Grid Layer

Generic layer in the form of a grid/table used to accommodate components, information cells and computational cells.

Properties

PropertyDescription
GridColorSpecifies the color of the grid (Qubes 5.6).
GridColumnsNumber of basic (unmerged) columns in the grid.
GridRowsNumber of basic (unmerged) rows in the grid.
OpacityOpacity of the layer (from 0 for completely transparent to 1 for completely opaque).
OrnamentName of the layer ornament from the active ThemePack (Qubes 9.0).
PositionLeftHorizontal offset from the left edge of the layer.
PositionReferenceIndicates the layer's position reference. See Layer Layout.
PositionTopVertical offset from the top of the layer.
VisibleBoolean indicating whether or not the layer will be visible.
VisibleEffectString indicating the visual effect to apply when the Visible property changes (Qubes 5.6).

Remarks

A grid layer mimics the cell naming and layout logic of a spreadsheet such as found in Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc.

Grid layers can also be used as a hidden computational layer, by setting the Visible property to False.

Cells in a grid layer have the following properties:

Formula

The Formula property specifies the cell value, or dynamic formula when starting with an '=' (equal sign).

If the cell contains a component, this property does not exist.

Hyperlink

The Hyperlink property allows specifying an optional hyperlink for the formula, if the cell contains a component this property will be ignored in most cases.

The special value 'none:' can be used to disable the hyperlink from Qubes 7.5 up).

Starting from Qubes 9.0 it is possible to pass a list, in which case the items are

  • Hyperlink URL reference
  • Target, if empty, interpreted as "_blank". If you want a self reference use "_self", see MDN for target attribute for further details.
  • Link type ("rel"), empty by default. Can be used to specify multiple link types, by separating with a space.

Name

Name property can be used to specify an alternative name for a cell (or a range)

Classification

Layers