Explanation

The Explanation UI element is used to display single-line or multi-line help texts for UI element or a Web Dynpro application. The help text is generally edited at design time by the relevant documentation developer or technical editor (but not by the software developer) in the Web Dynpro ABAP authoring environment.

Note

To permit the development of accessible applications, the tooltip property is not checked during design time, since there is no real need for a tooltip with this UI element.

For more information, see:

Help Texts for Web Dynpro Applications

Formats for UI Element Explanation

Example of the Visual Display

EXPLANATION

Runtime Class

CL_WD_EXPLANATION

Properties in View Designer

Name	Type	Initial Value	Bindable
id	STRING	(automatic)	No
contextMenuBehaviour	WDUI_CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR	inherit	No
contextMenuId	WDY_MD_UI_ELEMENT_REFERENCE		No
design	WDUI_EXPLANATION_DESIGN	standard	No
enabled	WDY_BOOLEAN	true	Yes
text	Translatable text		No
textDocumentName	DOKU_OBJ		No
tooltip	Translatable text		Yes
visible	WDUI_VISIBILITY	visible	Yes

Note

Other properties that can be inherited are defined in the related higher-level classes. The related UI elements are:

Dynamic Programming

For dynamic programming, the same properties, events, and aggregations as in the View Designer are available. But note that the spelling format and use of upper/lower case is different.

Dynamic Programming of Properties

View Designer Name	Runtime Name	Type
contextMenuBehaviour	CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR	WDUI_CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR
contextMenuBehaviour: inherit	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR-INHERIT
contextMenuBehaviour: provide	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR-PROVIDE
contextMenuBehaviour: suppress	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_CONTEXT_MENU_BEHAVIOUR-SUPPRESS
contextMenuId	CONTEXT_MENU_ID	WDY_MD_UI_ELEMENT_REFERENCE
design	DESIGN	WDUI_EXPLANATION_DESIGN
design: emphasized	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_DESIGN-EMPHASIZED
design: standard	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_DESIGN-STANDARD
enabled	ENABLED	WDY_BOOLEAN
text	TEXT	WDY_MD_TRANSLATABLE_TEXT
textDocumentName	TEXT_DOCUMENT_NAME	DOKU_OBJ
tooltip	TOOLTIP	WDY_MD_TRANSLATABLE_TEXT
visible	VISIBLE	WDUI_VISIBILITY
visible: none	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_VISIBLE-NONE
visible: visible	CL_WD_EXPLANATION=>E_VISIBLE-VISIBLE

Example

You can find examples in the system in the Web Dynpro applications WDR_TEST_UI_ELEMENTS and WDR_TEST_HELP.