Workspace Properties for Expert Users

Property

Available for

Description

View As

expert users

This property indicates whether you want to view column, row, and portlet borders and hidden portlet title bars.

Select End User if you do not want to view borders or hidden title bars.

Select Expert User if you want to view borders and hidden title bars.

Borders are helpful when you are positioning portlets. Also, if you set a portlet’s properties so that the title bar is hidden, you must view the page as an expert user to re-display the title bar so that you can take action on that portlet, for example, to move it or access its properties.

Editable Canvas

expert users

This property indicates whether you want users viewing the workspace to be able to reposition and/or resize portlets.

Clear the Editable Canvas check box to prevent users from inadvertently changing the layout while using the workspace. If you select a free form layout for the workspace, a user can inadvertently change the page simply by clicking a portlet.

Note:

When the Editable Canvas check box is selected, users can change the layout. This is true even when users are denied permissions to edit a workspace, although they are prevented from saving those edits. However, when the Editable Canvas check box is cleared, all users are prevented from changing the layout.

Columns

all users

This property specifies the layout to use for the workspace. The layout defines how the portlets within a workspace can be positioned. You can define either a:

Column layout. In this layout, all the portlets in a workspace are aligned in columns. Portlets cannot overlap within a column. You can define a workspace to have one, two, three, or four columns.

Free Form layout. In this layout, you can place portlets on the workspace in any location. Portlets can overlap and even completely cover one another. This is the default for a new workspace.

Attributes

expert users

When using a column layout, this property specifies attributes for the column that you can use for your own use. Out-of-the-box, My webMethods Server does not provide functionality that uses the attributes. However, you can write custom code that takes advantage of the attributes.

Width

all users

When using a column layout, this property specifies the percentage of the workspace to use for the width of the column.

Word Wrap

all users

When using a column layout, this property specifies whether you want to wrap long text lines within portlets to fit the column size.

Horizontal Alignment

all users

When using a column layout, this property specifies how the portlets should be aligned horizontally in the column.

Vertical Alignment

all users

When using a column layout, this property specifies how the portlets should be aligned vertically in the column.

CSS Class

expert users

When using a column layout, this property specifies a CSS class to apply to the column. Type the name of the class, omitting the leading period. For example, type nav for the “.nav” class.

Specify a CSS class defined by a CSS style sheet included in the workspace, either the CSS style sheet that is:

Used by the current skin

Included with a custom portlet in the workspace content or the current shell

CSS Style

expert users

When using a column layout, this property specifies a style to apply to the column. Type any style that is valid for use in a CSS file. For example, if you type border: 1pt dashed red, a dashed red line appears as a portlet border.

Skin Background Image

expert users

When using a column layout, this property specifies an image from the current skin to use as the background image for the column.

Type the name of the skin property. For example, to use the main logo image from the skin, type images/logo.gif. System administrators can determine the skin property name for an image by accessing the skin editor (via the Administration Dashboard > User Interface > Skin Administration portlet) and locating the image in the Images page. The skin property is "images/" followed by the property name, such as "images/logo.gif".

Note:

To apply an image that is not in the current skin, specify the standard CSS background-image property in the CSS Style field. You can also specify properties in the CSS Style field to control how the background is displayed, such as whether it repeats, is centered, scrolls with the page, etc.