Customizing PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture Pages for Bidirectionality

This section discusses how to customize the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture pages for bidirectionality.

Note: You can set bidirectionality explicitly for an object or inherit it from parent objects.

This table lists and describes the system and meta-HTML variables that are used to develop bidirectional PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture pages:

Directionality Variables

Description

%AlignStart

Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded left to align page elements.

%AlignEnd

Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded right to align text.

%AlignAmount

Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded right for numeric amounts

%Direction

Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded ltr or rtl to set the directionality of elements, such as the <html> tag of an HTML document.

Anywhere you normally use left, right, ltr, or rtl, use the appropriate directionality variable. For instance, instead of 

<td align='right'>

use 

<td align='%AlignEnd'>

This also applies to left and right keywords within HTML substrings. For instance:

%AlignStartmargin=10

Note: HTML elements inherit the directionality of the parent element, so setting dir='%Direction' on the HTML tag will take effect for all the elements within the HTML page, unless overridden. If no directionality is set on the HTML element, the default value is dir='ltr'.

When adding images to the image catalog, you must identify the images you want to flip horizontally when loaded.

The Use tab on the Image Properties dialog box features a Mirror this image in right-to-left contexts check box that enables you to specify that an image be flipped horizontally when loaded onto a page in a right-to-left context.

Note: The check box can only be changed when the user is logged into Application Designer as a base language user. If an image is marked to be mirrored, it cannot be translatable. Any translations for an image marked to be mirrored will be discarded.

Image: Image Properties - Use tab

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Image Properties - Use tab.

Image Properties - Use tab

As a general rule, set this option for any image that does not contain text and has a directional meaning, such as arrow icons that indicate next and previous actions.