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Adding a Control or List Column to an Applet Layout

This task is a step in Process of Using the Applet Layout Editor.

You can use the Applet Layout Editor to add a control or list column to an applet:

• You can add a predefined control or list column that is a child object of the applet that exists in the Siebel repository but that Siebel CRM does not map to the applet web template.
• You can add a custom control or list column to an applet layout. For example, you can add a custom control to the applet layout that displays a custom business component field.

An applet header or footer can include a button control. You cannot place a nonbutton control, such as a field, in an applet header or footer.

For more information, see About Applet Controls and List Columns.

To add a control or list column to an applet layout

1. In Web Tools, open a workspace and then navigate to Object Explorer.

   For information on using the workspace dashboard, see Using Siebel Tools.

2. Click Applet and then locate the applet you must modify.
3. Expand the applet list and click Applet Web Template and then Applet Web Template Item.
4. For the selected applet Web template, add a new applet Web template item.

   NOTE:  Use the preview (eye-shaped) icon, to identify unmapped item identifiers. The preview displays after the child applet.

5. Save your changes using the gear icon and preview the object design once again.

   Your new control displays in bold with its item identifier.

How Siebel Tools Treats Labels and Controls in a Grid Layout

If an applet references an applet web template that uses a grid layout, then Siebel Tools treats the labels and controls as separate items. Siebel Tools does this to provide more flexibility when you design the layout. This functionality requires you to map the control and the label of the control onto the applet layout. A label includes the same name as the control, except that Siebel Tools appends the label with the word label. For more information, see Using Grid Layout for an Applet.

Deleting a Control or List Column

You can cut or delete a control or list column from an applet layout. It is not necessary to delete the object definition for the control or list column. For important caution information, see Deleting a Control or List Column While in Language Override Mode.

To delete a control or list column

1. In Web Tools, open a workspace and then navigate to Object Explorer.

   For information on using the workspace dashboard, see Using Siebel Tools.

2. Click Applet and then locate the applet you must modify.
3. Expand the applet list and click Applet Web Template and then Applet Web Template Item.
4. In Object List Editor, select an applet Web template from the parent applet and then delete the required applet Web template item from the child applet.
5. Click the preview (eye-shaped) icon in Applet Web Templates to verify that the Web template does not use the control.

   The preview displays after the child applet.

6. Save your changes.

   Web Tools removes the item from the editor and deletes the corresponding applet Web template object definition from the Siebel repository.

   NOTE:  You can delete a control only if it was created in the current version of the workspace. For a control created in a previous version, inactivate it to disable it in the object design.