Creating a dynamic layout group
To optimize the screen area, use a Dynamic layout group. In this way, you can modularize closely related information and present all the relevant data to the application users at run time.
Dynamic layout groups provide flexible display of content. Because the data is sourced form a Property or Data Page, the output changes when the source changes, which ensures that the information on the page is current.Search for and open an existing Section form.
On the Design tab, expand the Structural list, and then drag the Dynamic layout group onto the work area.
To include elements in the group, expand the Structural list, and then drag any number of dynamic layout, column, or section elements onto the layout group.
Click the Dynamic layout group, and then click the View properties icon.
In the Properties window, in the Source field, specify the source of the data for the dynamic layout group:
- To source the data from a page list or page group, select
Property and then in the
List/Group field specify the name of the property
by pressing the Down arrow key.
To reference nested page lists or page groups, use the following syntax: page1.page2.myArray
- To access data from a range of sources on a clipboard, select
Data Page and then in the Data
Page field specify the name of the page by pressing the Down
arrow key.
Use the following syntax: the name of the data page, followed by a full stop and then a property name; for example D_Products.pxResults.
- To source the data from a page list or page group, select
Property and then in the
List/Group field specify the name of the property
by pressing the Down arrow key.
In the Display type field, select a format for the dynamic layout group:
- To display layouts in collapsible headers, such as Account and Transaction Details, select Accordion.
- To display layouts as options in a menu, one at a time, select Menu.
- To display all layouts at the same time in a list, with the layouts on top of one another, select Stacked.
- To display a tab for each layout, one at a time, select Tab.
- To display the layouts in a custom format that is defined in the skin, select Other, and then select the format in the adjacent field.
In the Visibility field, select when you want to display the group layout:
- Select one of the default options.
- To create your own condition, select Condition
(expression) and click the Open condition
builder icon.
For more information, see Using the Condition Builder to configure dynamic UI actions.
To specify the size of headers of the items that you included inside the Dynamic layout group, select an option in the Heading Level list under Container settings for layout group items.
Click Submit.
- Creating an action set
Define an action set to specify what a control does when a user event happens.
- Control form - Actions tab
Action sets determine the behavior of a control.
- Available actions and conditions
Choose an action from the list, see which options are available for the action and when you can use it. Learn which conditions you can apply.
- Skin form — Components tab — Layouts — Layout Groups
A layout group combines different types of layouts to display a set of content such as a list of financial accounts and related transactions. You use a layout group to specify how to navigate sets of information. For example, this could be a tab for each account, or by simply changing the type, the account list can be rendered as either a drop-dow
- Skin form — Components tab — Layouts — Containers
These styles apply to the container header. You can specify styles for the Default container format and create custom container formats.
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