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.

  • Selecting Edit redirects you to a page with all the row details. You can make changes, if needed.

  • Selecting Delete removes the selected row and closes the action menu.

  • Selecting Cancel, closes the action menu.

  1. Open a touch-enhanced Phone or Tablet form.
  2. On the Properties bar, click Settings Extended Properties.
  3. On the Extended Properties page, click the Action Menus tab.
  4. Click Add generic add.

    The Action Menu page appears.

  5. Enter a Name for the menu.
  6. 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.
  7. In the Menu Item Height (px) box, enter the height of the menu item. (Default: 22 pixels; Maximum: 100 pixels)
  8. In the Menu Items group, configure the following options:
    1. Enter a Name for the menu item.
    2. 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
    3. 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.

    4. Consume the Actions to add to the menu items group.
  9. Click OK.