Blog: Posts from October, 2012

A vertical list of fields in a form is a traditional way of presenting data. On the other hand, if the list is very long, it may be better to float the data fields within the category, to save screen real estate.

Switch back to the Designer. Double-click on Orders / Views / editForm1 / c1 – Orders node.

Change the Floating property:

Press OK to save the category, and press Browse. Edit an order on the Order Form page. You will see that the field presentation is much more compact.

Let’s change the length of the data field text boxes to match the expected text length.

In the Project Explorer, right-click on Orders / Views / editForm1 / c1 – Orders node, and press Show All Data Fields.

This will open a grid of data fields in the Project Browser window. Mouse over the field Freight, click on the dropdown activator, and press Edit.

Enter “5” in the Cols property, press Save to save the data field.

Also change the following data fields:

Press Browse, and wait for the page to load. Start editing any order, and you will see that the data fields have been resized.