General Tab

The Properties view for panes contain a General tab. This tab contains general properties for the pane currently selected in the canvas, and contains the fields shown in the table General Tab for Panes.

Warning: When panes and controls are marked as disabled or invisible, the data normally displayed by these elements are still delivered to the browser. Therefore, making panes and controls disabled or invisible should not be used as a mechanism to protect sensitive data.

General Tab for Panes

Property Description
Name The name of the pane, used in JavaScript to refer to this object. The Rename button allows you to change the name using the Enter the Name dialog. The Name field only appears when the Solutions Design mode is active.
Label The label for the pane that appears on the form (if the Label Visibility > Visible check box is selected). This property is bindable.

See Setting Bindings and Setting Rules for more details.

Pane Type A drop-down list showing the type of the pane. Allows you to select another type. If the object is a Vertical Pane, for instance, this setting can be used to change it to a Horizontal Pane.
Style Class Names Specify a CSS class to be used for styling at the pane level.
Pane Data Type Specifies the type of object that is set on the pane.

If there is a value binding for a pane but the pane data type is not set explicitly, a warning message displays: [pane_name]: pane mappings need an explicit pane data type. You can set the explicit data type by using a quick fix, or by selecting the data type picker from the property sheet.

For a pane data type determined by a binding, the interface also shows the data type.

Label Visibility Determines whether the pane’s label is visible. This value can either be inherited from the parent object of the pane, or set explicitly on the pane.
Visible Determines whether the pane (together with its child elements) is visible. This value can be changed at runtime via scripting. This property is bindable.

See Setting Bindings and Setting Rules for more details.

Enabled Determines whether the controls within the pane can be modified or not. This value can be changed at runtime via scripting. This property is bindable.

See Setting Bindings and Setting Rules for more details.

Read Only Determines whether the pane (together with its child elements) is read-only. The check box is disabled for pane types, which do not support a read-only setting at runtime.