Project

Owned by Charles Evans
Jul 03, 2020
2 min read

This is the topmost node or the core in a FAB Application. The Project Node is automatically added when an application is created.

Properties of Project

  1. ID – unique identifier of the Project.
  2. Title – title of the project.
  3. SplitApp – set the value to true if the Master-Detail layout will be used. Otherwise, leave it blank (default to false).
  4. Style Class - specify a CSS Style Class to be applied to the entire application. Typically this would be 'sapUiSizeCozy' or
    'sapUiSizeCompact' for when those standard SAP UI5 Styles are to be applied to create a more compact look for desktop apps for example.
  5. Properties File URL – <insert new inputs here>. 
  6. Background Color – field for setting the background color of the application. hexadecimal value (e.g. #92C632) can be used
  7. Background Image – field for setting the background image of the application. Set the URL of where the image is stored.
  8. App Advanced.. – allow for setting advanced features on App or Split App
    eg for Split App
    defaultTransitionNameDetail="fade"
    defaultTransitionNameMaster="fade"
    or 
    defaultTransitionName="fade" 
  9. OnLoad - Allows you to configure a JavaScript function to run when the app is loaded.
  10. App More.. – opens up the More Properties Dialog Screen

  11. Advanced.. – properties of the control not available in the above list can be added here. 

    Setting Additional Properties provides further information about the Advanced property

More Properties Dialog Screen



  1. defaultTransitionName – use the input help to select the transition setting of the app. Leaving it blank will set the transition to "fade" as default.
  2. width – width setting
  3. height – height setting
  4. backgroundOpacity – opacity setting
  5. backgroundRepeat – background image repeat setting
  6. homeIcon – home button Icon
  7. initalPageField – set the ID of a Data Model field that will hold the Id of the Page that will initially be loaded when the App is executed