Configuring a Web Content Display component

For the Web Content Display component, you provide the content to display. You can also customize the component height.

To configure the Web Content Display component:

  1. By default, the component is 200 pixels high. Use the Web content display height field to change the height.
  2. Use the text editor to create or edit the component content.
    Edit view of the Web Content Display component
    The text editor provides options to:
    • Select the font
    • Highlight text
    • Change the text alignment
    • Create numbered and bulleted lists

    Note that you cannot include script tags or a separate style tag. If you do include these items, they are removed when you save the component.

  3. To add a hyperlink:
    1. Select the link text.
    2. In the text editor toolbar, click the hyperlink icon.
    3. On the hyperlink dialog, in the URL field, type the URL.
      Link URL dialog from the Web Content Display edit view
    4. You can also edit the link text.
    5. To save the link, click OK.

    When end users click links in a Web Content Display component, the target URL automatically displays in a new browser window.

    To edit an existing link, click anywhere in the link text, then click the hyperlink icon.

  4. To insert an image:
    1. In the text editor toolbar, click the image upload icon.

      The image upload dialog is displayed. The dialog displays any images that have been uploaded for this or any other Web Content Display component in the current application.


      Image upload dialog for Web Content Display component

      The list does not include images uploaded in other components or other applications.

      The images are stored in the Studio database.

    2. To use an existing image in the list, click the image, then click OK.
    3. If you need to upload a new image, click the Browse button to search for and select the image.
      Image file field for Web Content Display with image file selected

      Studio supports the .gif, .jpeg/.jpg, .bmp, and .png file types.

      To clear the image file selection, click Cancel.

    4. To upload the selected file, click Upload.

      The image is added to the list, and the dialog is updated to display the image width and height.


      Image upload dialog with newly uploaded image file

      You can use the Width and Height fields to customize the displayed size of the image. The image always maintains its original aspect ratio. So for example when you edit the width, the height is automatically updated.

    5. To insert the currently selected image, click OK.
  5. To display the source HTML, click the source view icon.

    Source HTML view of the Web Content Display edit view