Layout

The Layout tab allows you to modify how your Items are displayed in your Query Template block. This includes Display, Grid Type, Auto Grid, Auto Template as well as Height, Column and Row Gap.

By default, the Query Template block will have an Auto Grid layout. If you want a Masonry layout you will need to activate it.

Display

The Display property allows you to show how you want your Posts or Pages displayed.

By default this is set to Grid layout but you have other choices including flex, inline-flex, block, inline-block, inline, table or none (if you want nothing displayed).

Choose

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Select required type in dropdown

Masonry layout

The Masonry property allows you to choose a Masonry grid layout based on columns with no fixed height so that images in additional rows will rise up to fill the gaps.

With Masonry layout selected, you can customise: number of columns, row gap and column gap.

Activate

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Click dot to activate Masonry layout

6. Modify (number of columns, row gap and column gap)

Deactivate

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Click dot to deactivate Masonry layout

Auto Grid

Auto grid activated

The Auto Grid setting means that Cwicly will automatically repeat the row layout you have set out in the Edit Grid Layout.

The Query Template layout that you set out is not dependent on your Items.

The Items you add are automatically placed following the layout skeleton you have defined in the Auto grid layout.

Auto grid deactivated

With Auto grid deactivated, you have complete freedom as to how you design your Items, how they look and feel. With auto grid turned off, each module is now unique as it is not reproduced in subsequent rows.

If you want to add or remove Items, you need to go to Pagination in the Query settings of the Query Block and modify the number of Items per Page.

Activate/Deactivate

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout panel

5. Click dot to activate/deactivate Auto Grid

Auto Template

The Auto Template property automatically adjusts the responsiveness of the Query template layout for the different screen sizes available.

When the auto template setting is selected, you can choose whether to use Auto Fill or auto Fit.

Auto Fit is automatically selected and will fit your blocks into the available space.

If Auto Fill is selected, the width that has been chosen will be respected rather than the space available.

Toggle on/off

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Find Auto Grid

6. Click dot to toggle Auto Grid

Auto Fill

With Auto Fill selected, the width that has been chosen will be respected rather than the space available.

Toggle

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Click to activate Auto Template

6. Find Auto Fill

7. Toggle on/off

Auto Fit

With Auto Fit selected, your blocks will be fitted into the available space.

Toggle

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Open the Layout tab

5. Click to activate Auto Template

6. Find Auto Fit

7. Toggle on/off

Set Minimum Height, Row Gap or Column Gap

Minimum Height, Row Gap or Column Gap can be modified in the Layout Tab but also from the grid editor.

Modify

1. Select a Template Query block

2. Open the block inspector

3. Navigate to the primary tab

4. Find Grid Editor tab

5. Open Grid Editor

6. Find Minimum Height, Row Gap, Column Gap

7. Modify Minimum Height, Row Gap or Column Gap as required