Overview

Actionflows are used to create interactions on a screen, however we can have PhixFlow automatically create one for us using a shortcut.

Setup

This page is for application designers who want to add a button that opens a different screen.

When using your application, the application user needs to be able to navigate to different screens. You can provide navigation to different screens using:

• menus; see Adding a Navigation Menu Bar.
• buttons that open a different screen. In this case you must configure an actionflow for the button. 

PhixFlow provides an easy way to wire a button to an actionflow that opens a screen.

1. Open the screen on which you want to add the button.
2. Right-click and 

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   the screen.
3. In the repository, find the screen that you want the button to open. Drag the screen from the repository onto the desired location on the open screen.
   1. See Moving Items on a Screen if you wish to move the button.
   A button and actionflow will be automatically created on the screen that will open the second screen.
4. The button gets its styling from Application Properties →  Styles Tab → Default Components Section → Table Action Component.
To edit the actionflow see Wiring Actionflowscanvas. and drop it where you want the button to be.
5. PhixFlow adds a button to the screen canvas.
   The button design is from the default component, which is set in the application properties → Styles tab → Default Components section→ Table Action Component.
6. PhixFlow also creates an actionflow to open the second screen and wires it to the button.
7. To test the button lock your , either

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   the screen or switch to application mode, and click the button

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   . Click the button to check that it opens the required screen.

Learn More

• If PhixFlow puts the button in the wrong place, you can move it; see Moving Components on a Screen.
• You can check the actionflow configuration or add additional functionality to the button; see Wiring Actionflows.
• You can also add user interaction to charts and grids; see Actions on Grids and Charts.
• To add navigation menus, see Adding a Navigation Menu Bar.
• For applications made in version 8.3 or earlier, PhixFlow provided table-actions or record-actions instead of actionflows; see Using Table-Actions.