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Working With Grid Layout

When working with applets based on grid-layout templates, consider the following:

• Controls snap to a grid in which each grid cell measures 8 x 8 pixels.
• Grid-based layouts only partially resize fields based on the user's monitor settings. For example, if a grid-based form designed to run on a monitor that is set to a resolution of 1024 x 768 (full width) is displayed on a monitor that is set to 800 x 600, the user would have to scroll to the right to see the right edge of the layout. If the same form is displayed on a monitor set to a resolution of 1280 x 1024, it would not occupy the entire width of the screen.

  However, the browser will eliminate as much padding as possible to eliminate the potential for horizontal scroll to occur. Field sizes do not change, but blanks at the start or end of labels will. For example, an applet designed to be 150 grid cells wide (1200 pixels), could actually render within the width of the screen at 1028 resolution. The Tools Preview mode will reflect this. You can use the preview mode to approximate how wide the form will be when it is rendered in the browser by tracking how many 100pixel-wide cells it crosses.

• In the Applet Layout Editor, labels appear as separate items from their corresponding controls. This gives you the ability to independently configure the layout of labels. Note that labels are used as constructs in the Applet Layout Editor only. Labels do not exist as separate controls in the Siebel repository, yet they are defined as applet Web template items. They use the Caption and Text Alignment- Label property of their corresponding control, but other properties do not apply.
• When you save an applet layout, the Applet Layout Editor checks for overlapping controls. If overlapping controls exist, an error message appears and you cannot save the layout.
• When using the alignment buttons on the Format toolbar, the last item selected on the canvas will be the one to which all other items will be aligned, centered, spaced, and so on.