Layout Engine
Software component that displays formatted content.
A Layout Engine (or rendering engine) is a software component that takes marked up content (such as HTML, XML, image files, etc.) and formatting information (such as CSS, XSL, etc.) and displays the formatted content on the screen.
Related Concepts
[[Application Layout Engine]] - For GUI applications
[[Document Layout Engine]] - For document formatting
[[Widget Toolkit]] - GUI component libraries
[[User Interface Markup Language]] - Markup for UIs
[[Architecture Decision]] — technical design choices involved in building layout engines
Resources
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- Application Layout Engine Systems managing the arrangement of UI components across different devices and …
- Document Layout Engine Software for rendering and formatting document layouts.
- User Interface Markup Language Markup languages for defining user interfaces.
- Widget Toolkit A library for building graphical user interfaces.