Systemwalker Runbook Automation Studio User's Guide

8.2.6 Properties View

Displays and allows changes to the properties of a tag or part selected in the design view, source view or outline view.

It contains the tabs below:

• Attributes: Displays the attributes of the selected tag or part.

• Contents: Displays the contents of the selected tag or part.

Displaying and editing attributes

The Attributes tab displays and allows changes to the attribute values of the selected tag or part.

The table below shows the items displayed by the Attributes tab of the properties view.

Item	Description
Properties	Properties are displayed hierarchically under the following categories: Common Property: Properties common to all window parts Control Property: Properties specific to UI parts Style Property: Properties specific to style Event Listener: Properties specific to be able to use event listener Validation Property: Properties such as whether input is mandatory, etc.
Value	Displays property values

Note

When a value is deleted at the properties view, the property is not deleted - it just has its value set to " ".
Therefore, when a property having a value other than the default (" ") is deleted at the properties view, the value becomes invalid.

This causes a design view error and prevents editing using the design view.
In this case, take one of the following actions:

1. Delete the empty property (only if it is not mandatory).

   • Use the source view to delete the property.

   • From the properties view popup menu, select Restore Defaults.

2. Specify a valid value for the property

However, when property is mandatory, to delete property, error has occurred. In this case, action above b.

Displaying and editing contents

Clicking the Contents tab displays the contents of the selected tag or part. The contents can be edited in the contents editing area.

The HTML tags below (empty elements) cannot be edited using the contents editing area:

• area

• base

• br

• col

• hr

• img

• input

• link

• meta

• param

HTML tags can also bet set as non-editable (with the exception of the tags listed above).
To set a HTML tag as non-editable, follow the steps below:

1. Select Settings from the Window menu.

2. In the settings items in the Settings dialog box, select Ajax Page Editor >> Properties view.

3. Under Contents tab, at Specify tags that have no content enter the HTML tag.
   Separate multiple tags with a comma (,).

• Newline character

  To enter a newline character in the contents editing area, press one of the following:

  • Ctrl+Enter

  • Shift+Enter

  Users can select which of the above key combinations to use to enter a newline character (the default is Ctrl+Enter).
  To set the newline character input keys, follow the steps below:

  1. Select Settings from the Window menu.

  2. In the settings items in the Settings dialog box, select Ajax Page Editor >> Properties view.

  3. Under Contents tab, at Set the return key select the newline character input keys.

• Conversion of special characters

  When escapes are set, the special characters shown below are converted.
  However, if values are already set in the contents, special characters are not converted.

  Original character	Character after conversion
  "	"
  &	&
  <	&lt;
  >	&gt;

  To set escapes, follow the steps below:

  1. Select Settings from the Window menu.

  2. In the settings items in the Settings dialog box, select Ajax Page Editor >> Properties view.

  3. Under Contents tab, select Convert escape characters.