1. General information
1.1. Description of the control
Title is a “H1” or “H2” style title.
1.2. Create a new control
- A detailed description of creating new controls in the edit form is provided in the separate guide Creating edit form controls.
1.3. Edit or delete a control
- For each existing control, a pencil icon appears on the left side of the edit form to change or delete the control's settings.
- Individual controls can be moved vertically in the edit form using the Drag&Drop method. Moving consists of grabbing the control, preferably after its name located in the left column of the edit form, and then dragging it to the desired place in the edit form.
- Controls can be moved only with the “Drag&Drop” check box located above the toolbar with controls selected. For security reasons, this check box is cleared after each login to the application, so that a control is not moved by accident.
2. List of tabs in the control settings dialog
- General – Setting general properties
- Rights – Rights settings
- Administration – Setting other properties
2.1. “General” tab
2.1.1. Text
- Headline text
- User defined – the title text is defined by a text constant, variable, or a combination of both, written in the text field below the radio button
- From query – the title text defines the result of the database query, which is evaluated when opening the edit form
2.1.2. Dictionary...
- The dictionary displays a list of names of other controls, forms, view pages, categories, applications, and application groups used throughout the application.
- The dictionary search is used to design the correct control name and to maintain the consistency of the nomenclature throughout the application so that controls with the same meaning located in different places in the application are named in the same way.
2.1.3. Type
- Graphic type of title
- Type A – Level heading “H1”; if a type A title is the first “Title” control of the edit form, it shows a signed-in user a tooltip with the ID and PID of the open record on mouse hover
- Type B – Level heading “H2” with a colored background taken from the appearance settings from the column “Form – Left column”
- Type C – “H2” level heading with a colored background taken from the appearance settings in the “Form – Title background C” column
2.2. “Rights” tab
2.2.1. Rights
- Rights define a list of user groups and users who have permission to view the control on the edit form.
2.2.2. Replace rights with other controls
- The “Replace rights to other controls” function is used to unify the rights within the entire edit form for controls that are related in terms of rights.
- Thanks to the “Show...” link, it is possible to display a list of all controls in the edit form, including setting the rights of these controls. A check box is displayed for each control to select it. When the control is saved, the same rights are then set for the selected controls.
- An alternative for unifying rights within the entire edit form is to display the report available from the “Subordinate object rights” tab in the edit form settings.
2.3. “Administration” tab
2.3.1. Other
- Change type to
- The drop-down list offers the types of controls to which conversion of the control is supported.
2.4. “Save”, “Delete”, and “Close” buttons
- “Save” button – Saves changes to the control settings.
- “Delete” button – Permanently deletes the control.
- “Close” button – Closes the control settings dialog without saving changes.