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Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release · Module 12 · Responsive and mobile

How the layout responds

Lesson 120 of 176 · 3 min

What the GRID AND THE COMPONENTS do at each size, and WHAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE YOURSELF. A good deal of responsiveness is handled for you, which is worth knowing precisely so you can tell what is left. WHAT THE LAYOUT DOES IS REFLOW. Columns that sit side by side on a wide screen stack on a narrow one, containers take the width available, and components size themselves to their container. Build with the layout containers rather than with fixed positions — Module 3 Lesson 6 — and most of this is free. WHAT THE COMPONENTS DO IS ADAPT INTERNALLY. A date picker presents differently on a small screen, a select may become a full-height list, and controls take touch-appropriate sizes. All of which is another reason Module 9 Lesson 1 argues for using what ships rather than building your own. WHAT IS LEFT TO YOU IS EVERYTHING ABOUT MEANING,

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In this module: Module 12 · Responsive and mobile

  1. 1Responsive, or a mobile application
  2. 2How the layout responds
  3. 3A table on a phone
  4. 4Touch, and what changes
  5. 5Testing at real sizes
  6. 6Right-to-left on a small screen
  7. 7What breaks: two mobile failures
  8. 8Lab briefing · Make one screen work on a phone
How the layout responds — Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release — MSAMM