Salt is a subproject included in PlantUML that may help you to design graphical interface or Website Wireframe or Page Schematic or Screen Blueprint.
The goal of this tool is to discuss about simple and sample windows.
You can use either @startsalt keyword, or @startuml followed by a line with salt keyword.
Basic widgets
A window must start and end with brackets. You can then define:
Button using [ and ].
Radio button using ( and ).
Checkbox using [ and ].
User text area using ".
Droplist using ^.
@startsalt
{
Just plain text
[This is my button]
() Unchecked radio
(X) Checked radio
[] Unchecked box
[X] Checked box
"Enter text here "
^This is a droplist^
}
@endsalt
Using grid [|]
A table is automatically created when you use an opening bracket {.
And you have to use | to separate columns.
For example:
You can use several horizontal lines as separator.
@startsalt
{
Text1
..
"Some field"
==
Note on usage
~~
Another text
--
[Ok]
}
@endsalt
Tree widget [T]
To have a Tree, you have to start with {T and to use + to denote hierarchy.
@startsalt
{
{T
+ World
++ America
+++ Canada
+++ USA
++++ New York
++++ Boston
+++ Mexico
++ Europe
+++ Italy
+++ Germany
++++ Berlin
++ Africa
}
}
@endsalt
Tree table [T]
You can combine trees with tables.
@startsalt
{
{T
+Region | Population | Age
+ World | 7.13 billion | 30
++ America | 964 million | 30
+++ Canada | 35 million | 30
+++ USA | 319 million | 30
++++ NYC | 8 million | 30
++++ Boston | 617 thousand | 30
+++ Mexico | 117 million | 30
++ Europe | 601 million | 30
+++ Italy | 61 million | 30
+++ Germany | 82 million | 30
++++ Berlin | 3 million | 30
++ Africa | 1 billion | 30
}
}
@endsalt
And add lines.
@startsalt
{
..
== with T!
{T!
+Region | Population | Age
+ World | 7.13 billion | 30
++ America | 964 million | 30
}
..
== with T-
{T-
+Region | Population | Age
+ World | 7.13 billion | 30
++ America | 964 million | 30
}
..
== with T+
{T+
+Region | Population | Age
+ World | 7.13 billion | 30
++ America | 964 million | 30
}
..
== with T#
{T#
+Region | Population | Age
+ World | 7.13 billion | 30
++ America | 964 million | 30
}
..
}
@endsalt
@startsalt
{
<color:Blue>Just plain text
[This is my default button]
[<color:green>This is my green button]
[<color:#9a9a9a>This is my disabled button]
[] <color:red>Unchecked box
[X] <color:green>Checked box
"Enter text here "
^This is a droplist^
^<color:#9a9a9a>This is a disabled droplist^
^<color:red>This is a red droplist^
}
@endsalt
Using << and >> you can define a pseudo-sprite or sprite-like drawing and reusing it latter.
@startsalt
{
[X] checkbox|[] checkbox
() radio | (X) radio
This is a text|[This is my button]|This is another text
"A field"|"Another long Field"|[A button]
<<folder
............
.XXXXX......
.X...X......
.XXXXXXXXXX.
.X........X.
.X........X.
.X........X.
.X........X.
.XXXXXXXXXX.
............
>>|<color:blue>other folder|<<folder>>
^Droplist^
}
@endsalt
OpenIconic is a very nice open source icon set. Those icons have been integrated into the creole parser, so you can use them out-of-the-box.
You can use the following syntax: <&ICON_NAME>.