Text Control and Text List Column

A text control or list column displays text in a rectangular box. To view an example of a text list column in a Siebel application, such as Siebel Call Center, navigate to the Opportunities list. Note the Opportunity Name text list column in the opportunity list. For more information, see Defining the Properties of a Control or List Column If HTML Type Is Text and Types of Applet Controls and List Columns.

A text control or list column does the following:

• Allows the user to enter and edit text. If a text control or list column is read-only, then the user cannot enter text. A read-only text control or list column includes a shaded background and displays text that the user cannot edit.

• Displays as a list, multi-value group, calculator, or calendar icon, depending on the business component field that the control or list column references.

• Displays data of a data type, such as alphanumeric, numeric, date, or currency.

• The HTML Height property of the control determines the number of rows of text that Siebel CRM displays in the text box.

• Displays a select icon on the near edge of the text control if the MVG Applet property includes a value that is not empty or if the Pop-up Edit property is TRUE. This functionality allows the user to call up a multi-value group applet or a calendar or calculator widget.

  If the field must be a pop-up calendar or calculator control, then the Runtime property must equal TRUE.

• Displays a select icon on the near edge of the text control if the Pick Applet property references a pick applet. If the user clicks the select icon, then Siebel CRM displays the list. For more information, see About Static Lists.

If data includes trailing spaces, then Siebel CRM truncates the data if Siebel CRM displays it in a Siebel application or in Siebel Tools. This truncation includes full width spaces in Japanese.