XFA Specification
957
Characteristics of layout objects (Continued)
Layout object
contentArea
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
Used as …
physical region of a display surface
Positioned, flowing
No
Properties
w
and
h
required. Imposes
splitting on contents.
No
No
No
area
,
draw
,
exclGroup
,
field
,
subform
,
subformSet
Association at layout time
draw containing
image
static displayable (boilerplate) image
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
Positioned
No
May be supplied by the properties
w
and
h
; otherwise, content + caption +
margins.
Does not cause splitting
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
draw containing
geometric figure
Yes. Optional limits supplied by
properties, such as
minH
In margins
No
Image
static displayable (boilerplate) geometric figure
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
Positioned
No
Properties
w
and
h
required. Does not
cause splitting
No
In margins
No
arc
,
line
,
rectangle