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Composite
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The Composite is a generic container widget. It exposes all methods to set layouts and to manage child widgets as public methods. Composites must be configured with a layout manager to define the way the widget's children are positioned.

Features
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-   Public methods to manage child widgets (add, remove, ...)
-   Public `setLayout` method to define the Composite's layout manager

Description
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Composites are used to manually compose widgets. They are always used in combination with a layout manager. The general behavior of this widget is controlled by this layout manager.

Demos
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Any of the layout demos use Composites:

Here are some links that demonstrate the usage of the widget:

-   [The first layout demo. Any other layout demo uses Composites as well.](apps://demobrowser/#layout~Basic.html)

API
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Here is a link to the API of the Widget:
[qx.ui.container.Composite](apps://apiviewer/index.html#qx.ui.container.Composite)