Can I make the webview take only a port of the screen?

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Published on 2010-04-09T21:43:14Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 22:43 UTC
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I am trying to make a webview to open on the bottom of the application to display little information but it keeps taking the whole screen and covering other widgets with information. Is there a way to make it have a certain size and place on the application?

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