Web parameter: compactLayout

Web parameters change the behavior of the web clients that connect to the web tier. You can set some of these parameters from the web client login URL, some from the web tier configuration file (web.xml), and some from both.

Parameter

compactLayout

Description

This parameter enables the compact layout of the web client.

Service Manager 9.34 introduced the new user interface (UI) style, in which the size of some UI elements is bigger than those of prior versions of Service Manager (for example, the height of the text widget, and the vertical space between two adjacent widgets). The out-of-box forms have been adjusted to match the new size. However, there is a possibility that the new size may cause some display issues in your tailored forms. For example, you may experience truncated text or overlapping UI elements.

You can use the compact layout of the web client to fix these display issues. When you enable the compact layout, the web client uses the same sizes as that of Service Manager 9.33, so the display issues caused by new sizes will disappear.

Note We recommend that you use the compact layout of the web client in the following scenarios:

  • Your forms have display issues caused by new sizes.
  • You cannot easily change the impacted forms to solve the display issues.

Valid if set from

Web tier configuration file (web.xml)

Requires restart of the web applications server?

Yes

Default value

false

Possible values

true (Enabled)

false (Disabled)

Example usage

<context-param>
<param-name>compactLayout</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>