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SupportedUnits

The units of measurement Apple News Format supports.

Declaration

string SupportedUnits

Discussion

You can define units for setting dimensions in Apple News Format. If you don’t define the units to use, Apple News Format interprets the dimensions 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 you can only use this unit 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.

See Also

Component Measurements and Media Guidelines