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Forms in PhixFlow can be built and laid out using drag and drop functionality. If you are new to form building, please see the introductory course: PhixFlow Training - Building Applications Course.

A more detailed description of drag and drop functionality is given below, but the following videos will introduce you to the basic concepts:

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titleTechnical Breakout: Where is the next available space?

By default, the next available space will be underneath the previous component - but this can be controlled in CSS. A full discussion of the CSS options for controlling this are beyond the scope of this article, but can be researched on the web. If you want to do this, note that components in forms are represented as DIV objects. Future versions of PhixFlow will feature easy to use options to control which space components will flow into.

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titleTechnical Breakout: About the default component palette

When you drag objects onto a form from the repository, they will be created using the default template for that object. So it is important to make sure that you have set the right default component palette. This is set in System Configuration. Remember that this default will apply to all users of this PhixFlow instance.

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