This page is provides the reference information for dashboard properties.
Overview
Create application screens by starting with a dashboard. This page has details of dashboard properties.
See Also
- Creating or Opening a Screen
- Understanding Components and Layouts
- Using Palettes and Themes
- How-tos for screens
Properties
Property Pane Toolbar
For information about the toolbar options, see the Common Properties page, Toolbars and Controls section.
The toolbar includes the button to
Display Screen.Parent Details
If this item is within or belongs to another, its parent name is shown here. See the Parent Details section on the Common Properties page for more details.
Basic Settings
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the screen. |
| Open Maximised | If ticked, the screen opens fills the whole screen when it is opened. |
| Allow User to Resize | If ticked, the user can change the size of the screen while in app mode. All designers can still change |
| Show Toolbar | Show the toolbar on the screen. |
| Always On Top | Always keep the screen on top. |
| Keep Data | If ticked, the screen data is available and can be referenced even after the screen is closed. It can be used if the user wants to store global data available in the system. |
| Preload | If ticked, PhixFlow preloads the screen as it is setting up. Preloading adds to PhixFlow's setup time. When the user then opens the screen, it displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load. Use this option for screens that the user will always want to open when they use PhixFlow. |
| Cache Locally | If ticked, PhixFlow does not preload the screen. Instead, when the user opens the screen for the first time, PhixFlow caches it on the client computer. When the user closes and reopens the screen, it loads immediately. The data itself may still loads from the server. Use this option for screens that a user may want to open. |
| Position | |
| Open on Startup |
Dashboard Elements
For applications created in PhixFlow versions earlier than 9.0.0. A list of the Dashboard Elements on this screen. 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.
Access Permissions
For details about how to control access to a screen, see Common Properties → Access Permissions.
User Groups
A list of the user groups which can view this screen. This tab is only shown if All Users Can View Data is not selected.
Security Tab
Access Permissions
See the Common Properties page, Access Permissions section.
Description
We recommend that you always enter a description to explain the purpose of this item.
Audit Tab
Audit Summary
See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.
Using Screen Options
To edit a screen, right-click and select Unlock Layout. This can be done on the context menu also.
Splitter Bars
A screen can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right-click the pane or any dashboard element on the pane to:
- Add Vertical Bar
- Add Horizontal Bar
Splitter bars can be removed by right clicking on an empty pane and selecting Delete Pane.
Check with David if this is being dropped for 9.
Add Dashboard Element
A dashboard element can be added to a screen by dragging predefined Stream Views onto the screen pane.
Remove Dashboard Element
You can remove a Dashboard Element from the screen by right clicking on the view and going to Screen Options → Remove element from screen
Menus and Toolbars
Screen Toolbar
There is a toolbar above the screen canvas. This provides the following options:
| List options | |
|---|---|
| Open the repository showing the list of available tables for your application. |
 Screen | Open the repository showing the list of available screens for your application. |
 Actionflow | Open the repository showing the list of available actionflows for your application. |
 Palette | Open the list of palettes. |
Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_styles'. | Open the repository showing the list of available styles for your application. |
| Canvas options | |
 Help | Open the help topic with details about working with screens. |
 Properties | Open the properties tab for the screen. |
Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_layout_unlock'. or Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_layout_lock'. | 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 Context Menu
Right-click on a screen to display the context menu for it. The options available depend on where you right-click and the options appropriate.
Where the context menu has many options, some are listed under Dashboard Options (todo -check changing to More...)
| Menu option | Description |
|---|---|
Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_layout_unlock'. | Unlock a screen to edit its layout. |
Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_layout_lock'. | Lock a screen to prevent accidental edits and to display the data content. |
 Show Context Parameters | For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order. todo- check if going away |
 Show Element Details | For dashboards created in PhixFlow versions 8.3 and earlier, open the properties for the dashboard element. |
 Add Area Above | When dividing a screen layout, specify where you want a new to be added, relative to the currently selected area. |
 Add Area on Right | |
 Add Area Below | |
 Add Area on Left | |
 Lock Width | Fix the height of the selected pane. |
 Lock Height | Fix the width of the selected pane. |
 Delete | When 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 pane | Delete a pane or dashboard element from the layout. todo - Check whether Remove Element from Dashboard is also going |
| Delete a form component from the layout. |
 Create New Form | Create a new form in the current area. |
 Pin/Unpin Selected Objects | Fix the position of selected objects. todo- check ifgoing away |
| Open the palette to drag in components. |
 Turn Auto Size Off/On | Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically auto sized when an application window is resized by the user. Using this option, or manually resizing a component may change the state of the Layout → Style Settings → Auto Size property. |
| Arrange the selected items | Options to arrange the selected components within a pane:
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change to Show in layers?? | Open the repository with to see the selected component in the list. This can be useful if you want to move a component. |
 Screen Properties | Open the properties tab for the screen. |
 Show Record Details | Display information about the table and its records. todo - Check this option's name has changed?? |
| Select all children | For the selected parent container, select all the child components too. |
| Show Attributes for <table name> | Open the list of attributes for the table. This option is available when a screen is backed by a table. |
| Show Attributes for <view name> | Open the list of attributes for the view. This option is available when a screen is backed by a view. |
