ItemListBox Properties 

Properties in the View Designer

·        dataSource

Specifies the path to the context node which stores the categories and texts of the list box entries. Each node element represents one entry in the ItemListBox. The ItemListBox entries are displayed in the order of the node elements.

Properties that are to have a different value for each entry, for example, the text and descriptiveText properties, must be bound to attributes within the dataSource.

·        descriptiveText

Path to the context attribute that stores the descriptive texts for the ItemListBox entries. This text is displayed next to the short text (property text).

·        descriptiveTextDirection

Text or text direction of the descriptive text.

This enables labels of interface elements to be read in languages that have an RTL writing direction, such as Hebrew and Arabic, as opposed to LTR such as English.

This property can be personalized by an administrator.

Value	Description	Can be set using personalization
INHERIT	The text direction is inherited from the parent element. Therefore, the text direction is identical to the one of the parent element.	Yes
LTR	Left to right text direction	Yes
RTL	Right to left text direction	Yes

·        explanation

Help text for an application that is displayed in activated help mode.
See also Explanation

·        iconSource

Symbolic name of the symbol to be displayed.
See also Handling Web Icons

·        multipleSelection

Determines whether a multiple selection within the entries in the ItemListBox is possible or not.

·        readOnly

Specifies whether the user can select the entries in the ItemListBox, or whether it only is to be displayed as read-only. If they can only be displayed, existing selections are still displayed.

This property can be personalized by an administrator.

·        selectionChangeBehaviour

Enables the application itself to change the lead selection. When you choose an entry in the ItemListBox with multiple selection the lead selection changes. Data may get lost if there is a single node beneath the lead selection.

Value	Description
auto	The lead selection changes automatically to the newly selected entry.
manual	The application itself can change the lead selection provided that an action is specified.

·        text

Path to the context attribute that stores the short texts for the ItemListBox entries. This text is displayed next to the descriptive text (property descriptiveText).

·        textDirection

Text or writing direction.

This enables labels of interface elements to be read in languages that have an RTL writing direction, such as Hebrew and Arabic, as opposed to LTR such as English.

This property can be personalized by an administrator.

Value	Description	Can be set using personalization
INHERIT	The text direction is inherited from the parent element. Therefore, the text direction is identical to the one of the parent element.	Yes
LTR	Left to right text direction	Yes
RTL	Right to left text direction	Yes

·        visibleItems

Number of visible entries. If more entries than are visible exist, a scroll bar appears, with which you can scroll through the entries.

This property can be personalized by an administrator.

·        width

Width of the interface element, specified in CSS sizes, such as em, ex, pixel, or percent. See also Legend.

This property can be personalized by an administrator.