ItemListBox Properties
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activateAccessKey
Activates access keys.
Both users and administrators can personalize this property.
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dataSource
Specifies the path to the context node that stores the categories and texts of the ItemListBox 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, text and descriptiveText, must be bound to attributes within the dataSource.
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descriptiveText
Path to the context attribute that stores the descriptive texts for ItemListBox entries. This text is displayed next to the short text (property text).
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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 Arabic or Hebrew, as opposed to LTR for languages like English.
This property can be personalized by administrators.
Value
Description
Can Be Set Using Personalization
INHERIT
The text direction is inherited from the parent element. Therefore, the text direction is identical to that of the parent element.
Yes
LTR
Left to right text direction
Yes
RTL
Right to left text direction
Yes
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explanation
Help text displayed when the help mode is activated. See also Help Texts in and for Web Dynpro Applications
This property can be personalized by administrators.
The explanation iproperty is only displayed if a Label exists for the corresponding UI element.
Note the following exception :
The explanation property of an AbstractTableColumn is always displayed. If the UI element appears in a Table, and therefore has no Label, then use a AbstractTableColumn.explanation as a replacement for an explanation for the respective UI element (for example, InputField).
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iconSource
Name of the symbol to be displayed.
More information: Handling Web Icons
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multipleSelection
Determines whether a multiple selection within the entries in the ItemListBox is possible or not.
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readOnly
Specifies whether the user can select entries in the ItemListBox, or whether they are to be displayed as read-only. If they can only be displayed, existing selections are still displayed.
This property can be personalized by administrators. In personalization, this property can be assigned the value: true
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selectionChangeBehaviour
Enables the application itself to change the lead selection.
This function works only if multipleSelection=false.
When you choose an entry in the ItemListBox with multiple selection the lead selection changes. Data may get lost if there is a singleton node beneath the lead selection.
Value
Description
auto
The lead selection changes automatically to the newly selected entry.
manual
The lead selection is not set by the framework. The application developer can set the lead selection in the event handler of onLeadSelect.
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text
Path to the context attribute that stores the short texts for ItemListBox entries. This text is displayed next to the descriptive text (property descriptiveText).
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textDirection
Text or writing direction.
This enables labels of interface elements to be read in languages that have an RTL writing direction, such as Arabic or Hebrew, as opposed to LTR for languages like English.
This property can be personalized by administrators.
Value
Description
Can be Set Using Personalization
INHERIT
The text direction is inherited from the parent element. Therefore, the text direction is identical to that of the parent element.
Yes
LTR
Left to right text direction
Yes
RTL
Right to left text direction
Yes
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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 administrators.
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width
Width of the UI element. See also Methods and Properties.
This property can be personalized by administrators.