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Opening the Web Layout Editor

The Web Layout Editor is an HTML editor that allows you to drag a user interface object, such as an applet or control, and drop it in a placeholder in a Siebel Web template. You use the Web Layout Editor to design the layout of an applet or view.

To open the Web Layout Editor

• In the Object List Editor, right-click one of the following objects, and then choose the Edit Web Layout menu item:
  • Applet
  • Applet Web template
  • View
  • View Web template
  • Web Template

Figure 24 illustrates usage of the Web Layout Editor.

Figure 24. Web Layout Editor for an Applet

About Applets and Applet Web Templates

To render an applet in the Siebel client, Siebel CRM uses configuration information from the following items:

• Object definitions that are stored in the Siebel repository
• Layout and format information contained in an applet Web template

A user interface object, such as a control or list column, is mapped to a placeholder in a Web template. At run time, the Siebel Web Engine does the following:

• Creates each object
• To display the applet in the Siebel client, uses the HTML contained in the Web template
• Places each object in the appropriate location in the Web template
• To enter CRM data that the object displays, retrieves the relevant data from the Siebel database

To modify or create an applet, in Siebel Tools you can use the Object List Editor to define object properties. You can use the Web Layout editor to map controls to placeholders in Web templates and to define object properties. To modify other qualities of a user interface element you use an external cascading style sheet. For example, to change the style of an applet, such as the color scheme. You typically do not modify Web templates themselves.

For more information, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.