Guidelines for Sizing Controls in Cells

You can apply the following guidelines when you size controls in cells:

• You must place each control in a cell. The size of the cell that contains the control determines the size of the control.

• If you place a cell in a horizontal block, then you can set the horizontal size of this cell.

• If you place a cell in a vertical block, then you can set the vertical size of this cell.

• You cannot set the vertical size of a cell that you place in a horizontal block, and you cannot set the horizontal size of a cell that you place in a vertical block. A cell includes only one size attribute. Siebel CRM Desktop examines the parent layout type of the cell to determine how the size relates to the vertical or the horizontal orientation.

• If you do not set a size for a control, then Siebel CRM Desktop stretches the control so that it consumes all the available area in the cell. If you set the size for only some cells, then Siebel CRM Desktop sizes the cell according to the dimensions you specify, and expands each other cell that you do not specify size so that it consumes all the available area in the cell where it resides.

• In this example, you add a size for some cells to more accurately position the control that each cell contains.