A class defines a single type of object, for example a button or a menu. The list of classes appears in the Classes pane at the top of the Template Editor window. Each class has four attributes, displayed in columns in the Classes pane.

Name
Unique identifier for the object type; for example, ROLE_STANDARD_ACTIVEX. You cannot change this attribute.

List Name
Text that appears in the object type list in the Frame Properties toolpane in the Topic Editor, for example ActiveX.

Display Name
Text that appears in the template-generated text when the <ObjectType/> attribute is used within a template definition.

Gender
Used to refer to the appropriate set of gender templates in the Defaults section. This affects languages other than English. See the Use Genders topic in the Translate Templates chapter of the Content Development guide for more information.

To edit a class definition:

1. In the Template Editor, open the Template.xml file you want to edit.
    
2. Scroll the list of Classes as necessary and double-click the Class definition you want to edit.
    
3. Edit the text in the List Name and Display Name boxes as desired.
    
4. Change the Gender, if necessary.
    
5. Click OK.

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