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Figure 6-62.
The Manage Tickets form with table cells outlined
Notice that there is a lot of whitespace between Assigned To and Created On. You can resolve this a couple of
ways. If the Description text area is a static size (that is, not resizable by the user), you can alter the number of columns
that the Subject and Description fields take up by altering their
colspan
value. This allows the Created On field to
begin immediately after the Assigned To field:
8.
Edit the item
P210_SUBJECT
by double-clicking its name.
9.
In the
Grid Layout
region, as shown in Figure
6-63
, set
Column Span
to
4
, and click
Apply Changes
.
Figure 6-63.
Altering Column Span to reduce whitespace
10.
Edit the item
P210_DESCR
by double-clicking its name.
11.
In the
Grid Layout
region, set
Column Span
to
4
, and click
Apply Changes
.
12.
Once again, run the application, and notice the difference in how the items are laid out on
the page now. You should see results like those in Figure
6-64
.
