Freeform Edit Regions

Description

Freeform Edit Regions give you the ability to place arbitrary HTML above, below, to the left, or to the right of your grid.

Discussion

Custom HTML can be inserted above, below, left, or right of the Grid component. To do this, click the button for the region to open the Freeform Edit Region editor. The editor is an HTML editor that provides both WYSIWYG and code mode.

Name
Description
Above Grid

You can enter any HTML to appear above the Grid part of the component.

Below grid

You can enter any HTML to appear below the Grid part of the component.

Left of grid

You can enter any HTML to appear left of the Grid part of the component.

Right of grid

You can enter any HTML to appear right of the Grid part of the component.

The editor contains a number of features that help make it easy to add and edit HTML, including a set of common word processing tools. The editing toolbar includes buttons to change the font type, size, and color; creating underlined, bold, or italic text; add images, tables, and hyperlinks; right, center, and left justify text; spell-checking, copy and paste tools, and more.

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    HTML Editor toolset
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    HTML in Freeform Edit Region dialog
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Freeform Edit Regions

The Grid component has four freeform edit regions. The location of these regions and their corresponding Xbasic property, which can be referenced in override properties for a Grid component, are listed below.

  • Above grid

    Defines HTML that appears above the grid.

    tmpl.EditRegion.Grid.Top as C
  • Below grid

    Defines HTML that appears below the grid.

    tmpl.EditRegion.Grid.Bottom as C
  • Left of grid

    Defines HTML that appears to the left of the grid.

    tmpl.EditRegion.Grid.Left as C
  • Right of grid

    Defines HTML that appears to the right of the grid.

    tmpl.EditRegion.Grid.Right as C

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