Responsive UI with new af:matchMediaBehavior in ADF 12.2.1.0

Jdeveloper and ADF 12.2.1 comes with many new features ( see these posts-
New look of dvt:funnelChart for Data Visualization in Jdeveloper 12.2.1.0
New look of dvt:pieChart as donut chart for Data Visualization in Jdeveloper 12.2.1.0  )
and supports responsive UI design.
Masonry Layout and MatchMediaBehaivor tag is introduced to support responsive UI design

af:matchMediaBehavior allows developer to control properties of components according to screen size. It uses CSS media queries to detect screen size and changes value of specified property of component

Responsive UI with new Masonry Layout in ADF 12.2.1.0

What is Responsive UI and Why it is Important-

User interface or view of website or web application changes as the screen size of device changes
This type of UI is called Responsive and it is important to design responsive UI for your application because each device have different screen dimension and you can not restrict user to use any specific device to view your application . This is very basic requirement of web development that UI should look good on Mobile, PC, Tablet or any other device

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1. Alta UI is now default skin for all ADF Faces components , previously it was Skyros
Read more about Oracle Alta UI Design Patterns

4. In Data Visualization some change done in Pie Chart and Thematic Map. New component NBox and funnel chart is introduced

Stretch ADF Faces Components to fit browser width (Show as row-column layout- inline block )

Recently i have seen a thread in OTN about layout of components (How to use components to show a particular layout)
ADF layout for showing email recipients

Requirement was simple, user want to show components up to maximum available width (browser window width) first and then move to next line and show other components
So i thought to document it here :)

Suppose i have to show 6 images on page (horizontally) , so for that i have used 6 group layout
one for each image and button



See xml source-

<af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl1" layout="horizontal">
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl2" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:a_hobbit_house-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Hobbit House" id="i1" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b1"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl3" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:beach_at_sunset_3-wallpaper-1440x900.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Sunset at Beach" id="i2" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b2"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl4" layout="vertical" halign="center" inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:icelands_ring_road-wide.jpg']}" shortDesc="Ring Road"
                                  id="i3" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b3"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl5" layout="vertical" halign="center" inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:road_to_mount_cook-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Road To Mount Cook" id="i4" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b4"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl6" layout="vertical" halign="center" inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:skyscrapers_reflections-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Skycrappers " id="i5" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b5"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl7" layout="vertical" halign="center" inlineStyle="padding:2px;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:tufandisli_1387241118_57.jpg']}" shortDesc="Tufan"
                                  id="i6" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b6"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                </af:panelGroupLayout>

 and how it looks on page-

You can see here last image is not appearing properly because total width of all images has crossed maximum available width of browser window
Now i want to show last image on next line
So to do this set parent panel group layout to default layout and set display:inline-block for all child panel group layout

<af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl1">
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl2" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:a_hobbit_house-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Hobbit House" id="i1" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b1"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl3" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:beach_at_sunset_3-wallpaper-1440x900.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Sunset at Beach" id="i2" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b2"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl4" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:icelands_ring_road-wide.jpg']}" shortDesc="Ring Road"
                                  id="i3" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b3"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl5" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:road_to_mount_cook-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Road To Mount Cook" id="i4" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b4"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl6" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:skyscrapers_reflections-wallpaper-1280x800.jpg']}"
                                  shortDesc="Skycrappers " id="i5" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b5"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                    <af:panelGroupLayout id="pgl7" layout="vertical" halign="center"
                                         inlineStyle="padding:2px;display:inline-block;">
                        <af:image source="#{resource['images:tufandisli_1387241118_57.jpg']}" shortDesc="Tufan"
                                  id="i6" inlineStyle="width:250px;height:200px; "/>
                        <af:button text="View" id="b6"/>
                    </af:panelGroupLayout>
                </af:panelGroupLayout>

Now it appears like this -

now again test it by increasing and decreasing browser window width , images and group layout are adjusted as per screen size automatically like a grid view (row and columns)

Thanks , Happy Learning :)
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