Grid

Set the grid of the surrounding Slate. Settings not given here keep the value copied from the page grid. The page grid itself is set with SetGrid.

Child elements

(none)

Parent elements

Slate

Attributes

dx (optional)

Gap between two grid cells (horizontal).

dy (optional)

Gap between two grid cells (vertical).

height (length, optional)

The height of a grid cell in the slate.

nx (number, optional)

The number of grid cells of the slate in horizontal direction. It limits the area for the cursor when objects are placed without a column.

ny (number, optional)

The number of grid cells of the slate in vertical direction. It limits the area for the cursor when objects are placed without a row.

width (length, optional)

The width of a grid cell in the slate.

Example

<Slate name="calendar">
  <Grid width="5mm" height="5mm"/>
  <Contents>
    <PlaceObject column="3" row="2">
      <TextBlock width="10">
        <Paragraph><Value>Positioned on the 5mm slate grid</Value></Paragraph>
      </TextBlock>
    </PlaceObject>
  </Contents>
</Slate>

See also