Page Layouts 

Definition

The element that structures page content and enables you to organize the displayed information in the most effective way.

Structure

Each layout has a specific arrangement of containers, the entities that hold the iViews you add to a page. It is possible to move content from one container to another in order to rearrange the setup.

A page consists of columns, with each column representing one container. Moving an object to a different container means moving it to a different column.

There is no limit to how many iViews you can assign to one container. The page scrolling function allows you to see any content that you add.

Out-of-the Box-Layouts

The portal provides a variety of predefined page layouts. While creating a page, you assign a default active layout to the page. Optionally, you can associate other layouts that can be accessed by that page to allow portal users to display their content differently.

The out-of-the-box layouts that you can associate to a page are as follows:

            1 Column (Full Width)

            2 Columns (Equal Widths)

            2 Columns (Narrow:Wide)

            2 Columns (Wide:Narrow)

            3 Columns (Narrow:Wide:Narrow)

            T-Layout (Top – Full Width; Bottom – 2 Equal Width)

            T-Layout (Top – Full Width; Bottom – Narrow:Wide)

            T-Layout (Top – Full Width; Bottom – Wide:Narrow)

            Double-T (Top/Bottom – Full Width; Middle – 2 Equal Width)

Additional Layouts

·        You can create new layouts or new layout templates based on any of the layouts provided. These new layouts can be modified without affecting the source template. For more information, see Running the Layout Wizard.

·        The following two additional layouts, which are not available to either regular or Web Dynpro pages, are used by the Default Framework Page:

¡        Framework Layout

¡        NavPanel and ContentArea Layout

For information, see Default Framework Page.

Custom Layouts

The portal’s open architecture allows you to create customized layout templates, according to customer needs, and to deploy them in the portal.

For information, see Creating a Customized Page Layout Template.

 

Neither new layouts created with the Layout Wizard nor custom layouts appear in the Available Layouts list when you are choosing layouts for a Web Dynpro page.