Layer Position

Maybe I am an idiot... (Don’t answer that)
I have been designing web pages for a while now, but never
really got into layers (i'm a table/css man myself). But, I now
have found a possible use...
I have a webpage that is a whole mess of tables, and I do not
want to disturb that. BUT, I want to overlay some flash on top. So,
I thought, let me tryout layers...
well, I'm not having much luck. Every time I publish the
page, the table shifts. (Different in IE and Fire fox).
I have them positioned absolute in my CSS, no dice... I tried
putting the exact pixels in the div tag, still no luck. It looks
perfect in the development environment.
So, do tables just plane suck? Or just need a little
massaging?
OR
Does someone have a better way to overlay a flash object on
top of my existing tables?
Thanks in advance.

> but its shifting when published (different in IE and
FireFox). It
> also shifts when the browser window is adjusted.
The layer is not shifting since it is absolutely positioned.
The table
underneath it is, probably. Is it a centered or a percent
width table?
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> Yes, the layer is technically working... and I don't
beleive I have it in
> a
> table cell, but its shifting when published (different
in IE and FireFox).
> It
> also shifts when the browser window is adjusted. here is
a snippet of my
> code:
>
> <b><style type="text/css">
> 
> </style>
> </head>
>
> <body bgcolor="#444444" leftmargin="0" topmargin="10"
marginwidth="0"
> marginheight="10">
> <div id="flash">
> <object classid="clsid:
D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="<a
> target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#versio
> n=7,0,19,0"">
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
> #version=7,0,19,0"</a> width="770"
height="600">
> <param name="movie" value="gil.swf">
> <param name="quality" value="high">
> <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
> <embed src="gil.swf" quality="high"
wmode="transparent"
> pluginspage="<a
> target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"">http://www.macromedia.com/go
> /getflashplayer"</a>
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="770"
> height="600"></embed>
> </object>
> </div></b>
>
> Is this just a browser render problem, or am i missing
some stuff.
>
> Scott
>

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Layer position misBehavior..! -( help ? )-

On any of the various pages I'd been putting together recently, I get confusing responses.
When I come back to verify link settings before publishing (locally), some of the links refuse to be positioned frontmost. Then I discover that a few of the other graphics in its neighborhood refuse to be directed backmost.
I've seen so much of this 'misbehavior' that I've developed the pattern of changing the opacity of any questionable link -(back to almost full)- just to determine from it's coloring where in the layer hierarchy it's decided to settle.
I tried duplicating another, properly behaving link, and changing its setting to the link I'd had to delete. That would only stay front most until it I'd moved it near the old position.
My experience has been that a newly duplicated item, iWeb would deposit on the page as frontmost
But these new links seemed to change their layer mind when they'd get close to the layer position they were replacing. Their now temporarily fully colored area would slide behind any item(s) in the current problem area.
I've tried several workarounds - most of them from within the same page. But the only thing that seems to work consistently has been to select something similar from another page where they seemed to be behaving correctly. Then I'd copy them from there and paste them into the new page as a group and change any text or graphic components as necessary.
It sure has become tedious keeping up with these iWeb neuroses.!
Does anyone know why this might be happening..?
-(my domain file size currently is around 16 mB, probably half of which is temp. archived graphics )-
-( for the interim, totally publishing locally)-
Has anyone a cure for this peripatetic behavior..?
Is there any easier workaround..?
Much advance appreciation for any tediosity relief.!
G-4; 400/896 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

One way to do that would be to use two images: one blurred, one not. then use a mask to show and hide one or the other. You can probably adapt this example file: http://www.ddg-designs.com/downloads/mask.zip

Layer Positions - absolute

Having problems with layer position. Dreamweaver preview is
correct, as is
display in Internet Explorer.PC.
Firefox on PC, and all Mac browsers do not correctly place
top value (left
value is correct)
Any ideas? All layer attributes are in css. Emp01 below is
correctly placed.
Emp07 is not. All layers given unique Z-index
#Emp01 {
position:absolute;
left:183px;
top:275px;
width:180px;
height:42px;
z-index:1;
visibility: hidden;
#Emp07 {
position:absolute;
left:600px;
top:265px;
width:175px;
height:61px;
z-index:7;
visibility: hidden;

> This doesn't seem to make sense to me. Does it to you?
Yes, of course.
You have not controlled the margin-top on the <p> tag,
and IE will not
collapse that margin - thus leading you to conclude that it's
positioned
correctly. When you use a modern browser, that correctly
collapses that top
margin, you see the layer as being placed higher than you
want. The
solution is to use CSS to set that <p> tag's top margin
to zero. Then you
will be able to position the layer reliably....
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> Sorry Murray,
> Was not able to post file since it contains unreleased
financial data...
> Nowever, I have repaired the problem but I don't
understand the issue.
> Maybe you can explain.
>
> Each layer was a div tage with an absolute position.
> Within the div tag was a small text field.
> The first line was within a span tag with a specific css
style.
> The following lines were within a second span tag with
another css style.
>
> If the div tag was immediately followed by a <p>
(i.e., <div><p><span>...)
> the layer was positioned properly in all browsers, both
mac and pc.
> If the <p> was omitted, the layer would position
correctly in IE (pc) and
> in Dreamweaver preview. In other browsers and on the
Mac, it would display
> higher than specified.
>
> This doesn't seem to make sense to me. Does it to you?
>
> Here is the code used within the div tag.
>
> <div id="Emp06">
> <p>
> <span class="Name">Lorem Ipsum</span><br
/>
> <span class="Title">
> tile line 1<br />,
> title line 2</span>
> </div>
>
>
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>> Would need to see your HTML too. Can you post a link
to the page?
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>> "Anthony LeBaron" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> Having problems with layer position. Dreamweaver
preview is correct, as
>>> is display in Internet Explorer.PC.
>>> Firefox on PC, and all Mac browsers do not
correctly place top value
>>> (left value is correct)
>>> Any ideas? All layer attributes are in css.
Emp01 below is correctly
>>> placed. Emp07 is not. All layers given unique
Z-index
>>>
>>> #Emp01 {
>>> position:absolute;
>>> left:183px;
>>> top:275px;
>>> width:180px;
>>> height:42px;
>>> z-index:1;
>>> visibility: hidden;
>>> }
>>>
>>> #Emp07 {
>>> position:absolute;
>>> left:600px;
>>> top:265px;
>>> width:175px;
>>> height:61px;
>>> z-index:7;
>>> visibility: hidden;
>>> }
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Layer position resets when creating animations

I'm creating an animated gif from a video clip (cinemagraph). In order to acheive the effect I need, I need to move each layer with the move tool to get an object to stay in the same position. I have gone through layer by layer and used the move tool to move the contents of each layer. When I play the animation I see the layers in the position I put them in. As soon as I stop playing the animation the contents of each layer snap back to their original positions. I have tried using the lock tools (both lock position and lock all) but they don't make a difference. Can anyone tell me why layer positions would reset when creating animations and how to get it to stop?
Thanks for any help.
Eric

It seems from your answer that you're thinking I'm just moving one frame and expecting the rest of them to move automatically (but I'm not sure if that's what you are saying). I have gone through and moved each frame individually and then locked each frame's position individually. When I play the animation and then stop it the layers move back to their original positions.
I'm also not sure if you're thinking I'm expecting that when I move one image off the layer it will affect the next layer. That's not what I'm expecting. I'm just repositioning the image on each layer to get a particular object to stay in one place (the camera was moving while shooting), so I'm dealin gwith each layer individually.
Thanks

Layer Positioning For IE and Firefox

Im using Dreamweaver 8. Im trying to position a flash file at
the center of the top of the page, and at the bottom of the page.
but for some reason its only laying out properly in Internet
Explorer. i was using Project Vii's Screen Layout extension. For
some reason in Firefox the layer at the bottom of the page is
positioned strangely. like it is too low or something or that its
trying to position at the very top of the layer instead of the
bottom - i want the bottom flash file to overlap the top one when
clicked - u can take a look. check it out in IE and Firefox.
anyhelp is greatly appreciated.
http://www.johnniewang.com/tests/mainswf.html

Get rid of the Layout Designer and take a look at how I did
it here -
http://www.murraytestsite.com/mainswf.htm
It's way simpler.
In addition, I'm not sure what you are describing, but could
this be your
problem?
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
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"raverdx" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Im using Dreamweaver 8. Im trying to position a flash
file at the center
> of the
> top of the page, and at the bottom of the page. but for
some reason its
> only
> laying out properly in Internet Explorer. i was using
Project Vii's Screen
> Layout extension. For some reason in Firefox the layer
at the bottom of
> the
> page is positioned strangely. like it is too low or
something or that its
> trying to position at the very top of the layer instead
of the bottom - i
> want
> the bottom flash file to overlap the top one when
clicked - u can take a
> look.
> check it out in IE and Firefox. anyhelp is greatly
appreciated.
>
> <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
> href="
http://www.johnniewang.com/tests/mainswf.html
> ">
http://www.johnniewang.com/tests/mainswf.html
> </a>
>

Help with Layer Positioning and TimeLine

Hello all, here is my situation:
I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my home
page... 4 Layers startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end
up at the left handside, as an example.
My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is centered, and
that works fine to center all the text and images that are within
it, but the layers that I tried placing within it stay absolute to
the screen and not relative to the table.... and if I try to
specify relative position in the first place for any of the layers
that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and I cannot timeline with
it???!!!
This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a flash
movie for this animation.. but right now I am more interested in
knowing the possibilities and limitations of using Layers and
Timelines in Dreamweaver.... Any help or comments are most welcome.
Layth

I have requested that the thread be removed, Andrew. That's
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do, I'm afraid. Thing is, it can only be removed from the
webforums, and
not from the local computers of those who have already
downloaded the
message. Also, if Google Groups synched already, then it's
like being
carved in stone....
You can see if that's the case by searching here -
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"Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]> wrote
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> If you go here -
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp,
and read
> through the layer laws, you'll see that you have broken
at least one by
> putting your layers into a table. Being absolutely
positioned, the layers
> do not rely on the table for their location on the
screen. There are ways
> to do this (easily) if you understand the whole concept
of CSS
> positioning. You can try the following things -
>
> * After setting your timeline the way you want it,
MANUALLY change the
> position attribute of each layer from "absolute" to
"relative". The
> timeline will still work, but you have changed the
entire paradigm for
> positioning on the <div> tags by making that
change. Having relatively
> positioned elements withing a table seems to work pretty
well.
>
> or
>
> * After setting your timeline the way you want it,
MANUALLY move the code
> for the layers OUT OF THE TABLE, and place it back on
the page,
> immediately above the </body> tag. Then follow
these directions -
>
> Change this -
>
> </head>
>
> to this -
>
> <style type="text/css">
> 
> </style>
> </head>
>
> change this -
>
> <body ...>
>
> to this -
>
> <body ...>
> <div id="wrapper">
>
> and this -
>
> </body>
>
> to this -
>
> </div>
> </body>
>
> and see if that helps.
>
>
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> "laythss" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> Hello all, here is my situation:
>> I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my
home page... 4 Layers
>> startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end
up at the left
>> handside, as
>> an example.
>> My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is
centered, and that works
>> fine to
>> center all the text and images that are within it,
but the layers that I
>> tried
>> placing within it stay absolute to the screen and
not relative to the
>> table....
>> and if I try to specify relative position in the
first place for any of
>> the
>> layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and
I cannot timeline
>> with
>> it???!!!
>> This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a
flash movie for this
>> animation.. but right now I am more interested in
knowing the
>> possibilities and
>> limitations of using Layers and Timelines in
Dreamweaver.... Any help or
>> comments are most welcome.
>>
>> Layth
>>
>
>

Text and layer position problems

Hi, I am creating a webpage and I have installed a background
image. for which I have centred and all is fine.
I am now using layers to add text so I can place the text
wherever I want.
But when I save and view in IE and Firefox the text is not in
the correct position. I have tried a number of things to solve this
all to no avail.
Please can someone help me.
The text I have so far is:

> I am now using layers to add text so I can place the
text wherever I want.
This is number 4 in the top 5 mistakes someone can make in
building their
pages. Here's why -
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layer-overlap.asp
It will help you to understand the difference between
absolute positioning
and centering content. Your layer is absolutely positioned,
and your
background is centering. That's never going to work the way
you want....
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> Hi, I am creating a webpage and I have installed a
background image. for
> which
> I have centred and all is fine.
>
> I am now using layers to add text so I can place the
text wherever I want.
>
> But when I save and view in IE and Firefox the text is
not in the correct
> position. I have tried a number of things to solve this
all to no avail.
>
> Please can someone help me.
>
> The text I have so far is:
>
>
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
> <title>Liverpool Hope University - IT Deanery Book
Sales</title>
>
> <style type="text/css">
> 
> </style></head>
>
> <body>
> <div id="Layer3">
> <p>I want my text here </p>
> </div>
> </body>
> </html>
>

Changing layer position vertically

I'm having a problem when adding a new layer that needs to be positioned
below older layers on the timeline.
When I drag the layer down, it -overlays- another layer, rather remaining
separate. Or it positions itself on a layer with other video, which I don't want.
Any help appreciated.

It probably doesn't apply in this case, but a cool tip is to Option-drag a sequence into another sequence and drop it as an Overwrite edit on the higher video track. Option dragging will give you all the individual clips, rather than one big NESTed clip.
(At least I think it's Option-drag. System not on right now. If it's not Option, try the other modifier keys. PBC - Posting Before Coffee.)

Layer positioning problem

i insert a layer. set properties - top, left, width, height -
but layer goes where it wants to. not honoring property values in
dreamweaver edit mode and even worse positioning error in
preview/debug. can not figure it out. all other layers on page
behave fine. position set to absolute, float to none.

Design view....
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>>>what features to leave out of the cut down
version.
>
> Code View?
>
> Walt
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>> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:34:31 +0000 (UTC),
"elmorilloana"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> i have been
>>>teaching children to make pages using pagemill as
is much more intuitive
>>>than
>>>dw. but, things move on - time i learned the
'latest'. forums are a
>>>nice help.
>>
>> I think one of the problems is that DW is too high
level for some
>> people to start html work - and therefore too
expensive. No amateur is
>> going to spend the full price, when other packages
like Pagemill were
>> /are in the 50 to 100 dollar / pound / euro league.
>>
>> I've said before that Adobe may be well advise to
release the next DW
>> in the same way as Photoshop; the whole package for
professionals and
>> like Photoshop Elements for the domestic market. The
tricky part would
>> be what features to leave out of the cut down
version.
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Help with 3D Layer Position Expression

Hi All,
I do hope some one can help me – I have been looking and trying to solve this expression problem I have run in to - I only have limited expression knowledge.
I need to move a layer in 3D space, only the Z axis: from lets say -50 to 0 (based on the start of the layer) and then stop and then move 0 to 50 (again based on the end of the layer)
I have multiple layers of different lengths that I want to add this to…then just adjust the layer to the time to be displayed on the screen.
I have used some code from Harry Frank, his AUTO FADE code (which is a god sent) and have tried to make the above movement possible, with sections of the code, its close but no cigar – the code:
//Auto Move Z
x = 0;
y = 0;
z = 50;
transition = 20; // transition time in frames
if (marker.numKeys<2){
tSecs = transition / ( 1 / thisComp.frameDuration); // convert to seconds
linear(time, inPoint, inPoint + tSecs, thisLayer.position + [x,y,z],0) - linear(time, outPoint - tSecs, outPoint, thisLayer.position + [x,y,z],0)
}else{
linear(time, inPoint, marker.key(1).time, thisLayer.position + [x,y,z],0) - linear(time, marker.key(2).time, thisLayer.position + [x,y,z],0)
It is moving but it’s moving on all axis and the OUT is moving backwards instead for forwards. Plus is has moved from the centre position.
Any help would be most appreciated, thank you in advance for any help!
Cheers Breon
Message was edited by: breonsnow - spelling

Ooops. There was an error in the last line. Hopefully you caught it. If not, here's the corrected version:
z = 50;
tf = 20;
tSec = framesToTime(tf);
if (time < (inPoint + outPoint)/2)
linear(time,inPoint,inPoint+tSec,value-[0,0,z],value)
else
linear(time,outPoint-tSec,outPoint,value,value+[0,0,z])
Dan

Arrow keys and layer position

I am using the arrow keys to clean up tracking keyframes for a layer's position. Is there a way to lock the arrow keys to just one pixel movements?? Or even better, sub-pixel? Currently it moves the layer by 2 or 3 pixelss, thus lacking accuracy.

The arrow keys move the layer one pixel at the current magnification (as stated here). To move a layer more precisely with the arrow keys, zoom in the Composition panel.

Layer position fix to Table position

Hi there,
I have read quite a bit about positioning layers, however i
still find it imposible to use flexible tables with layers.
I have a simple info buton that onRollOver is shows a layer,
Example:
sample website
I manage to keep it quite close to the info buton, by setting
the left: 45% top: 65%; instead of pixels.
But when you resize the browser window (F11) it still moves .
And on full Screen it actually overlaps the buton making the
layer jumpy.
Thanks for some creative advice.
Anybody with a better solution?

> Ok, could you telll me what is wrong?
You didn't do what I told you to do.
<td colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom"><div
style="position:relative"><div
id="Layer1"></div></div></td>
here is the css code
#Layer1 {
position:absolute;
width:334px;
height: 82px;
z-index:1;
left: 108px;
top:1px;
visibility: hidden;
background-image: url(olo_images/bubble.gif);
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Newsgroup User
> > otherwise it would strech the whole table to give
space for the image
> > inside the layer, even after having set the table
at an absolute size of
> 522px width.
>
> No, it wouldn't. Since the layer (and its contents) are
removed from the
> flow of the page (by virtue of being absolutely
positioned) neither the
> layer, nor its contents can interact with any other page
element.
>
>
> Ok, could you telll me what is wrong?
> I have a table that is width:522
> Set to be in the middle and centre to screen
> 3columns and 3 rows
> in the middle i have the logo and in 2 corners
invisible.gif
> I tried to put the layer (<Div>THE.gif loaded from
css</Div>)at the botom
> righ
> corner (in the cell)
> It wouldn't work! It streched the whole table to ad the
image size.
> When i merges the two cells botom right so that the cell
was biger than
> the
> image loaded it worked!
> Where is the mistake?
>
> the htm code:
> <td colspan="2" align="center"
valign="bottom"><div
> id="Layer1"></div></td>
>
> here is the css code
> #Layer1 {
> position:relative;
> width:334px;
> height: 82px;
> z-index:1;
> overflow: visible;
> left: 108px;
> top:1px;
> visibility: hidden;
> background-image: url(olo_images/bubble.gif);
> }
>
>
> PS the problem is solved but i'd like to know for the
future. :-)
>
> Thanks
>
>

BUG - layer position moves when switching frames in timeline

When creating a new layer and positioning it in the active frame, the position is sometimes wrong when returning to that frame.
1. create multiple frames in the timeline
2. create a layer and position it somewhere in the image
3. view another frame
4. return to the original frame and the position has changed
Positioning the layer again seems to work, it doesn't move by itself when moving between frames, but remains in position.

Same as your otehr post: Screenshots!
Mylenium

Illustrator Layer positions are off in AE5.5

Hello Kind Forum Geniuses,
I'm having trouble with after effects projects in CS5.5. The projects in question were originally created using CS4. Basically we have a number of Illustrator assets (also created with cs4) that were imported as compositions (without retaining layer size). When these projects are opened in CS5.5, the layers are all over the place. I've tried opening the illustrator files and saving as CS5, but that doesn't seem to work. The funny thing is that we aren't having problems with any illustrator files brought in as a comp retaining layer size.
Anyone hear of a fix for this issue?
Thanks,
Dennis
Mac OS X 10.7.3
2x2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
24 GB RAM

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Navigation layer positioning shifting when used as component

Hello, really hoping someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have a site with a drop down nav that I made using layers. After having the client change the nav a few times I realized what a pain it is to update each page on the site with the pages, so I decided to try to make a separate file for the nave and place it as a component into each page so I could update just one page and see the changes across the whole site.
The problem is that the nav file I made looks correct on it's own, but when I place it the positioning shifts to the left and doesn't line up with the page anymore. The positioning seems to be fixed when the page size changes (not sure what that's called). Anyway I can make this work?
The nav page is here: http://bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/_brtr_navlayers2.html
And a sample page with the nav placed as a component is here: http://bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/_autonav_test.html
Unfortunately I was suppose to make a bunch of changes last week but have wasted a bunch of time trying to figure this out.

Hi,
Here is my graphical solution for your problem. Underneath is the explanation:
DC_A
+DC Usage: refs DCB.PP_B
+WDCompA
   +Controller
   +Component Interface
     +Interface Views
       +MyWindowAInterfaceView
   + Component Usages
     +WDCompA (Component Usage)
   +Views
     +MyViewA
   +Windows
     +MyWindowA
       +MyViewA (View Usage)
         +InboundPlugA <-----------------+
       +WDCompB.MyWindowBInterfaceView   |
         +OutboundPlugB -----------------+
DC_B
Public Part:PP_B
             + contains WDCompB
+WDCompB
   +Controller
   +Component Interface
     +Interface Views
       +MyWindowBInterfaceView
         +OutboundPlugB
   +Views
     +MyViewB
   +Windows
     +MyWindowB
       +MyViewB (View Usage)
can you add a view to a public part? The only way how you can embed a view from a different DC is through a window of the WD component (we are not talking about DC now). A window is the visible part of a Web Dynpro component. It is represented by the so-called Interface view locatated in the WD explorer under
Project->Component->Component Interface->Interface Views.
Each Interface view has a window (Project->Component->Windows) with the same name in which you can embed the view you want to expose. The Interface view also can have in- and outbound plugs.
Lets say WD A has Component usage to WD B. You can navigate from a view in WD A to the Interface View of WD B. This interface view can also have a outbound plug.
Because all this stuff is visual it is a bit awkward to explain. Maybe this helps already otherwise I will provide more information.
rgds
David

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