Jasonette is built around various conventions in order to make things simpler.

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Rules

■ Everything is a string

The JSON we use in Jasonette is completely string based. All values are string. Sometimes this may look inconvenient, but assuming everything is a string provides lots of convenience when JSON parsing is concerned.

■ All keywords are lowercased

All reserved keywords on Jasonette (component name, action name, etc.) are lowercased.

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Values

■ color

rgb

We can use rgb code.

{
  "body": {
    "style": {
      "background": "rgb(244,244,244)"
    }
  }
}

rgba

We can use rgba code. r,g,b parts are same as rgb, but the last value is the opacity.

{
  "body": {
    "style": {
      "background": "rgba(255,255,255,0.3)"
    }
  }
}

hex code

We can also use hex code

{
  "body": {
    "style": {
      "background": "#ff0000"
    }
  }
}

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■ dimension

All numbers are pixels unless otherwise specified.

1. Pixels

Below we create a label with 300pixel width.

{
  "type": "label",
  "text": "hi",
  "style": {
    "width": "300"
  }
}

2. Percentage

We can use the % sign. When we do so, it sets the dimension based on the current orientation.

{
  "type": "label",
  "text": "hi",
  "style": {
    "width": "100%"
  }
}

3. Pixels and Percentage

We can also use a combination of percentage and pixels.

In the following example we create a label that's 80 pixels smaller horizontally than the full device width:

{
  "type": "label",
  "text": "hi",
  "style": {
    "width": "100%-80"
  }
}