Essential tools for implementing React panel layouts

Overview of Dynamic Layout Panel in React

Dynamic panel layout, also known as responsive panel layout, is a responsive and flexible method of arranging user interface elements in web applications. It improves the user experience by allowing panels to resize and collapse seamlessly, adapting to the user's current task. Implementing dynamic layouts from scratch can be time-consuming, but using tools like react-resizable-panels and react-resizable-layout in React can simplify the process.

react-resizable-panels

• Component: Primary component in the react-resizable-panels package responsible for managing resizable, dynamic panels within a layout.
• Resizer Component: Adds interactive handlebars to panels for resizing. Customizable properties include margin, styles, disable option, and event handler.
• Usage: Installing the package and integrating it into components allows for creating flexible layouts with resizable panels.

How to Use react-resizable-panels

1. Install the package using npm or yarn.
2. Import necessary components: ResizablePanels and Resizer.
3. Construct the panel layout within your React components.

react-resizable-layout

• Headless Component: Offers dynamic panel layout functionality without predefined UI or styles.
• Wrapping Component: Makes any component resizable by wrapping it as a child component with resizable logic. Props control initial size, min/max size limits, resize direction, and more.
• Customization: Encapsulates resizable logic within a React component, promoting modular and reusable design.

Using react-resizable-layout Hook

• Hook: Utilizes the same props as the component for resizable logic. Props are passed as properties of an object argument.

For more details, refer to the react-resizable-layout repository for additional information.