IJ25426: WHEN DESCRIPTION TEXT CONTAINS CODES LIKE <BR> SETTING WEBCLIENT.WRAPLENGTH HAS NO EFFECT ON THE COLUMN SIZING IN THE LIST TAB

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Problem Description:
  IF a description field contains html
  characters such as <br> the wrapping of that field in the list
  tab will not occur, regardless what is set for
  webclient.wraplength property. If just standard text is entered
  in a description the wrapping happens based on the wraplength
  setting. With html included the column stretches for longer
  descriptions and causes significant horizontal scrolling to see
  all columns in the list.
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  - set the
  webclient.wraplength property to 30
  - go to work order tracking
  and hit enter to see all records
  - pick one and edit it's
  description to add a significant amount of text
  Something like
  "Here is my description to test the wrapping. If I have html
  chars in here it fails"
  - Save the record
  - go to list page and
  refresh
  - you will see that your lengthy description has
  wrapped as required to 30 character width
  - go back to that
  same Work order
  - modify the description:
  "Here is my
  description to test the wrapping of text on the list page. If I
  have html chars like <br> in here the wrapping does not
  happen"
  - Save the record
  - go to list page and
  refresh
  
  
  RESULTS:
  you will see that your lengthy description
  has now stretched the column width significantly and if you
  hover you will see the <br> tag embedded.
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  
  should consistently wrap the column based on the value in the
  webclient.wraplength property
  Tags can get embedded in the
  description by means of entry in a multi-line text box and
  should be handled consistently by the UI
  
  PRODUCT
  VERSION:
  7.6.1.1
  

Local fix

• remove the line breaks
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * N/A                                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * WHEN DESCRIPTION TEXT CONTAINS CODES LIKE <BR> SETTING       *
  * WEBCLIENT.WRAPLENGTH HAS NO EFFECT ON THE COLUMN SIZING IN   *
  * THE LIST TAB                                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed in WebClientRuntime.java, label.jsp
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SYSTEM CONFIG

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46S1

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