Step 8: General Display Settings – Controlling Display Options

The Appearance -> General Display Settings page contains properties that allow you to identify what should be included in the Calendar Display, how item links work, and the format for showing an item’s site, list, or folder, if this information is displayed. This section describes the use of each of these properties.

Show left panel

Disabled by default.  When this is enabled, the user interface of the Calendar Display includes a panel on the left side that can show a small monthly calendar and (if identified on the Resources page) the resources associated with the calendar items. This is enabled by default.

When this option is enabled, the following left panel-specific options can also be set:

      Hide resources section: Disabled by default.  Enable to hide the resources

      Hide resources section if only one resource: Disabled by default.  Enable to only display the resources section if there is more than one resource being displayed.

      Hide mini calendar: Disabled by default and the value in the field that follows is the number of months to display within the mini calendar.  Change that number to show more or fewer months, or enable the option to hide the entire mini calendar.

Display item titles as plain text (not linked)

When this checkbox is selected, items are shown on the calendar as plain text; the user cannot click on an item to link to it and see more details. This is not selected by default.

Use CorasWorks Dialogs to view and edit forms

When this checkbox is selected, the CorasWorks Action Form is used to display information when a calendar link is clicked.  That is, instead of sending the user to the list item, information for the item is displayed within a form that is opened on the page. This is selected by default.

Target window

This drop-down identifies how links should be opened. Options are available to open linked items in the same window, a new window, or the same window without a frame.

Go directly to document for document library items

When this checkbox is selected and the user clicks on a document item in the Calendar Display, the user will be brought directly to that document. When the checkbox is left blank, the link will take the user directly to the edit page for the item.

Modify item links for URL masking

When this checkbox is selected, the Calendar Display will generate the links to each record in the display based on the domain name in the current user’s browser. This option is disabled by default.

Show URLs as text, not links

When this option is selected and a column contains a URL, the URL cannot be clicked on; it is displayed simply as text.

Allow export to iCal

Dsiabled by default, this option presents an icon on the Calendar display.  When clicked, an .ICS file is presented to the user.  In short, this permits the exporting of calendar data from the calendar display into the user’s calendar application.