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Using a Layout Editor

Web Tools supports the following layout editors for both edit and preview of the code:

• Applet Layout Editor
• View Layout Editor
• Web Page Layout Editor

Siebel Tools supports only Applet Menu Layout Editor.

A layout editor allows you to do the following:

• Add or map a control or list column to an applet layout.
• Modify an existing view or create a new view. Click an applet and, with the mouse button depressed, move the applet to the View Layout Editor and then release the mouse button. You can view a list applet, a form applet, or the container page in Preview mode.

  NOTE:  To map view, applet, or control in Web Tools, first identify the unmapped placeholders and their Item Identifiers from the preview in Web Template of View or Applet objects. Next, click the required Web Template Item of that object and add field values in the child applet. When you preview the Web Template again, the field will be in bold to indicate that it is now mapped.

• Add or delete a control from a Web page template, modify a control property, or map a control to a placeholder.
• Edit the menu structure of a Siebel application. You right-click an applet in the Object List Editor, and then click Edit Web Menus.
• Preview an approximation of how Siebel CRM displays an applet or a Web page at run time.

For more information about using layout editors, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.

NOTE:  You should use Web Tools to preview applet, view, and web page.

To use a layout editor

1. In the Object List Editor, locate the object that you want to modify.

   You can open a layout editor from an applet, view, or Web page in Web Tools. For more information, see Locating and Modifying Object Definitions in the Object List Editor.

2. Click the object that you located in Step 1, and then click the Preview (eye-shaped) icon to preview the design.
3. To exit the preview, click the Back button.

   NOTE:  For more information on the features of an editor and how to use it, see To use the Web Templates applet.