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This page is for data modellers and application designers who want to configure options  that appear in a view component's header.

Overview

A view component on a screen is designed with a header bar. The options in the header bar are listed as Menu Items in the view properties. This page explains the properties for a menu item. Usually, these properties are set automatically when you drag a table-action or actionflow onto a view component's header; see the View properties, Menu Items section for details.

You can also create a new menu item, via the view properties → Actions tab → Menu Item grid, which opens the menu item properties.

Menu items can act like buttons or like menus. 

  • For a single option on the header bar, when the application user clicks the option, PhixFlow runs the associate action. This acts like a button.
    For this reason, PhixFlow messages related to menu items often refer to buttons.
  • For nested options on the header bar, when the application user clicks the top-level option, PhixFlow open the list of sub-options. In this case, the option acts like a menu.

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Basic Settings

FieldDescription

Click Action

Select the type of action that PhixFlow will run when the user clicks on the option.

  • No Action
  • Table-Action
  • Actionflow
Actionflow

Available when Click Action is Actionflow. You must save a new menu item before setting this property.

To add an actionflow:

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  2. Drag the actionflow from the list into this field.

To create a new actionflow, click 

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; see Creating Actionflows.Actionflow Basics

Action

Available when Click Action is Table-Action. 

To add a table-action:

  1. Find a table-action:
    • To reuse a table-action from a different table, click 
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    • To display a list of table-actions available to the parent table of this view, click
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  2. Drag the table-action from the list into this field.
Tip

Remember, if drag a table-action directly onto a header or into the View properties, Menu Items section, PhixFlow automatically sets these properties.


Name

Available for sub-menus.

Enter a name that PhixFlow uses to store this menu item. Use this name if you need to refer to this menu item elsewhere in PhixFlow. This is not the text that appears to the application user.

Display Name

Enter the option text that an application user sees in the view header, or sub-menu.

Order

Specify a number that is the order that the menu item appears:

  • either on the header bar, with 1 being the leftmost
  • or in a sub-menu list, with 1 being the first.
Menu Items

Available for sub-menus.

The grid lists the menu items nested in this menu item. To add more menu items, click 

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