A layout turns your forms, grids, and other widgets into a true web application. The most widely-used layout styles can be found in operating systems such as Microsoft's Windows, which uses border layouts, resizable regions, accordions, tabs, and just about everything else you can think of.
To keep looks consistent between browsers, and to provide common user interface features, Ext JS has a powerful layout management system. The sections are manageable, and can be moved or hidden, and they can appear at the click of a button, right when and where you need them to.
In this chapter you will learn to:
- Lay out an application style screen
- Create tabbed sections
- Manage Ext widgets within a layout
- Learn advanced and nested layouts