General
Configure the general properties of a form.
Property | Description |
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Name |
Name for the form.
A form name must be valid. For example, the form name cannot be "Open" or "Close". If the form name is invalid, a message appears. |
Title |
Title to appear on the form. |
Category |
Category to store the form. By default, user's working category is displayed. |
Layout | |
Width mode |
Displays the width mode set in the system settings by default. You can change the default setting. Available options are:
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Design height |
The height of the canvas on which the form is designed. The Design width and Design height properties are only available for forms where the width mode is set to percentage. |
Responsive form |
If selected, the form is responsive at runtime and adjusts itself to suit the device it is viewed on. When you view a form in a browser and the screen or the browser window is wider than it is tall, the form is displayed as it is in the Designer. When you view a form in a browser and the screen or the browser window is taller, the form elements are displayed as follows:
When you resize the browser window between wide and tall, you must refresh the window for the form to be redrawn. |
Alignment |
Positions the form relative to the window it is presented in from the left, center or right. |
Use viewport | If selected, controls the display of a form in a phone or tablet device. By default, all the
properties are set to blank.
The Expand to Fit and Use Viewport properties are mutually exclusive. You can enable either properties on a form. Configure the properties, as needed.
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Header and Navigation Menus | |
Header form |
The form to use as a header. Either accept the default header for the site or select a custom (Other) header for this form. |
Horizontal menu |
Displays the navigation menu horizontally in real time. You can either accept the default navigation set for the site or select a custom (Other) navigation menu. The navigation menu must already be created before it can be associated to a form. See Create a navigation.
For a tablet or a phone form, you can only use a vertical navigation menu. The horizontal navigation menu is unavailable for touch forms. |
Vertical menu |
Displays the navigation menu vertically in real time. You can either accept the default navigation set for the site or select a custom (Other) navigation menu. The navigation menu must already be created before it can be associated to a form. See Create a navigation.
For a tablet or a phone form, you can only use a vertical navigation menu. The horizontal navigation menu
is unavailable for touch forms.
If you select custom navigation menu, you can set the following properties:
The Collapsible and Collapsed properties only apply to vertical menu in a desktop, and non-touch phone and tablet forms. When you open the form at run time:
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The properties under Header and Navigation Menus do not apply to Document and Folder forms.
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