This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.
Overview
Create application screens by starting with a dashboard; see Creating or Opening a Screen.
PhixFlow opens existing screens locked, to prevent accidental editing. To edit a screen,- either using the toolbar
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This page has the reference documentation for dashboard properties. For information on how to divide a screen into different panes, and how to add things to a screen, see Drag-and-Drop Techniques.
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Screens, especially complex screens, can take some time to open, which can feel slow to the application user. Use this option when you need a screen to open quickly. Preloading screens adds to the time it takes PhixFlow to initially start up. For this reason we recommend you only preload screens that an application user will always want to open.
excerpt-include_check_box_tick to preload the screen when PhixFlow first starts. When the user then opens the screen, it displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load is the default. The screen does not need to be preloaded.Preloading relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen is only loaded when the screen opens, and this may also take time to load.
Caching relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen will be reload each time the screen is opened.
Todo - not yet implemented
You may have a screen that acts as your application's welcome window. Use this option to open a screen whenever the application starts open the screen when the application starts.For screens that are not set to Open maximised.
By default, pop-up screens are opened floating centrally. If you want a screen to open with a fixed position, select one of the drop-down options:
- Pinned to top
- Pinned to bottom
- Pinned to left
- Pinned to right
- Floating (default)
Width
500px for a small confirmation window. The default size for a pop-up screen approximately 800px.For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen height in pixels, for example 150px for a small confirmation window. The default size of a pop-up screen is approximately 500px.
Available when Position is Floating.
For screens that are not set to Open maximised, set an offset value in pixels to position the screen where it is required. For example, to display a screen as a pop-up window towards the top left of the screen set:
- Top:
60px - Left:
60px
Dashboard Elements
This section lists the Dashboard Elements on this screen.PhixFlow creates dashboard elements when you use the pop-up menu Add Area... options to divide up the screen. In PhixFlow version 8.3 and earlier, dashboard elements enabled different parts of the screen to be bound to different sources of data, either a stream (table) or view.
Where dashboard elements are bound to data, you can link them, so that the data in one dashboard element drives the data in another; see /wiki/spaces/HELP12/pages/9909895169.
Menu Items
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and:
Show stream actions (record-actions)- either Add a new sub-menu
- or Add a new menu item; see Menu
To remove a menu, use the toolbar button 
Delete Everywhere.
Mappings
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons.
Components on the screen, such as buttons or data-components, can have actions. You may want an action to take data from attributes in different streams (tables) or views. Where the attributes have different names, you must map the dataset, so that the action recognises the data. This grid contains a list of mappings for components on this screen. PhixFlow evaluates all the mapped datasets when it runs an action.
You can delete a mapping from the grid.
To configure a mapping, in the screen, right-click
Unreachable Actions
Todo - New feature related to actionflows?
Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid displays a list of actions and/or (todo - check) stream item actions (record-actions) that are linked to the screen.
Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
Open the repository showing the list of available tables for your application.
Unlock a screen to edit its layout.
Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content.
Update the screen to reflect changes made elsewhere in PhixFlow, such as the screen properties, layer orders or shared styles.
Screen Pop-up Menu
Right-click on a screen to display its pop-up menu. The options available depend on where you click. If there are many options, some are moved onto the sub-menuUse these options to divide a screen into multiple, resizable panes. Select the option to add a pane relative to the currently selected pane.
To remove a pane, use the pop-up menu optionsWhen a specific component is selected, delete the component.
Other delete options that may be available relate to specific types of component in the selected pane.
Delete options depend on the selected item. Examples are:
Pin a component to fix its position; see Pinning and Unpinning.
Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user.
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Options to arrange the selected components within a pane:
preload the screen when PhixFlow first starts. When the user then opens the screen , it displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load.
Preloading relates to the screen itself. Any data backing the screen is only loaded when the screen opens, and this may also take time to load. |
Screen Elements
Screen elements are specific sections on a screen that posses their own properties, specifically each element can be backed by a different table.
To view a list of the elements for a specific screen, open the
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| Cache Locally | If an application user is likely to require the same screen in different stages of a task. Use this option so that, when the user closes and reopens the screen, it loads immediately.
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Style Settings
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| Position | By default, new screens are set to Floating. If you want a screen to open with a fixed position, select one of the Pinned drop-down options:
Use the Pinned options to create a permanently visible screen. This is useful for a navigation area or toolbar that you want to be visible for all other screens. Floating screens do not overlap with pinned screens. When the user maximises a Floating screen, it expands only to the remaining space. |
Width | For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen width in pixels, for example If this is left blank, the screen will adjust its width to the content automatically. |
| Height | For screens that are not set to Open maximised, specify a screen height in pixels, for example If this is left blank, the screen will adjust its height to the content automatically. |
| Top | Available when Position is Floating. For screens that are not set to Open maximised, set an offset value in pixels to position the screen where it is required. For example, to display a screen as a popup window towards the top left of the screen, set:
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Unconnected Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties. The grid displays a list of Actionflows that are linked to components on the screen that are not connected to a component. These can occur when Actionflows are created in a
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Actions
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties. The grid displays a list of Actionflows or Table-Actions (Legacy) that are linked to the screen.
Menu Items
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons, see Common Properties and:
- Show Table-actions
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The grid contains a list of menu items. To add a menu item to the list, click
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- PhixFlow opens a new properties tab for a menu item or sub-menu; see Startup Actions Properties for details.
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Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
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Screen Popup Menu
Right-click on a screen to display its popup menu. The options available depend on where you click. If there are many options, some are moved onto the sub-menu
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| Open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order, if applicable. | ||||||||
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| When a specific component is selected, delete the component. Delete options depend on the selected item, for example:
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Show the list of attributes that are bound to the component. The attributes can be from a stream or view. This is shown in the option: