XFA Specification
964
Characteristics of layout objects (Continued)
Layout object
subform
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
Used as …
logical grouping of fields and boilerplate
Positioned, flowing
Yes, except when used as a leader or
trailer
May be supplied by the properties
w
and
h
; otherwise, determined by
content. Does not cause splitting.
yes. Optional limited supplied by
properties such as
maxH
.
In margins and where consensus exists
among contained objects
No.
occur
property not used in layout
area
,
draw
,
exclGroup
,
field
,
subform
,
subformSet
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
subformSet
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
text
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
layout container for
logical grouping of subforms
Not applicable (transparent)
No.
occur
property not used in layout
subform
,
subformSet
sequence of glyphs and/or embedded objects
Flowing
No
Determined by contents
No
Between lines. Text within rotated
containers cannot be split.
No
glyph or embedded object