Grid Field Properties
Description
Grid Fields can contain many of the following properties:
- Name
- Description
- Advanced Button Properties
Advanced Button Properties
- Calendar Properties
Calendar Properties
- Client Side Properties
'Client-side' properties for a Grid include Calculated Fields, Show/hide Fields, Enable Expressions, Conditional Styles, and Client-side Formatting. Not all of these properties will appear on every control type available.
- Column Properties
There are situations where you will want to hide a column or row. This will be true if you are placing the field in a different column or row using a Freeform template. A freeform layout allows to insert any HTML code plus any combination of fields on the grid into a grid column.
- Control Properties
This property section contains the name of the specific to the control selected or inserted. For example, if you select an image control in the selected fields list, then this section will appear as 'Image Properties' in the field properties list.
- CSS Properties
CSS settings for the [Tab Control] and [Tab Pane].
- Display Settings Properties
The Display Settings Properties in the Grid Field Properties panel:
- Events Properties
Events Properties
- Field Properties
Field Properties are settings for configuring whether or not a field is encrypted.
- Image Properties Properties
Image Properties Properties
- Javascript Properties
Event handlers to add custom behaviors to the Grid. Behaviors can be added using Action Javascript, JavaScript, or server-side Xbasic.
- Javascript Events Properties
Event handlers for the Tab and Accordion pane that can be used to add custom behaviors to the Grid.
- Lookup
Settings for adding a "lookup", such as an Auto-suggest or Edit-Combo list, to a control.
- Other Properties
Miscellaneous properties for configuring an Linked Grid, UX, .a5w page, or other object embedded in the Grid Layout using the Linked Grid control.
- gridfield rowproperties
Grid row properties help alter the look and feel of grid rows.
- Spacer Properties
Properties specific to the Grid spacer control.
- Summary Values
Computes summary information, such as total, average, or minimum, for a field in the Grid. Summary values can be displayed on the Grid and used in client-side and server-side expressions.
- Update Settings
If the grid is editable and the control type is editable, you may optionally suppress editing of the field that you view through the control. You may also set a minimum security level required to change the field's contents.
To display an individual field's Properties menu simply select that field in the Selected: Fields list. The properties for each field control you select are defined on the right side of the screen. These Field Properties change depending on the control selected, whether that control is editable or not, and the nature of the grid layout selected. The default values for these properties produce a useable starting configuration for your grid. This means that you can largely ignore these optional properties when you are learning to build grids or you expect to gradually refine your design in later revisions.
By default the Field Properties for any given field are displayed by Category. Right clicking on the white space in the Field Properties list will display other options. These include Categorized , the default, which displays menu options in groups; Alphabetical, which displays all menu options in a single alphabetized group; The Toolbar visible option, which displays buttons that switch between Categorized and Alphabetical display modes; and the Help visible option, which displays help for the currently selected property at the bottom of the property menu.
Property Menu Options:
