View definition components

Basic components

Action button

Launches an action in a view. For more information, see Configuring-actions-by-using-an-action-button.

Button bar

Launches a block or container to accomodate a collection of action buttons in a single strip or block.

Container

Defines a region of a view that can include view components or nested container.

For more information, see Creating-a-layout-using-Containers.

Image

Displays an image stored in an attachment field.

For more information, see Displaying-images-from-attachments-at-runtime.

Record editor

Provides the following features:

• Allows data editing for record instances

• Supports data menus and includes all supported typed data widgets

• Includes configurable logic to define dynamic expressions, cascading menus, and configurable actions for validation

For more information, see Creating-a-view-for-a-record-instance-by-using-record-editor.

Record grid

Displays record fields in a tabular format on UI.

For more information, see Creating-a-tabular-view-of-record-instances-by-using-a-record-grid.

Rich text

Tab panel

A tab panel interface component is a container for resources associated with a tab. It is a set of layered pages where only one page is displayed at a time. For more information see, Configuring-a-Tab-Panel-view-component.

Record editor Inputs

Fields

Displays the record fields on the UI. You can use the following fields types in the View designer:

Association, Attachment, Boolean, Date, Date/Time, Decimal, Dropdown, Floating, Integer, Select, Select group, Text, Text area, Localized Text, and Time.

Rich text area

End users can format the text in an input field (with unlimited length) by using a Rich Text Editor.

Important: The rich text formatting does not support inserting a hyperlink, an image, or an expression.

Extension container

Provides settings for extending a view definition.

For more information, see Enabling-extension-of-application-definitions