attach between toolbar and grid in tabbar

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

hi
i want use some layout pattern to meet my needs:
like you dbadmin demo, the left is a tree, and right is tabbared grid , in the tabbar above the grid is a toolbar, when i click toolbar’s button i can insert a advanced search window or html page between toolbar and grid,then the search result will dispaly in the grid below; when i finish the search the inserted window or html page can be hided.
can you tell me the best way the achive the need? thanks for help

#2

You may place 2e layout into the tab: “a” cell -search, “b” - grid.

And using collapse()/expand() methods you may hide/show search cell:

layout.cells(“a”).collapse();

layout.cells(“a”).expand();