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Saturday, April 28, 2018Print Subscribe

Horizontal scrollbars are presented in summary and “see all” grid views starting with the release 8.7.0.0. This illustration demonstrates horizontal scrollbars in the summary views. The scrollbars are revealed on devices with the “pointer” input, such as mouse or stylus.

In this screenshot a grid of products is presented in “See All” mode with the infinite scrolling. Horizontal scrollbar is displayed along the bottom edge of the view.

By default, the vertical and horizontal scrollbars are presented with a narrow footprint for mobile and desktop users. A new setting in ~touch-settings.json will enable “wide” scrollbars in the app. If the primary audience of the app is expected to use a mouse, then set this option for a more comfortable scrolling.

This configuration of ~/touch-settings.json enables “wide” scrollbars unconditionally.

{
  "ui": {
    "scrollbars": {
      "wide": true
    }
  }
}

Use the following configuration of ~/touch-settings.json to enable “wide” scrollbars when the device is controlled with a mouse or stylus.

{
  "ui": {
    "scrollbars": {
      "wide": "pointer"
    }
  }
}

Labels: Application Builder, Form Builder, Master/Detail, Universal Windows Platform, User Interface, Web 2.0

Wednesday, April 25, 2018Print Subscribe

Inline Editing in Multi-Level Master-Detail Pages

Hey there! We are working on completing the video tutorial covering the new multi-level master-detail support in the release 8.7.0.0. The release has been accumulating numerous features over the past three months. The wait is almost over.

The screenshot shows a master detail page with three connected data views (Customers, Orders, Order Details).

User is entering the freight amount for an order in the screenshot. Inline Editing makes it possible. The feature requires zero programming. All of your grid views support editing as shown at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4tbC5ZeUwA&index=1&list=PLy2g3SjvDe2b2cl9i0msBaMVLntQucZtb.

Notice the horizontal scrollbars showing the depth of grids. The styling of pager has been changed as well.

All types of input are working in inline editing mode, just like they do in the forms. Here is a lookup control with auto-complete feature. Enormous amount of work has been put in comprehensive keyboard navigation support in forms.

Apps created with Code On Time support inline editing on mobile devices. The screenshot shows “mobile” inline editing mode.

Inline Editing is fully supported in List and Cards modes as well.

Don’t forget – native apps, custom search, and a host of other features are coming your away. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and get notified when the new tutorials are out!

Labels: Application Builder, Touch UI, User Interface, Video Tutorial, Web Form Builder

Sunday, April 15, 2018Print Subscribe

Data Field Tag: Overview

The data field Tags property is a space-separated list of values used by the client library to automatically add enhanced functionality at run-time. The table below shows available values and their related function.

Value	Function
action-call action-call-disabled	Will render a Call action to activate the device’s dialer application to make a call to the field value. The “disabled” tag will disable the automatic Call action.
action-email action-email-disabled	Will render an Email action to open the device’s emailing application to send an email to the field value. The “disabled” tag will disable the automatic Email action.
action-url action-url-disabled	Will render a Link action to treat the field value as a URL. The “disabled” tag will disable the automatic URL action.
calendar-date	The primary date field to be used for Calendar presentation style.
calendar-end	The “end” date field to determine date range in Calendar presentation style. In forms, will also configure the calendar input to automatically jump to this field from the “calendar-date” field and only allow date values in the future relative to the “calendar-date” field to be selected.
calendar-color	The value field that will assign colors to each record.
calendar-text	The field will be used as the primary displayed text in an event in Calendar presentation style.
calendar-disabled	Will disable calendar presentation style processing for this field.
calendar-input-disabled	Will disable calendar input control for this field in Touch UI.
calendar-input-data-none	Will disable automatic query of record counts displayed in the calendar input control.
calendar-input-future	Only allows selecting date values in the future.
created-coords	When a new record is created, the geolocation will be requested from the browser and saved into the field in the form “[latitude],[longitude]” (without brackets or quotation marks).
created-latitude	When a new record is created, the latitude will be requested from the browser and saved into the field.
created-longitude	When a new record is created, the longitude will be requested from the browser and saved into the field.
data-sheet-freeze	The data field will be “frozen” when in second generation data sheet view. The user can still unfreeze the column by activating “Unfreeze” option in the column header dropdown.
focus-auto	Opening the form in edit mode will focus this field first.
header-image-original	If the field is a BLOB, will render image as header in full quality.
header-text	The value of this field (in grid1) will be displayed as the header in Touch UI forms.
hierarchy-parent	The foreign key data field will be used as the parent when creating and rendering a hierarchy in second generation data sheet view. Examples include: ManagerID, ReportsTo.
import-duplicate-test	When importing records, the process will search for records with matching values in fields with this tag. If it exists, it will skip this record.
import-duplicate-accept	When importing records, the process will search for records with matching values in fields with this tag. If it exists, it will update the existing record.
lookup-auto-advance	Advances to the next field when the user makes a selection in the lookup control.
lookup-details-hidden	Will hide the lookup details arrow from the user to prevent direct access to the lookup record.
lookup-distinct	Searches for "distinct" values in the lookup controller.
lookup-null-value-none	Hides "null" value in Drop Down List, Radio Button List, and ListBox.
map-latitude map-longitude map-address map-state map-city map-region map-postalcode map-zipcode map-zip map-country	Use both “map-latitude” and “map-longitude”, or at minimum “map-address” and “map-city” in order to enable Map presentation style in Touch UI.
map-none	Will disable map processing for this data field.
modified-coords	When a record is modified, the geolocation will be requested from the browser and saved into the field in the form “[latitude],[longitude]” (without brackets or quotation marks).
modified-latitude	When a record is modified, the latitude will be requested from the browser and saved into the field.
modified-longitude	When a record is modified, the longitude will be requested from the browser and saved into the field.
smart-dates-disabled	Disables smart dates feature for this field.
view-selector-none	Disables view selector tabs on the lookup view.

Tags are also used to configure the Chart presentation style. All chart tags start with the keyword “pivotX”, with X being the ID of the pivot. Learn more about how to format chart tags.

These keywords must be combined with dashes “-” to form a tag. Note that keywords with “X” require an integer value replacing the X. If not specified, the default value is 0.

Note that keywords can be split into multiple tags. For example, specifying “pivot1-row1-area” will be equivalent to “pivot1-row1 pivot1-area”. Do not specify duplicate keywords for the same pivot.

Some keywords support specifying a string value. This keyword must be the last keyword of the tag. Format these keywords like the following:

pivot1-title:"This is the title"

The table below enumerates the available keywords.

Keyword	Function
pivotX	The integer value X determines the pivot ID that the properties will be applied to.
rowX	The data field will be used as a row. The index of the row is X.
colX	The data field will be used as a column. The index of the column is X.
valX	The data field will be used as a value. The index of the value is X.
area areastacked bar barstacked candlestick column columnstacked candlestick donut geo map line pie pie3d scatter table	This keyword determines the chart type. If this keyword is not specified on at least one tag referencing pivot X, then the pivot will not be rendered as a chart.
small medium large	Determines the default size for the chart in the user interface.
topX	Only the top X number of rows or columns will be kept. The rest will be hidden.
other	When used in combination with “topX”, the hidden rows or columns will be collapsed into an “Other” row or column.
date	This keyword, used on a DateTime data field, will compose multiple pivots with different configurations. The pivots tested are: year, year/quarter, year/month, year/month/weekofyear, year/month/day. The pivot with the number of rows closest to 25 will be selected for use.
sum min max avg count	These keywords will determine the value that will be used when calculating cells.
timeofday second minute halfhour hour day dayofweek weekofmonth week weekofyear twoweek month quarter year	These keywords determine the date bucket mode. The DateTime value will be parsed and use the relevant part of the date.
all	Lookup data fields will select all distinct values from the database and ensure that all possible lookup values will be present in the row or column. DateTime data fields will make sure that each bucket between the first and last row or column will be present.
hideblank	The “blank” row or column will be hidden.
sortasc sortdesc sortascbyval sortdescbyval	Use the “sort” keyword to determine the sorting order for values of this row or column. Specify “sortasc” or “sortdesc” to sort the row or column alphabetically or numerically. Specify “sortascbyval” or “sortdescbyval” to sort the rows or columns numerically by the value itself.
maximize	The chart will take the full allocated space in the view. Axis labels and titles will be displayed inside the chart area.
crosshair	Crosshairs will be enabled for the supported graphs.
title haxistitle vaxistitle	Specify a string value to set the relevant title text.
format	Specifies an ICU Decimal format string. Supported .NET-compatible formats are “c”, “C”, “d”, “D”, “e”, “E”, “f”, “F”, “n”, “N”, “p”, “P”, “x”, “X”.
haxisformat vaxisformat	Controls how the horizontal or vertical axis labels are formatted. Supported values are “none”, “decimal”, “scientific”, “percent”, “currency”, “short”, “long”.
region	Specify a string value to set the region mode for “geo” chart.
displaymode	Specify a string value to set the display mode for “geo” chart.
resolution	Specify a string value to set the resolution for “geo” chart.
curve	Enables curvature in the “line” chart.
explorer	Enables zooming and panning in the “line” chart.
maptype	Specify a string value to set the Map Type in “map” chart type.
enablescrollwheel	Enables the scroll wheel for zooming in “map” chart type.
usemaptypecontrol	Enables the Map Type control in “map” chart type.
pointshape	Specify a string value to set the point shape.
pointsize	Specify a value to set the point size.
orientation	Specify a string value for the orientation of the chart.
animation	Enables the loading animation.
grandtotal	Will show a “Grand Total” row and column for the pivot. Not suggested to be used in conjunction with a chart.

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