Lotus Domino Designer 8 Help

APPLICATION DESIGN

Layout regions
A layout region is a fixed-length design area on a form or subform. The advantage of using layout regions is that related elements can be dragged and moved easily and can be displayed in ways not possible on regular forms and subforms. A layout region can contain static text, graphics, buttons, and all fields except rich text fields. You can hide or collapse a layout region and all its components under certain conditions.

Layout regions are not supported in Web applications.

A layout region can contain:

Text
Background graphics
Fields (except for the following fields: color, dialog list, formula, password, rich text, rich text lite, and time zone)
Buttons
Button graphics

You should not add the following elements to a layout region:

Animated GIF files
Attachments
Computed text
Embedded elements
Horizontal rules
Hotspots
Image resources
Inserted resources
Java(TM) applets
Layers
Links
Objects
OLE objects
Page breaks
Pop-ups
Sections
Shared actions
Shared fields
Subforms
Tables

You can hide or collapse a layout region and all its components under certain conditions. For example, you can hide a layout region when Web users view the application, or when users edit the form.

Creating a layout region

To create a layout region

1. Open the form.

2. Move the cursor to the location in the form where you want to place the layout region.

3. Choose Create - Layout Region - New Layout Region.

To delete a layout region

1. Click the layout region and choose Edit - Delete.

2. Adjust the formatting if necessary.

Changing the size and style of a layout region

Adding graphics to a layout region

Creating a field in a layout region

Features to avoid using in Web applications

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