Define action menus for a touch-enhanced form
Define action menus on a touch-enhanced Phone or Tablet form to display a list of options. For example, for a row-selected event on a data table, select an action menu that displays a list of options such as, Edit, Delete, or Cancel.
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Selecting Edit redirects you to a page with all the row details. You can make changes, if needed.
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Selecting Delete removes the selected row and closes the action menu.
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Selecting Cancel, closes the action menu.
- Open a touch-enhanced Phone or Tablet form.
- On the Properties bar, click Settings .
- On the Extended Properties page, click the Action Menus tab.
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Click
Add
.
The Action Menu page appears.
- Enter a Name for the menu.
- To allow the menu to close when you tap outside of the menu, click Yes for Hide on Tap. By default, the menu does not hide on tapping.
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In the
Menu Item Height (px)
box, enter the height of the menu item. (Default: 22 pixels; Maximum: 100
pixels)
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In the Menu Items
group, configure the following options:
- Enter a Name for the menu item.
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Use the following table as a guide to select a
Style from the list:
Style Display Normal Gray button Back Back button Forward Forward button Round Round button Action Dark Blue button Decline Red button Confirm Green button -
To associate a confirmation message with the menu item, click
Yes for
Confirmation Message,
and enter the text or associate the text to a variable or a form control.
At runtime, on clicking the button, the confirmation text appears. You can choose to perform the action associated with the button or decline.
- Consume the Actions to add to the menu items group.
- Click OK.