1. Type the label that you want to appear in the outline entry.

2. (Optional) Type the popup text that you want to appear. Popup text appears if the window is not wide enough to display the entire label and the user moves the mouse over the outline entry.

3. (Optional) Type an alias. An alias is useful if you refer to an outline entry in a formula.

Providing content for an outline entry

When you create an outline entry, you must provide content as follows.

1. In the Type field, choose one of the following ways to provide content for the outline entry:

• Action

  Specify an action to provide an automated task.

  For more information on actions, see the topic "Actions" in the chapter "Adding Automation to an Applications."

• Link

  Link requires that you paste a link that you've already copied to the Clipboard. Click the Paste icon to paste one of the following kinds of links: View, Document, Anchor, or a database link.

  For more information on links, see the topic "Creating links" in the chapter "Designing Pages."

• Named Element

  A named element is a design element that you have already created and named. A named element can be a page, form, frameset, view, folder, or navigator.

• URL

  To put a Web page into an outline entry, choose URL.

• Use the folder icon to select a design element from a list in the Locate Object dialog box.
• Use the formula icon (@) to specify a formula that evaluates to a name. The formula resolves to the name of an element; using a formula allows you to dynamically specify the outline entry source (for example, whether the named element links to a page or a view).
• Use the paste icon to paste an element which you previously copied to the Clipboard.

To add an image to the entry

You can display an image with any outline entry. By default, outline entries for views display the view icon, and outline entries for folders display the folder icon. You can display these icons, hide the icons, or choose one of your own.

To add an image to appear next to your entry:

1. Select an outline entry and choose Design - Outline Entry Properties.

2. On the Outline Entry Info tab, do one of the following

• Click the folder icon in the Image section and select the shared image resource for your graphic.
• Click the @ button to use a formula to control the display of the image.
• Select "Do not display an image."

After a user clicks on the entry, the entry will not remain selected. The previously selected entry will retain the focus.

Display separator above this entry

In IBMR LotusR NotesR Standard configuration Personal Information Management (PIM) composite applications, Mail, Calendar, and Contacts, a horizontal separator line will appear between this entry and the one above it.

Note This option is only displayed if your Notes settings are configured to show options for the Eclipse-based user interface. See "Additional design element options for composite applications" for information on adjusting your Notes settings to display these options.

Read only

If you select "Read only," users cannot edit the outline in place.

To hide an entry

You may want certain entries to show up only under certain circumstances. For example, you can program an entry to be hidden when viewed with a Web browser. To hide outline entries:

1. In the Outline Entry Properties box, click the Hide tab.

2. Select an option for hiding the entry or enter a formula in the formula box.

See Also

Outline, outline entry, and embedded outline properties
Outlines
Creating an outline

Glossary