Optional Grid View For Reviewing / Editing Field Settings In App Designer

To review or edit any field settings in the App Designer / App Builder you need to navigate to each of these areas, one at a time:

  • Screen
  • Field
  • Section
  • Setting

This works, but is fairly labor intensive when you are trying to review all fields for naming conventions or a particular setting.

It would be fantastic if there was an option to navigate to a table / grid view with all of the fields in an app.

The table / grid could provide a quick way to review and edit properties for the fields, such as:

  • Screen (maybe just read only)
  • Label
  • Type (maybe just read only)
  • Style (maybe just read only)
  • Default Value (maybe just checkbox or Y/N)
  • Required
  • Read Only
  • Reference Data (maybe just the icon)
  • Conditions (maybe just the icon icon)
  • Page Break After
  • Mobile Visible
  • PDF Visible
  • Web Visible
  • Email Subject
  • Email Body
  • PDF File Name
  • Submission Name
  • Export Label
  • PDF & Web Label
  • Receipt Label

The table / grid page could also help to quickly obtain an optimum view by providing:

  • A column choice control with check boxes and an apply button to show / hide (and maybe re-order) the fields as necessary
  • Sort-able columns
  • Set all to "X" options at the top of each column to allow quick population of a setting to the whole column and then you could just edit the outliers instead of all of them

The table / grid page could also help prevent accidents by providing one or more of these:

  • A toggle switch to choose between Review or Edit mode
  • A review changes modal window or screen that lists current and proposed values for only the changed items
  • Save button with an "Are you sure" confirmation
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