Visibility properties of an input file

Question

Hi all gurus,
in a WDDOMODIFYVIEW method of a standard view in SRM 7, I'm adding some dinamically retrieved custom fields. Here's a sketch of code that shows how I create the couple label and attribute for a field::
LOOP AT lt_header_csf INTO ls_header_csf.
* Concatenate attribute id and label
        CONCATENATE ls_header_csf-field_name '_ATTR'  INTO lv_attr_id.
        CONCATENATE ls_header_csf-field_name '_LABEL' INTO lv_label_id.
        lo_ui_element_attr  ?= view->get_element( lv_attr_id ).
        lo_ui_element_label ?= view->get_element( lv_label_id ).
        lo_container->add_child( the_child = lo_ui_element_label ).
        lo_container->add_child( the_child = lo_ui_element_attr ).
There's a problem with a single field, which is defined as a CHAR(250). By now, the input box for that field is really huge and this mess up the view.
Is there any attribute/property I can change for that lo_ui_element_attr in order to keep it as an input field of 250 c but setting a fixed dimension for the input box ?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi kris,
these are the DATA declaration in the enhancement:
lo_ui_element_attr      TYPE REF TO cl_wd_uielement,
           lo_ui_element_label     TYPE REF TO cl_wd_uielement,
I'd prefer to keep these one as the code that follows use the interface of cl_wd_uielement (and also, this declaration fits all the custom fields in my code). Can I eventually use a downcast for the specific field to a TEXT_EDIT UI element?
I've seen there's a LENGHT attribute for an object of type cl_wd_uielement, does it represents the real lenght o just what's visible on screen?