Datacapture Field - Description position for rowcontinue true

NandhiniV

Hi,

 

How do I fix the position of the description in a datacapture field where I have set rowcontinue true.

Say for example below code snippet , and refer the description position for the second field in snapshot image,

 

  <item name="startdate" pathid="date" label="Start Date" description="Select Start Date" rowcontinue="t" readonly="t">
    <text size="25" maxlength="25" required="t">
     <cgi-callout url="/iw-cc/mssb/intranet/uipx/calendar_time/EventCalendar/Calendar.jsp" label="Calendar" window-features="width=300,height=300,left=400,top=300,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes" />
    </text>
   </item>
   
   <item name="enddate" pathid="enddate" label="End Date" description="Select End Date " rowcontinue="f" readonly="t">
    <text size="25" maxlength="25" required="t">
     <cgi-callout label="Calendar" window-features="width=300,height=300,left=400,top=300,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes" />
    </text>
   </item>

 

 

Adam Stoller

What version of TeamSite are you using?

It matters because the more recent versions handle item descriptions differently than the older versions.

The older versions use a little pop-up window that is constrained on the right-hand-side by the location of the (?) icon, which appears after the item's label, but if the label is long it will wrap and thus the right-hand-side could be very close to the left-edge.

The newer versions display the description in read-only text below the field, and tends to do a nice job of it. (the red boxes are for highlighting purposes only, not in the actual display)

 

That being said, in either case you don't have any real control over the display of the description unless you want to modify the DCT's CSS (I have never had to do this, I simply know it is a possibility - you'd have to look through the FormsPublisher manuals to find more information)