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, or cells, which are the entities that hold the iViews you add to a page. It is possible to move content from one container to another to rearrange the setup.

A page consists of a specific number of columns and rows. There is no limit to how many iViews you can assign to each cell. The iViews are placed vertically in the cell, and 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 apply 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

●      In the NetWeaver Developer Studio, you can create new JSP and Web Dynpro 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 Creating Custom Layouts.

●      You can copy Web Dynpro layouts that are exposed in the Web Dynpro Application Repository and paste them into the Portal Catalog. For more information, see Generic Portal Application Layer (GPAL) Repositories.

●      You can also create new dynamic Web Dynpro layouts using the Layout Wizard. Layouts created in the Layout Wizard can only be used in Web Dynpro pages. For more information, see Creating a Layout.