Form

It is used to collect and submit information. It helps in making the page interactive and meaningful. Users can implement it in various areas like registration, and customer feedback forms.

Basic

Since the common use of the form is to collect information and submit it, the user may use the required input type widgets like Text input, number input, and dropdown to gather the information. Those widgets can be dragged from the widget panel that is placed on the right side of the canvas.

The other way of generating a form is to connect it with a data source. Users will need to pick the data source and the table that contains the information about the form and fields.

Reset After Successful Submit

All the input widgets on the form are cleared out after the form is submitted successfully, when this property is set ON.

Interaction

Default

Submit - This is triggered when the user submits the form after filling out the details with valid values.

Disabled

Disables the user interaction with the element on the page. It visually indicates that the element is inactive and prevents users from interacting with it when applied.

Disable Submit

Denies users from submitting the form when the boolean value for this property is set to true

Hide

This sets whether the widget has to be displayed on the screen when the program is loaded. This shows/hides the widget both on desktop and mobile devices.

Loading

It will be useful when there is a process to be carried out, like running a query to fetch data, before the widget is loaded. The loading boolean value can be utilized to show the spinner till the process is complete.

Layout

PropertyDescription

Show Header

Displays the header part which contains the title.

Show Body

Displays the actual body of the form which contains the input fields.

Show Footer

Shows the footer part of the widget, which contains the submit button.

Fixed on Position

The form is fixed and cannot adjust position when this property is on.

Show at Bottom of Content

Moves the form to the bottom of the screen content.

Height

Auto

The height is auto-adjusted for the content

Fixed

The height of the widget is fixed and will not adjust to the content

Tooltip

Tooltips display additional information upon mouse hover. This information will be contextual, useful, and informative. The tooltip will be immediately shown when the user's mouse hovers over the widget, and immediately hides when the user's mouse leaves.

Advanced

Initial Data

This is the JSON formatted schema that is loaded when the widget is populated. The schema contains the title for the fields and the user can alter it. It also has all the columns and a set of properties for each column. The properties include "label", "type", "value", "placeholder", "style", "backgroundColor", and "textColor".

Style

PropertyDescription

Border Color

Set the colour to the border lines. The border lines will be shown only if that is enabled.

Background

Users can change the colour of the text background using this property. It has all the RGB colour ranges to pick from. It is recommended to use a corresponding background colour that shows the font clearly.

Loader Color

Set the colour for the loader spinner when the widget is loaded on to the screen.

Border Radius

This sets the radius of the widget's corners, enabling rounded corners on the widget. This value is defined in "px" terms.

Border Width

Set the thickness of the border of the widget using this value. It is defined using "px" terms.

Margin

This value is set in terms of "px" number which creates the space between the border and the content of the widget.

Padding

This value is set in terms of "px" number which creates the space between the border and outer elements.

BG Image

Provide the URL for the image serves as the background image to the widget

BG Repeat

Controls the repetition of the widget's background image. repeat - The background image is repeated both vertically and horizontally. no-repeat - The background-image is not repeated. The image will only be shown once. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Size

Specifies the size of the background image. auto- Default value. The background image is displayed in its original size cover - Resize the background image to cover the entire container, even if it has to stretch the image or cut a little bit off one of the edges

The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Position

Sets the starting position of a background image. center - keeps the image at the center position. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Origin

Specifies the origin position (the background positioning area) of the background image. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

Box Shadow

The is the colour of the shadow that is generated behind the widget box. The X and Y axis values can be altered such that the shadow can be set to fall anywhere behind the widget area. "x-offset" - a positive number specifies the shadow will be on the right of the box, and a negative number will put the shadow on the left of the box. "y-offset" - a negative one means the shadow will be above the box, and a positive number means the shadow will be below the box. "Blur" - if the number is set to 0 then the shadow will be sharp. It will more blurred as the number goes higher, and the shadow will extend further away. "Color" - sets the colour of the shadow. If the colour is not set, the box shadows are drawn in the foreground colour.

Custom CSS

Users can write a specific style using CSS syntax here and the style text will be applied to the widget when the program is loaded.

Header Style

PropertyDescription

Header Padding

This value is set in terms of "px" number which creates the space between the header border and other elements of the widget.

Header Background

Users can change the colour of the header background using this property. It has all the RGB colour ranges to pick from.

BG Image

Provide the URL for the image serves as the background image to the widget

BG Repeat

Controls the repetition of the widget's background image. repeat - The background image is repeated both vertically and horizontally. no-repeat - The background-image is not repeated. The image will only be shown once. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Size

Specifies the size of the background image. auto- Default value. The background image is displayed in its original size cover - Resize the background image to cover the entire container, even if it has to stretch the image or cut a little bit off one of the edges

The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Position

Sets the starting position of a background image. center - keeps the image at the center position. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Origin

Specifies the origin position (the background positioning area) of the background image. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

Body Style

PropertyDescription

Body Padding

This value is set in terms of "px" number which creates the space between the border of the body and the header/footer.

Background

Users can change the colour of the background for the body using this property. It has all the RGB colour ranges to pick from.

BG Image

Provide the URL for the image serves as the background image to the widget

BG Repeat

Controls the repetition of the widget's background image. repeat - The background image is repeated both vertically and horizontally. no-repeat - The background-image is not repeated. The image will only be shown once. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Size

Specifies the size of the background image. auto- Default value. The background image is displayed in its original size cover - Resize the background image to cover the entire container, even if it has to stretch the image or cut a little bit off one of the edges

The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Position

Sets the starting position of a background image. center - keeps the image at the center position. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Origin

Specifies the origin position (the background positioning area) of the background image. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

PropertyDescription

Footer Padding

This value is set in terms of "px" number which creates the space between the footer border and other elements of the widget.

Background

Users can change the background colour for the footer area using this property. It has all the RGB colour ranges to pick from.

BG Image

Provide the URL for the image serves as the background image to the widget

BG Repeat

Controls the repetition of the widget's background image. repeat - The background image is repeated both vertically and horizontally. no-repeat - The background-image is not repeated. The image will only be shown once. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Size

Specifies the size of the background image. auto- Default value. The background image is displayed in its original size cover - Resize the background image to cover the entire container, even if it has to stretch the image or cut a little bit off one of the edges

The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Position

Sets the starting position of a background image. center - keeps the image at the center position. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

BG Origin

Specifies the origin position (the background positioning area) of the background image. The reference to the list of options can be found here: MDN web docs

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