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Friday, May 25, 2012PrintSubscribe
Show Action Bar

The action bar is at the top of every view, and allows the user to access Advanced Search Bar, Quick Find, and various actions within “Action Bar” scope.

Employees grid view with Action Bar enabled.

You may want to hide the action bar in certain situations.

Start the Project Designer. In the Project Explorer, double-click on Employees / container1 / view1 data view node.

'View1' data view on Employees page in Code On Time Project Explorer.

Change the following properties:

Property New Value
Show Action Bar False

Press OK to save the data view, and click Browse on the tool bar.

Navigate to the Employees page. The action bar is no longer displayed. Users can still create, edit, and delete records using the context menu on each row.

Employees grid view with Action Bar disabled.

Friday, May 25, 2012PrintSubscribe
Feature: Automatic Search Bar

The Advanced Search Bar is available in all grid and data sheet views. The Search Bar can be activated by clicking on the Chevron icon Advanced Search Bar on the action bar next to Quick Find. It requires no additional configuration and automatically displays the first three data fields in the view.

Advanced Search Bar activated in the Employees grid view.

It allows end users to form complex and specific queries to find the data they need. This capability complements Quick Find.

Advanced search bar with complex search query.

When necessary, the available fields and filter options can be configured.

Learn more about using Advanced Search Bar.

Friday, May 25, 2012PrintSubscribe
Using Automatic Search Bar

The Quick Find box is used to perform quick searches of the data. If a more specific query needs to be composed, the Search Bar is a readily available option. The Search Bar can be activated by clicking on the Chevron icon Automatic Search Bar on the action bar next to Quick Find.

Click on the chevron icon to the left of Quick Find to open the Search Bar.

The Search Bar will open under the action bar. By default, the first three visible data fields are available for filtering.

Developers can preconfigure the search bar to display specific fields and available filtering operations when the action bar is activated for the first time. The search bar may be displayed on start without retrieving the first page of data in page data views and lookup fields.

Employee grid view with Advanced Search Bar activated.

The first dropdown allows you to select a filter field. Visible and hidden data fields are available for selection.

The first dropdown on the Search Bar determines the field.

The second dropdown specifies the filter operation on the field. The type of the field determines which operations are available. The filter operations are configurable.

The second dropdown on the Search Bar determines the filter operation.

Enter your filtering parameters in the textbox. The textbox has autocomplete capabilities.

Search parameter field has auto complete capabilities.

If the filter parameters are dates, then a date picker is available.

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You can clear a filter by clicking the Clear Filter iconClear Filter on the right side of the input field.

Clear the filter using the Clear Filter icon on the right side of the field.

You can add additional filters by clicking on the Plus iconAdd Filter or on the link Add search condition at the bottom of the search bar. Remove a filter by clicking on the Minus icon Remove Filter to the right of the filter.

Add search condition by clicking on the '+' icon.

The Reset button on the right side will reset the filter parameters in the search bar to match the current filter in the grid view.

The Reset button resets the filter to match the grid filter.

You can close the Search Bar and bring back Quick Find by clicking on the Chevron icon Advanced Search on the left side of the action bar.

Close or open the search by clicking on the chevron icon on the left side of the action bar.