Overview

To configure a screen, drag components and layouts from the 

, or a data table, onto the screen canvas.

Opening a Palette

Palettes are available from the Toolbar on a screen, click the

 button to display them.

Adding to a Screen

To add content to your screen, such as buttons, maps, headers etc:

1. Click and drag items from the 

    onto the screen as illustrated here:
   1. Open

      

Adding Form Fields 

It's easy to create data to display or data entry using fields on a form by dragging attributes onto the screen canvas:

1. Open the 

   properties.

2. Drag attributes from the 

    section onto the screen canvas.

3. Enter a name for the field component.

4. PhixFlow automatically creates the form fields using on the default style specified for the type of data that the attribute represents.

Dropping Components Into or Next To Existing Content

When you drop a component, table or attribute onto a screen, PhixFlow needs to know if you want to put the item into or next to any existing item.

Where the palette item has a preferred parent, when you drag it onto a screen PhixFlow highlights these preferred parents and will try and place the item you are dragging inside its preferred parent; see Component Categories and Preferred Parents.

Finding a Component

The 

 panel on the left of the screen canvas automatically highlights any selected item. To display or hide the panel click 

Moving Content on a Screen

See Moving Content on a Screen

Trouble Shooting

Are changes not showing? Under certain circumstances changes you make on a screen will not appear immediately. Therefore a simple close and reopen of the screen will invoke a refresh and you will see your changes appear.

What's Next?