This page explains how to open a screen or create a new one.
Select a Screen
- From the application Home window, select Design.
- Select one of the listed screens; remember you can change the format of the list to see more names.
Screens tabs
- Palettes
- Component Categories
- Templates
- Styles
- Menus
- Images
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Create
- Click the Create New to create a new screen.
- Select a screen template. This will give you pre-set layouts such as:
- full screen or popup
- basic screen layout, such as data grid or form
- desktop or mobile
- PhixFlow prompts you to:
- Enter the name and description for
- the screen.
- Select whether or not the screen will Opens Maximised
When selected, the screen will open "full screen" for the application user. When not selected, PhixFlow assumes the screen will be a pop-up window. It automatically selects the following options:- Always on top
- Allow user to resize
- Click Confirm.
- PhixFlow opens a new screen canvas on the left and the palette on the right.
- To add components to the screen, drag them in from the palette.
Make sure the ERD and Screen incontext screen text is OK and following the same standards
Use the palette to add components; see link
Adding Components
Refer to details in other pages
- Component concepts, and properties.
- Component → template → palette
- Where you can drop things - default container
- Designing with Drag-drop page
- Screen properties
- Palettes and Themes
- Styles and Formats
Adding Backing Data
You can set up data to back all or part of a screen.
- In the palette Data Components section, drag in one of the data icons, grid, chart, graph or card.
- In the popup, select the table or view that contains the data for this screen then click Confirm / OK
- PhixFlow adds the data component to the screen, with its properties.
This goes into Data Views.
Table popup has Show View, Show Table and Show properties
Alternatively, if the table does not already exist, click Create, then enter the name and description and click Create.