Form Layout Group Box in ver 5.5

Rennur

In previous version (5.3) setting up 2 or more attributes in a form group box with column width for each attribute set at 100% would display each attribute in its own row (below one another)

In 5.5, this doesn't seem to be the case. It displays all 3 attributes in the same row.

aware_support

Can you send a sample BSV to support@awareim.com?

Rennur

I've emailed it.

aware_support

In your form you assign 100% to each attribute in the group box. This is wrong. The sum of the widths of the attributes must equal 100%, for example 20%, 50% and 30%

Rennur

That means that all the attributes will be in a single row of 3 columns.

In version 5.3, setting the 1st attribute column at 100% allocates the entire row for this attribute. Setting 2 other attribute at 50% each allocates them both to the row below the 1st attribute.

eg.
ROW 1. Name: _______ @ 100%
ROW 2. Address: _______ @ 50% Suburb: _______ @50%

In 5.3 setting the column to 100% seems to work as if you are inserting a </br> at the end of the column. Perhaps there should be a </br> kind of option for the group box.

aware_support

When you group attributes into a cell, the intention is to display them in one row, not in several rows. 5.5 behaves differently in this respect than 5.3, so you may need to adjust your existing forms

Rennur

Thank you for the clarification.

In my opinion, this really limits the overall form layout design options in 5.5 if the form contains 2 or more columns & you want to group 4+ attributes.

aware_support

I don't think it limits anything. If you want attributes on different rows, don't group them!

Rennur

I understand, the issue is when you group 5 attributes and specify a title it wraps all those attributes in one box with a border around it.

Lets say I have 5 attributes for company address details which I want to group under title "address" in Column 1 and another 5 attributes I want to group under title "Company registration" like ABN, legal name etc. in Column 2.

5 attributed don't really fit in one row with a 2 column from, it can but its very cramped depending on width.

What I must now do is group maybe 2-3 attributes in one row titled "Address" then group the other 2 attributes in the row below titled "Suburb"

What the form (CSS) will do is create 2 separate group boxes titled "Address" & "Suburb" with a border around each one.

In 5.3, I can have all 5 attributes under the "address" title in one box with a border around all the 5 attributes.

I guess I will have to work around this for now.

Rennur

By the way, I appreciate support taking time to address this 🙂

yuri.rj

Support,

I understand what Rennur is saying

I use it the same way he said.

Look at the printscreen. Will i be able to do this in the new version?

Rennur

Yuri,

This is not possible in 5.5.

Wishlist:

In the Visual Perspectives setting the layout to "column" enables a "last in column" checkbox.

Is it possible to implement this in the "Edit Cell Layout" of the form to act as some sort of </br> function?

aware_support

We will restore the ability to wrap fields around if each of them has 100% column width in the next maintenance build

aware_support

This has been implemented in build 1590

Rennur

Trying to re-design all the forms & have noticed:

Group Box form layout cell:

1. When the Col. width, % for all attributes is set to 100%, the "Label Above Controls" is not working. Labels are to the left.

2. The 'Width' option adjusts the width within the box but not the actual border width of the box. Works similar to the Anchor x setting. The 'Height' setting adjusts the height & border properly.

3. The 'Label col. width, px' is not working when the 'Col. width, %' for all the attributes is set to 100%

4. If one attribute was set to 100% col. width, all the attributes must be set to 100% col. width.

Working around this but still feel the issues raised in my previous replies are still there.

I will post a image of layout shortly.

Cheers

**Chrome, AwareIM 5.5 (1598-), Default theme

aware_support

We cannot reproduce 1. and 2. Are you sure you are using build 1598?

If you are, please send us a testing BSV with the description how to reproduce the problem

Rennur

Weird, tried to re-create 1 & 2 again but it seems to be working properly now.

May have been a CSS conflict with the previous version of AwareIM CSS/JAVA in the browser cache.

Another one:

In:
Form layout>column properties>Label> set to 'Above control'
When a plain text attribute (Width 350px) contains a 'Description',
upon preview, the size of the attribute is shrunk by more than half.

If there is no description, the attribute is full 350px width.

aware_support

Number 3 has been fixed in build 1599

Rennur

6. Shortcut CSS text styling not working

Rennur

7. The separator row (Not present when) condition is not working dynamically.

Eg.
Not present when:

Object.Status<>'Yes'

Status = Yes/No attribute