A palette provides a quick access to set of configured Layout Templates, which can be used (by dragging them onto forms) to create Layout Components.
The system provides PhixFlow comes with two default Palettespalettes:
- Basic Components - contains all basic Layout Components, i.e. String Field, CheckBox etc. without any additional labels and styling
- Labeled Fields - contains a set of predefined form fields which come together with configurable labels. It makes a form creation process quick and intuitiveThis is the palette you will typically use when building forms.
User You can create new palettes and edit existing ones. To add
Building up palettes
Adding
Add items to a palette drag by dragging a Layout Template onto it. Items can be removed from the palette through the editor.
Remove items from a palette by right-clicking on the item in the palette and selecting Permanently Delete - note that this will not remove the Layout Template, just the configured layout in this palette
Palette Details
For each palette, the following settings are configured:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Basic Settings | |
| Name | Name of the palette. |
Layouts | |
A list of of the layout components that this palette contains. Press the HELPDEVTODO: icon for Layout button button Show the list of Templates to bring up the list of layoutslayout templates. | |
| Default Components | |
| String Component | The default string component. |
| Long Component | The default long component |
| Float Component | The default float component |
| True/False Component | The default True/False (boolean) component. |
| Date Component | The default date component |
| DateTime Component | The default date & time component. |
| Action Component | The default action component |
| Form Component | The default form component |
| Card Component | The default card component |
| Description | |
| Tooltip | The description that will appear at the tooltip. |
| Description | Description of this palette. |
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