The Layout Tab

You can use the fields on this tab to override the default layout of the story with a custom layout (if your publication designers have created custom layouts).

The Layout tab contains the following fields:

Template variant (pick value from list, default=None)

Use of this field is deprecated and it will be removed in a future version. The Custom template field and the Widget Framework's template overlay feature provide more flexible and manageable methods of customizing story layout.

If your publication designers have created suitable layout definitions, then you can override the default layout of this story by selecting one of these options. If no suitable layout definitions have been created, then selecting one of these options will have no effect.

If you select a layout from the Custom template field, then it will override any layout selected here.

You can select one of the following values:

None, Style 1, Style 2, Style 3

Custom template (collection)

If your publication designers have created suitable layout definitions, then you can override the default layout of this story by selecting an alternative layout here (type to select). If no suitable layout definitions have been created, then there will be nothing here to select.

If you select a layout here, then it will override any layout selected in the Template variant field.