needs to be read?

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Question 6

How should alignment and grouping (gestalt similarity, proximity) work to create structure?

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Question 7

How should one handle alignment of numbers for structure?

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Question 8

How should alignment work for controls?

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Question 9

How should single columns be alligned?

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Question 10

How should multiple columns be aligned?

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Question 11

How can grids be used to create structure?

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Question 12

What is the impact good visual design can have?

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Question 13

What is the layout recap?

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Question 14

In general, how does a Hierarchical layout work?

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Question 15

What is containment Hierarchy?

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Question 16

With regard to Hierarchy and Events, what is Bottom-up dispatch?

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Question 17

With regard to Hierarchy and Events, what is Top-down dispatch?

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Question 18

When should you use Bubbling vs Capturing?

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Question 19

What are the layout challenges?

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Question 20

What are the layout goals?

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Question 21

What are two broad approaches to maintian layout?

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Manual

Automatic/dynamic

Question 22

What is a manual or fixed layout?

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Question 23

What is dynamic layout?

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Question 24

What does Dynamic layout have applications in?

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User interface design
Document layout (eg, TeX)

Information visualization

Question 25

What are example strategies for Dynamic Layout?

Answer 25

Intrinsic size
Variable intrinsic layout

Struts and springs

Question 26

What is Intrinsic Size?

Answer 26

• Size of component is determined by the size of the children
  
  • Ask each child for its desired size
  • Grow component until it fits the sum of the sizes
• Common examples in interfaces?

Question 27

What is intrinsic size?

Answer 27

Question 28

What is variable intrinsic layout?

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Question 29

What are Struts and Springs?

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Question 30

What are the advantages and disadvantages for Struts and Springs?

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Question 31

What is Pagination / Responsive Design

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Question 32

What are layout managers?

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Question 33

What are examples of layout managers?

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Question 34

What is the second layout summary?

Answer 34