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Asked: 2026-05-17T20:28:59+00:00

I have just started playing around with using Dojo in Zend Framework and things

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I have just started playing around with using Dojo in Zend Framework and things have been fine up until recently. For now, I would like to be able to make a simple GUI using BorderContainer and ContentPanes, however I have been finding this is a bit awkward.

Basically to get the container Dojo elements to work, I have found that I need to place them in a view script for Dojo to work. However to me, it would make sense that I can place some elements in my master layout file (layouts/scripts/default.phtml) as the individual view scripts should populate the panes rather than the whole page.

As an example this works, if I paste it into a view rendering a Dojo_Form as well:

<?php
$this->borderContainer()->captureStart('main-container',
    array('design' => 'headline'),
    array(
        'style'=>'height:100%;width:100%',
        'align' => 'left'
    ));

echo $this->contentPane(
'menuPane',
'This is the menu pane',
array('region' => 'top'),
array('style' => 'background-color: gray; color:white')
);

echo  $this->contentPane(
'navPane',
'This is the navigation pane',
array('region' => 'left', 'splitter' => 'true'),
array('style' => 'width: 200px; background-color: lightgray;')
);

echo $this->contentPane(
'mainPane',
$this->form,
array('region' => 'center'),
array('style' => 'background-color: white;')
);

echo $this->contentPane(
'statusPane',
'Status area',
array('region' => 'bottom'),
array('style' => 'background-color: lightgray;')
);

echo $this->borderContainer()->captureEnd('main-container');
?>

But if I try to place any elements into the layout it stops working.

So, I’m pretty sure I know why this happens. I am presuming it’s because by placing the dojo view helpers in the view scripts, the dojo elements are parsed before the layout script hits $this->dojo(). But, if I put the dojo elements into the layout script, then the elements are parsed after echoing $this->dojo().

I am interested to see what everyone else does to get around this problem?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Simply place the layout code at the beginning of the master layout file, which will enforce a working execution order. So start with defining the borderContainer and ContentPanes, then put the rest below like so:

    $this->borderContainer()->captureStart(‘main-container’,
    array(‘design’ => ‘headline’),
    array(
    ‘style’=>’height:700px;width:1170px’,
    ‘align’ => ‘center’
    ));

    echo $this->contentPane(
    ‘contentPaneId’,
    $this->render(‘_header.phtml’),
    array(‘region’ => ‘top’),
    array(‘style’ => ‘background-color: darkblue;color:white’)
    );

    // create some more contentPanes and finish with..

    echo $this->borderContainer()->captureEnd(‘main-container’);

    // then the rest of the view script including dojo().

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