Portlet Properties
General Tab
The following table describes the portlet properties displayed on the General tab. My webMethods Server displays these properties when you select to view the properties in regular mode and in page editing mode.
Section | Property | Description |
General | Name | Name of the portlet that appears in the portlet title bar. |
| Description | Optional description of the portlet. |
| Keywords | Optional keywords that you assign to a portlet for your own use. Out-of-the-box, My webMethods Server does not provide functionality that uses the keywords. However, you can write custom code that takes advantage of the keywords. |
Display | Full Page View | Display to use for the portlet when you navigate to the portlet itself where My webMethods Server displays a page that contains only the portlet. |
Portlet View | Display to use for the portlet when you navigate to the page that contains the portlet. |
Maintenance | Owner | The user name of the user that added the portlet to the page. |
| Created On | The date and time the portlet was added to the page. |
| Modified On | The date and time the portlet was last updated. |
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Preferences Tab
The Preferences tab contains properties that are specific to the portlet and that usually define the information that My webMethods Server displays in the portlet. For example, for the HTML Text tool, you can specify the text to display in the portlet on the Preferences tab.
To view the Preferences tab, you must view the properties from page editing mode. Not all portlets use a Preferences tab.
Layout Tab
The Layout tab contains properties that dictate how My webMethods Server is to display the portlet. To view the Layout tab, you must view the properties from page editing mode.
The following table lists the typical properties that are included on the Layout tab.
Section | Property | Description |
Size and Positioning | Width | How wide to make the portlet. Specify the number of pixels to use for the portlet width. |
| Height | How tall to make the portlet. Specify the number of pixels to use for the portlet height. |
| Auto Positioned | How My webMethods Server positions the portlet when rendering the page. If Auto Position is toggled:  On: My webMethods Server automatically positions the portlet, ignoring any positioning information stored with the portlet. Off: My webMethods Server uses positioning information stored with the portlet to determine where to place the portlet on the page. As a result, My webMethods Server uses the location from when the page was last saved. |
Display | Titlebar | Whether you want My webMethods Server to display the portlet title bar. Select the check box to display the title bar; clear the check box to hide the title bar. Note: | If you hide the title bar, when editing the page, select View As Expert to temporarily view the title bar so that you can manipulate the portlet on the page. |
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| Border | Whether you want My webMethods Server to display the portlet border. Select the check box to display the border; clear the check box to hide the border. Note: | If you hide the border, when editing the page, select View As Expert to temporarily view the border to help you as you position and/or resize the portlet. |
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| Minimized | Whether you want My webMethods Server to initially display the portlet as minimized when it displays the page that contains the portlet. Users can restore the portlet to view its contents. |
| CSS Class | A CSS class to apply to the portlet. 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 page, either the CSS style sheet that is: Used by the current skin Included with a custom portlet in the page content or the current shell |
| CSS Style | A style to apply to the portlet. 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 | A background image to use for the portlet. Type the name of the image file from the current skin. You specify the name of the skin property. For example, to use the main logo image from the skin, type images/logo.gif. 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. |
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Metadata Tab
The Metadata tab contains properties that are specific to the portlet and that usually define the information that My webMethods Server displays in the portlet.
To view the Metadata tab, you must view the properties from page editing mode. Not all portlets use a Preferences tab.
Wiring Tab
Use the
Wiring tab to wire the values of the properties. To view the
Wiring tab, you must view the properties from page editing mode. For more information about wiring properties, see
Wiring the Property of One Portlet
to the Property of Another and
Wiring a Principal Attribute to
a Portlet Property.
