Component Settings

The majority of the properties associated with a Data Display are view-specific. However, a few properties apply to the entire instance of the component. These properties are located on the Web Part Settings page, which is accessed via the Component Settings button () at the top of the Display Wizard main page.

The following options can be changed on this page:

•      Display Title: The title that is shown to the end user at the top of the component.

•      Display Description: The component description that is displayed to the user in a pop-up when they hover over the component name.

•      Display Type: controls how information is displayed within the component.

o  Default: this option tells the component to use the display interface that has been set for the CorasWorks Platform installation.  This is set at the server-level and the settings are one of the options presented below.

o  v11.2 (new interface): this option uses the new display interface.  This interface offers better performance and SharePoint 2010 compatibility.

o  v11.1 and earlier: this option uses the original v11 display interface.  This option is presented for backward compatibility.

•      Script Combine: This option should not be changed unless suggested by Support.  The field controls if the script files used by the component should be combined into a single script file to help improve performance.

•      Theme: This section is used to identify the color theme to apply to the Grid Display. Options are available to use the SharePoint color theme that is already applied to the page, use a custom theme file, or select one of the pre-built themes developed by CorasWorks.

•      Help: This section is used to identify whether or not the help icon should be displayed to end users on the toolbar, web part menu, and in the display footer. It can also be used to bring the end user to a different set of online help. These properties do not affect the help displayed to builders in the Display Wizard.

o  The default is for help icons to be shown to end users.

o  The builder can choose to use the CorasWorks online help or point the component to help at a URL that they specify. The builder is responsible for creating and maintaining any alternative help that they specify with the Use help at this URL property.

When done changing the options, use one of the following in order to exit the Web Part Settings page:

•      Click on the Apply changes and exit icon () found at the top of the page.  The component changes will be saved and you will be returned to the original web part page.

•      Click on the Cancel changes icon () found at the top of the page.  The changes will not be saved. and you will be returned to the original web part page.

•      Click on the Home icon () found at the top of the page.  The browser will return to the original Display Wizard page.