Remove ":" from select option label(description)

Question

Hello All
I have a requirement to remove the select option description (which SAP displays by default from the field label maintained in the data element),
I thought the best way to achieve that requirement is by passing "space" to the parameter  'I_DESCRIPTION' to the method IF_WD_SELECT_OPTIONS->ADD_SELECTION_FIELD, however, it turned out that SAP still displays the label from the data element inspite of passing space(blank) to the parameter 'I_DESCRIPTION', to overcome this limitation I have created a data element without maintaining any labels this approach worked expect that SAP still displays ":"(colon) as the label, is there any way to get rid of this ":" too?
As shown above, ":" is still displayed as the label of the date select option. I'm also looking for a way to reduce the distance between the last radio button and the select option, any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks for looking into this.
-Vikram.

Answer 1

You could use the below methods to recursively scan all elements of the view and set the design of all labels to light.
method adjust_view .
* IO_VIEW Importing RefTo IF_WD_VIEW
  data lo_container type ref to cl_wd_uielement_container.
  check io_view is bound.
  lo_container ?= io_view->get_root_element( ).
  process_elements( io_container = lo_container ).
endmethod.
method PROCESS_ELEMENTS .
* IO_CONTAINER Importing RefTo CL_WD_UIELEMENT_CONTAINER
  data lo_container type ref to cl_wd_uielement_container.
  data lt_elements  type        cl_wd_uielement=>tt_uielement.
  data ls_elements  type ref to cl_wd_uielement.
  data lo_lbl       type ref to cl_wd_label.
  lt_elements = io_container->get_children( ).
  loop at lt_elements into ls_elements.
    try.
        lo_container ?= ls_elements.
        process_elements( io_container = lo_container ).
      catch cx_sy_move_cast_error .
        if ls_elements->_definition_name eq 'LABEL'.
          lo_lbl ?= ls_elements.
          lo_lbl->set_design( value = '01' ).
        endif.
    endtry.
  endloop.
endmethod.