Creating Screen Elements (SAP Library

Creating Screen Elements

Unlike in the graphical fullscreen editor, you do not choose elements from the element palette. Instead, you use menus.

For a short description of all screen elements, see Screen Element Types

There are two ways of creating a screen element:

You can link a new element to an existing ABAP Dictionary or program field. For details of how to do this, see Using Dictionary and Program Fields on a Screen.

You can also create new screen elements without reference to an ABAP Dictionary or program field by choosing Edit ® Create element.

Procedure

The procedure differs according to the type of screen element you want to create.

Creating a Text Field, Input/Output Field, Radio Button, Checkbox, or Pushbutton

Place the cursor at the position where you want to insert the element. You can move the cursor using the arrow keys.

Choose Edit ® Create element, followed by the appropriate element.

The Screen Element Attributes dialog box appears.

Fill in the appropriate attribute values.

If you are entering the name of a Dictionary field, the system prompts you for information about how you want to interpret the field. If you are creating check boxes or radio buttons, the system prompts you with two attributes screens. One for the element itself and one for the element's label.

Choose Transfer.

The system then inserts the element at the current cursor position.

Creating a Group Box

Position the cursor where you want the top left-hand corner of the element to be.

Choose Edit ® Create element ® Box.

The Screen Element Attributes dialog box appears.

Enter the attributes of the group box.

Choose Transfer.

The system displays the change screen for the element.

Position the cursor where you want the bottom right-hand corner of the group box to be.

Choose End of box to set the group box on the screen.
The system displays the group box on the screen as you specified.

Creating a Subscreen

Position the cursor where you want the top left-hand corner of the subscreen to be.

Choose Edit ® Create element ® Subscreen.

On the screen, the system displays the area in which the subscreen can occur.

Position the cursor where you want the bottom right-hand corner of the subscreen area to be.

Choose Area end.

The Screen Element Attributes dialog box appears.

Enter the attributes of the subscreen.
Choose Copy.
The system displays the group box on the screen as you specified.

Creating a Table Control

See Creating a Table Control.

Creating a Tabstrip Control

See Creating a Tabstrip Control.

Creating a Steploop

See Working with Step Loops.