Layout is the prerequisite for a webpage. It's also the foundation of follow-up interactive and visual design. In order to guarantee consistency among similar products, Ant Design provides some common layout templates. Before choosing one of these templates, you need to have a clear mind about:
- 明确用户在此场景中完成的主要任务和需获取的决策信息。
- the main tasks that a user needs to accomplish and all necessary information for making such decisions.
- 明确决策信息和操作的优先级及内容特点，选择合理布局。
- the priorities and features of those tasks and information, so as to select a reasonable layout
Through a large number of practices, Ant Design summarized six commonly used layout templates. There are home page, dashboard, list page, table page, details page and form page. Knowing these templates helps to find out a suitable layout for your product quickly.
Home page is usually the first step for a user to understand a website or the products. Generally, home page consists of product drawings, brief product introductions, and user login interfaces. In the design, we recommend you to:
Dashboard collects a variety of information, such as digitals, graphics, copywriting, etc. Key information should be clearly represented and easily understood. Thus, displaying the complex information in a clear way is important in the design. For this propose, we recommend you to:
List is a way to display information in parallel. A well designed list can be helpful for users to read basic information and perform corresponding operations quickly. Therefore, the "readability" and "operability" of a list are the keys to the design. For this propose, we recommend you to:
- fold secondary information or put it into the details page. It allows a user to access information in a progressive way when the content is too complex.
Table is a carrier for multi-dimensional information. It can make complex information to be read and understood easily. Its readability, convenience and operability play an essential role in the user experience. Therefore, we should pay attention to the following points in the design:
- use the horizontal or vertical zebra strip smartly when there is a large multi-row table or there are multiple columns in each row. By doing so, information is more distinguishable and easier to be understood.
Details page usually carries a large amount of basic information, extended information as well as status information. It's important to identify priorities of the information. A clear layout can be helpful for a user to get key information at a glance and make decisions efficiently. In the design, it's worth noting that:
Form page is often used for tasks such as login, register, booking, comment, etc. Form page is indispensable when you need to record the user information. Therefore, a well designed form page can guide the user to complete the data recording workflow behind the form efficiently. We recommended you to:
There are `Grid` and `Gutter` in AntD layout. During the design, you can make an assumption that the "total page width is 1440px, and the "content area width is 1208px". Based on this assumption, you can design the page in 24 evenly divided columns.
It is recommended that the number of blocks arranged in the horizontal direction be at most four, at least one, so as to guarantee the comfort of view.
The `Gutter` value in ant design is fixed. When the width of a browser decrease or increase within a certain range, the width of `grids` will be changed accordingly, but the width of `Gutter` remains unchanged.
