The color and positioning of the form elements on the overview as well as the properties that are shown, are specified by layout information for the menu items. You can modify these properties for predefined overview forms as well.
To customize the form element's layout information
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In the Designer, select the User interface > Forms > Overview forms category.
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Select the overview form and open it in the Overview Form Editor.
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Select the form element in the design view.
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Select the tab Layout in the Properties view and change the properties.
Table 51: Form elements layout Property Meaning Alignment
Positioning of the form elements on the overview form. You cannot align the main form element. The main form element is always displayed in the middle of the overview form. All child menu items are positioned relevant to the main form element.
Background color
Color for displaying the form element on the overview form The background color of the main form element cannot be configured. When a link is set up, it is given the background color of the referenced menu item.
max. similar elements count
If a menu item defines a list of items, each item in the menu item’s result list is displayed in a separate form element.
Define up to how many items should be displayed in separate form elements. If the number is exceeded the items are grouped into a list and displayed in one form element. In this case, any given columns are not displayed.
The items are shown with their display template. The number of items is shown in the form element header. There is also an icon in the form element header for showing and hiding the items.
TIP: If you want a list in the display template with no more than two column names, you can use a table to create a two-column display.
Display columns
Specifies which columns from the valid object definition are to be displayed in the form element. The columns for the main form element refer to the object definitions of the associated overview form. All other form elements get their object definitions from the menu items. When a link is configured, the selected columns of the referenced menu item are initially copy to the link. The order of displaying the properties in a form element corresponds to the column sort order defined in the menu item.
TIP: If you want to display a line in a form element to visibly separate the information, enter a minus sign (-) in the column to be displayed.
You can use scripts in the column definitions to affect the value displayed in the column. The column definition is activated when you click and hold on the column name. Extend the column definition as follows:
Column[S(script name)]
If columns contain a web address and you want to navigate to this web address, use the URI formatting type for the column definition. This display a link on the overview form.
Designing the form element header
The menu item display text, display text for the objects to be shown and the menu item icon are displayed in the header of a form element.
TIP: You can open an interface form by clicking the caption in the form element header.
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To do this, assign a fixed menu item to the interface form that is allocated below the main form element. The interface form, however, must refer to the main form element, for example, a form for assigning this object.
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Use the option Navigation view in the form assignment view to access forms in the user interface.