Radio Buttons control Properties — Presentation tab
Click the View properties icon in the layout containing the radio button control ( pxRadioButtons ) to display the Properties panel, and then select the Presentation tab to configure the display of the radio buttons.
Field | Description | ||||||||||||||
Edit Options |
Select an edit mode for this control. The edit mode of the control takes precedence over section and harness settings.
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Read-only value | For Read-only formats, select to display one of the following: | ||||||||||||||
Editable Settings | |||||||||||||||
Orientation | Select the direction in which you want to display the radio buttons: Vertical or Horizontal. | ||||||||||||||
Items before new column | Appears only when you select Vertical Orientation. Type the number of radio buttons that you want to display before wrapping to a new column. | ||||||||||||||
Items before new row | Appears only when you select Horizontal Orientation. Type the number of radio buttons that you want to display before wrapping to a new row. | ||||||||||||||
Control format | Specifies the style format applied to the radio button control. Select Segmented from the list to display radio buttons as segmented buttons. Segmented buttons do not support the vertical orientation display type. | ||||||||||||||
Label format | Specifies the format of the radio button labels. | ||||||||||||||
Read-only format | |||||||||||||||
Type | Select a format (read-only) used with this property. Your selection filters the format options.
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DateTime Format
or Date Format | Appears if Type is Date/Time or Date . | ||||||||||||||
Text Alignment |
Appears if Type is
Number. Select left, right, or center alignment. | ||||||||||||||
Decimal Places |
Appears if Type is
Number.
A non-negative integer to control the number of digits presented after the decimal place. The default is
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Rounding Method |
Appears if Type is
Number.
Select one of the following:
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Scale |
Appears if Type is
Number.
Select a label indicating the scaling you wish to apply to the number. The scales are K for thousands, M for millions, B for billions, and T for trillions. For instance, if you select
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Negative Format |
Appears if the Type is
Number .
Select a format (minus sign or parenthesis) for displaying negative numbers.
You can also specify a CSS class if you select one of the
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Show validation messages in read-only mode | Select this option to display validation errors to users at run time. When enabled for auto-generated controls in read-only mode, if the control's validation fails, the validation message is displayed. This option is available on the Presentation tab under Read-only Format . It is also available in the control ruleform. When enabled on the control ruleform, all controls using that ruleform have the option enabled. | ||||||||||||||
Symbol |
Appears if Type is
Number.
When a symbol is specified an additional character(s) is prepended to the value. Currency automatically uses the localized currency symbol, constant uses a string, and reference uses a property value.
Select an option for representing the number as
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Separators |
Appears if Type is
Number. Select to use a thousands' separator. Depending upon the default locale, a comma or period is used. | ||||||||||||||
Obfuscated | Appears if the Read-only format Type is Text.
Select
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Auto Prepend |
Appears if Type is
Text
and the control is not obfuscated.
Select a property or constant that you want to add either before the displayed property value. For example, when the user name appears, the system can automatically prepend the user's title. | ||||||||||||||
Auto Append |
Appears if Type is
Text
and the control is not obfuscated.
Select a property or constant that you want to add after the displayed property value. For example, when the user name appears, the system can automatically append the full mail extension to the name. | ||||||||||||||
Show Value As |
Appears if the Type is
True/False .
Select to label either outcome using Text or an Image. | ||||||||||||||
True Image
False Image |
Appears if the Type is
Select an image to label either outcome. Used with a boolean type. | ||||||||||||||
True Text
False Text |
Appears if the Type is
Enter a text string to label either outcome. Used with a boolean type. If the Localize? check box is selected on the section's HTML tab, a SmartPrompt Appears in the Constant field in the Parameters dialog. Select a field value rule if you plan to localize the text. If this text is to be localized, enter no more than 64 characters. A field value rule with pyCaption as the second key part and this text as the final key part is needed for each locale. | ||||||||||||||
Advanced Presentation Options | Instead of creating a new custom format in the skin, you can adjust elements in a cell by applying Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) helper classes. For example, you can use a CSS helper class to center an element in a cell or to double the standard right margin for the element. | ||||||||||||||
Show validation messages in read-only mode | Select this option to display validation errors to users at run time. When enabled for auto-generated controls in read-only mode, if the control's validation fails, the validation message is displayed. This option is available on the Presentation tab under Read-only Format . It is also available in the control ruleform. When enabled on the control ruleform, all controls using that ruleform have the option enabled. |
- Radio Button control
In your application, radio button controls present a horizontal or vertical list of options, from which a user can select a single option.
- Radio Buttons control Properties General tab
Click the View properties icon in the layout containing the radio button control ( pxRadioButtons ) to display the Properties panel, and then select the General tab to define the source of radio button values.
- 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.
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