Overview

You can make changes to the palettes, by adding components or removing them. You can also change the appearance of components in a palette, for example to use corporate colours.

You may prefer to leave the palettes supplied by PhixFlow unchanged and instead create your own palette.

Changing Styles

To change a palette component without affecting any existing uses of it, create a style that overrides the existing style.

1.  In the palette, right-click on a component and select  

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   If you need to find a child component, such as a header on a complete screen, right-click on the parent and select 

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   This lists all the child components. Double-click the specific component to open its properties.
2. In the component properties, click on the 

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3. Edit the style properties to have the required settings; see Style properties.

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   your changes.

To change an aspect of the style of all components in a palette, for example to add a company logo or change the colour scheme to that of your company:

1.  In the palette, right-click on a component and select  

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2. In the component properties, click on the 

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3. In the Shared Styles section, click

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4. Edit the shared style properties to have the required settings; see Style properties.

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   your changes.

The following video shows how to do this.

Adding Components

If you have a component that you want to add to a palette, you must first copy it as a Template; see Making Template Components.

To add a template to a palette:

1. Open the repository.
2. Navigate to the palette and right-click select edit.
3. Drag the Palette tab into the workspace to show the tabs side-by-side.
4. From the repository branch → Template, drag a template from the repository into a palette or open one of the groups and add it there.

Removing Components

To remove components from a palette, right-click on the item in the palette and click 

Creating a New Palette

1. In the repository navigate to your Application → Palette section and select 

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2. PhixFlow opens a properties tab for the palette. Name the palette and save it.
3. Click the 

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    icon to display the available templates. If you have not created any templates yet see Making Template Components.
4. Drag the templates into the palette properties →  Component section.
5. Optionally, define Palette Groups and drag templates into the groups.

This creates a palette to which you can add components. This is only available to your application.

Sharing a Palette

If you want to share your palette with other applications, move the palette and template components from your application into a package that the other applications use. You can then set some components to be defaults.

1. In the repository expand Packages and select 

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2. Create your package and complete the details.

3. Optionally, to make this a template package, tick Template; see Understanding Template Packages. Then specify the components you want to use as default components in the Template Details section.

Setting Default Components

From version 9.0 onward, when you create a new application you select a template package. PhixFlow uses the information in the template package to configure the default components. When creating a screen, if you drag in a table or attribute, PhixFlow uses the default component for forms, true/false fields, or fields for specific types of data, such as long strings or floating point numbers.

You can see which default components have been set in Application Properties → 

To change the default palette or components for your application:

1. In the repository, expand Applications.
2. Double-click on the application name. 
3. Click the

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4. Scroll down to Default Components.
5. Select the palette or components you want to use.
6. Save your changes

Next time you drag a table or attribute onto a screen canvas, PhixFlow uses the default components you have set.