Layout of Form

[Former Member]

Hi,

I would like to have a form which has for e.g. the following layout:

1. On 1st row - 1 inputfield

2. On 2nd row - 2 inputfields

3. On 3rd row - 1 drowndown

The 1st and the 3rd row are fine in designing how do I design the layout to achieve the 2nd row requirements?

Best regards,

Dharmi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello

In the current version that is out in the market, VC's layout is based on relative layout meaning controls' order is automatically arranged based on relative positioning

To achieve the described layout you would need to do the following steps:

1. Set your form to have 2 columns (in configure panel, set the Columns property to 2)

2. Place your input field in the first row and now place a plain text control and set its visibility to false (uncheck the Visible property in the configure pane)

3. Place 2 input fields in the second row

4. Repeat step 1 on your 3rd row

This would do the trick

Let me know otherwise

Guy

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Guy,

Excellent idea, but then the 1st row and 3rd row inputfields should span across 2 columns for better presentation.

Any more ideas....

Best regards,

Dharmi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

Can you post here a scheme in which you could show what is it that you desire?

(I think with some improvisation we can deal with all possibilities )

Thanks

Guy

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

will give alternate solution.

If you are using Formview it will applicable.

Go the layout of ur formview and Place the Input filed in the first row .

drag to the second row your 2 otherfield.

drag the 3rd input field to 3rd .

just adjust the layout in the way you like in out piut screen

Regards,

Govindu

if this is not the solutions get bak to me

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

You can use a melting box for this.

Melting box is a container of other controls.

Simply drag a melting box where you want the two input boxes, and the drag two input boxes onto the melting box.

Regards,

Shai

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Shai,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Excellent tip, it does do what I desire partly, when the 2 inputfields are in the melting group, I miss labels next to it meaning instead of having "zip:......" "city:....." in the box, I have to label it "Zip and City" (which is the label to the melting box and not that of the individual inputfield labels).

Best regards,

Dharmi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Oh, my bad, I should have mentioned this in the previous message.

Labels do not appear in melting boxed. You can drag plain text controls for that use.

Regards,

Shai

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Shai,

No worries, since it is achieving 90% of the desired presentation

I also used it to club 2 push buttons in it, which was tricky to do it as well.

Thank you once again.

Best regards,

Dharmi