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# View
> Create and layout native views.
Process: [Main](../glossary.md#main-process)
This module cannot be used until the `ready` event of the `app`
module is emitted.
```js
const { BaseWindow, View } = require('electron')
const win = new BaseWindow()
const view = new View()
view.setBackgroundColor('red')
view.setBounds({ x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100 })
win.contentView.addChildView(view)
```
## Class: View
> A basic native view.
Process: [Main](../glossary.md#main-process)
`View` is an [EventEmitter][event-emitter].
### `new View()`
Creates a new `View`.
### Instance Events
Objects created with `new View` emit the following events:
#### Event: 'bounds-changed'
Emitted when the view's bounds have changed in response to being laid out. The
new bounds can be retrieved with [`view.getBounds()`](#viewgetbounds).
### Instance Methods
Objects created with `new View` have the following instance methods:
#### `view.addChildView(view[, index])`
* `view` View - Child view to add.
* `index` Integer (optional) - Index at which to insert the child view.
Defaults to adding the child at the end of the child list.
If the same View is added to a parent which already contains it, it will be reordered such that
it becomes the topmost view.
#### `view.removeChildView(view)`
* `view` View - Child view to remove.
If the view passed as a parameter is not a child of this view, this method is a no-op.
#### `view.setBounds(bounds)`
* `bounds` [Rectangle](structures/rectangle.md) - New bounds of the View.
#### `view.getBounds()`
Returns [`Rectangle`](structures/rectangle.md) - The bounds of this View, relative to its parent.
#### `view.setBackgroundColor(color)`
* `color` string - Color in Hex, RGB, ARGB, HSL, HSLA or named CSS color format. The alpha channel is
optional for the hex type.
Examples of valid `color` values:
* Hex
* `#fff` (RGB)
* `#ffff` (ARGB)
* `#ffffff` (RRGGBB)
* `#ffffffff` (AARRGGBB)
* RGB
* `rgb\(([\d]+),\s*([\d]+),\s*([\d]+)\)`
* e.g. `rgb(255, 255, 255)`
* RGBA
* `rgba\(([\d]+),\s*([\d]+),\s*([\d]+),\s*([\d.]+)\)`
* e.g. `rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0)`
* HSL
* `hsl\((-?[\d.]+),\s*([\d.]+)%,\s*([\d.]+)%\)`
* e.g. `hsl(200, 20%, 50%)`
* HSLA
* `hsla\((-?[\d.]+),\s*([\d.]+)%,\s*([\d.]+)%,\s*([\d.]+)\)`
* e.g. `hsla(200, 20%, 50%, 0.5)`
* Color name
* Options are listed in [SkParseColor.cpp](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/skia/src/utils/SkParseColor.cpp;l=11-152;drc=eea4bf52cb0d55e2a39c828b017c80a5ee054148)
* Similar to CSS Color Module Level 3 keywords, but case-sensitive.
* e.g. `blueviolet` or `red`
**Note:** Hex format with alpha takes `AARRGGBB` or `ARGB`, _not_ `RRGGBBAA` or `RGB`.
#### `view.setBorderRadius(radius)`
* `radius` Integer - Border radius size in pixels.
**Note:** The area cutout of the view's border still captures clicks.
#### `view.setVisible(visible)`
* `visible` boolean - If false, the view will be hidden from display.
### Instance Properties
Objects created with `new View` have the following properties:
#### `view.children` _Readonly_
A `View[]` property representing the child views of this view.
[event-emitter]: https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#events_class_eventemitter