The units of measurement supported by Apple News Format.
Technology
- Apple News Format 1.7+
Declaration
string SupportedUnits
Possible Values
/^[0-9\.]+(vw|vmin|vmax|vh|dg|dm|cw|gut|pt)?$/
Discussion
You can define units for setting dimensions in Apple News Format. Values without a unit definition are interpreted in points (pt
).
The following are the supported units in Apple News Format:
vw
. Defines a size or margin based on the viewport width.vh
. Defines a size or margin based on the viewport height.vmin
. Defines a size or margin based on the shortest side of the viewport (height or width, whichever is shorter).vmax
. Defines a size or margin based on the longest side of the viewport (height or width, whichever is longer).dg
. Defines a size or margin based on the document gutter. See Layout.dm
. Defines a size or margin based on the document margin. See Layout.cw
. Defines a size based on the component’s width. Note that this unit can only be used for sizing the component itself.pw
. Defines the component width based on the parent component width.pt
. Defines a unit of measure in points (the default).
For more information, see Specifying Measurements for Components.