Creating and using palette items – Apple WebObjects 3.5 Tools And Techniques User Manual

Page 50

Advertising
background image

Chapter 2

Editing With WebObjects Builder

50

The icons at the top of the palette window show the available palettes. To select
a palette, click its icon. Two pre-configured palettes are provided: Java client-
side components and components from the WOExtensions framework.

You can create your own palettes to store frequently-used items, such as custom
forms, tables, or images, and you can load palettes created by someone else.

To create a new palette, choose Palettes

m

New Palette. A panel appears, asking

you to specify a location to save the palette. (A palette is represented on disk as
a folder with the extension

.wbpalette

.) The palette appears in the palette window

with the default palette icon

. To change the palette's icon, see “Changing a

Palette Icon”.

To add an existing palette to the palette window:

1. Choose Palettes

m

Open Palette.

2. Navigate to the palette’s location and click Open.

To remove a palette from the palette window:

1. Select the palette in the palette window.

2. Choose Palettes

m

Close Palette.

Creating and Using Palette Items

To add an item from a component to a palette:

1. Make the palette editable.

Click to display this
palette.

Drag an item onto the
window to insert into
the component.

Advertising