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Editing View Layout

You edit the Web layout of a view in the Web Layout Editor. The Web Layout Editor allows you to edit the mapping between applets in the view and placeholders in the template.

To use the Web Layout Editor to modify the layout of a view

1. Select a view in the Object List Editor.
2. Right-click, and then choose Edit Web Layout.

   If the view has a template associated with it, the Web Layout Editor appears. The Web Layout Editor renders the underlying view template with mapped and unmapped placeholders.

3. Add an applet to the Web layout of the view by dragging it from the Applets window and dropping it onto an applet placeholder in the template.

   The Applets window shows all applets based on business components in the business object of the view. When an applet is mapped to a placeholder, the applet is displayed in the position it would appear at run time.

4. Delete an applet from the layout by selecting it, and then clicking the DELETE key.
5. Preview the view design by right-clicking on the layout, and then choosing Preview.

   The preview simulates what the view would look like in the run time environment by removing unmapped placeholders. This preview is not intended to be an exact representation of the eventual HTML output; it is intended to give you a rough idea about the structure and look of the generated output.

6. Export the preview to an HTML file by choosing File > Export, and then choosing a file name and location in the Save As dialog box that appears.
7. Change the Web template used by clicking the Change Template button that appears next to the Template text box in the Web Controls toolbar.

   NOTE:  This might result in some mappings becoming invalid if the corresponding placeholder IDs do not exist in the new template. You can test for invalid mapping by right-clicking and selecting Check Mapping.

8. Save your changes by choosing File > Save.