Explanation 

The UI element explanation is used to display help texts for an application. The help text is created at design time by the information developer or technical editor.

In the design time the tooltip is not checked to ensure Accessibility, since there is no use for a tooltip with this UI element.

Examples of the Display: Explanation for an InputField

The behavior varies depending on the help mode.

·        Help mode = on

The UI element explanation contains a text that appears on the screen permanently and should contain explanations about the screen or parts of the screen.

If the explanation property is set for another UI element (for example, for a Button), this UI element is provided with a symbol on the screen (information indicator, i). If the cursor is moved over this symbol, the content of this property, a quick info, is displayed. In this case the property actually contains an F1 help.

The content of the tooltip property is read in accessibility mode only by the screen reader.

·        Help mode = off

The UI element Explanation and all information indicators are not displayed, that is there is no primary help available.

You can activate the help mode either in the personal settings in the portal or in the associated URL Parameters.

 

Runtime Class

CL_WD_EXPLANATION

 

Properties in the View Designer

Name	Type	Initial Value	Bindable
ID	STRING	(automatic)	No
enabled	WDY_BOOLEAN	true	Yes
text	Text		No
tooltip	Text		Yes
visible	WDUI_VISIBILITY	visible	Yes

Further properties that can be inherited are defined in the associated higher-level class.  The associated interface elements are:

·         UIElement

·         ViewElement

Dynamic Programming

For dynamic programming the same properties, events, and aggregations are provide in the View Designer. Bear in mind the different spellings.

Dynamic Programming of Properties

View Designer Name	Runtime Name	Type
enabled	ENABLED	WDY_BOOLEAN
text	TEXT	WDY_MD_TRANSLATABLE_TEXT
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 application, WDR_TEST_UI_ELEMENTS.