Editing Palettes
You can create new palettes and edit existing ones.
To create a palette and add components:
- Right-click the repository branch → Application → Palette and select .
- PhixFlow opens a properties tab for the palette. Name the palette and save it.
- In the Layouts section, click the
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button to see all the layout templates in the repository. - Drag layouts into the palette properties.
- Optionally, you can use the same layout template for specific types of component, such as a date field, card or action. Drag the layout template from the repository list into the corresponding field in the Default Component section.
To remove items from a palette right-click on the item in the palette and click
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. This removes the layout from the palette, but does not remove it from the repository.
Palette Properties
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For each palette, the following settings are configured.
Basic Settings
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| Name | Name of the palette. |
| Help URL | For palettes supplied by PhixFlow, this URL links to the help page about the palette. If you create your own palette, add a link to additional information to help people to use your palette. |
Layouts
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The grid contains a list of layout components that this palette contains. To add a layout to the list:
- Click
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to list all the layout components in the repository. - Drag layout components into this list to add them to the palette.
To remove a layout template from the palette, use the
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in the toolbar.
Default Components
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| String Component |
Add a layout template - either select one from the drop-down list.
- or drag in a layout template from the repository list, opened from the Layouts section toolbar:
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| Bigstring Component |
| Long Component |
| Float Component |
| True/False Component |
| Date Component |
| DateTime Component |
| Action Component |
| Form Component |
| Card Component |
Description
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| Tooltip | The description that will appear at the tooltip for this palette. |
| Description | Description of this palette. |
