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Image (Form)

Element

Icon

Description

Use the image element if you want to upload a picture for example a photo, a company logo etc.

Type

n/a

Prepopulation

This element can be prepopulated.

  • You can set a default value in the Attributes panel to be applied before displaying the form. Refer to Changing BPMN Element Attributes for more information.

  • You can overwrite these defaults dynamically in the Get Data execution of a user task. How to do this is explained on Using Forms.

Editing

Refer to Modeling Forms for further information regarding editing of form elements using the context menu.

Configuration Options

Use the Attributes panel to edit the form element.

Attribute

Description

Allowed Values

Name

Technical identifier for data processing and not visible for the end user.

Alphanumercial characters and underscore.

It is not allowed to start the name with a number.

Description

A commentary field for the developer. The content is invisible to users and its sole purpose is internal documentation.

Any string.

Label

Field name shown in the form.

Any string.

Text

You can enter a text here.

Any string.

Image

If you want to display a default picture in the executed form, you can upload it here.

Supported formats:

  • *.bpm

  • *.gif

  • *.jpeg

  • *.jpg

  • *.png

  • *.tiff

Target URL

In this field you can enter the URL of a website that should be opened when the user clicks on the image.

Any URL.

Open in a New Tab

Applies only if you have entered a Target URL.

true

When clicking the image, the URL specified under Target URL opens in a new browser tab.

false

When clicking the image, the URL specified under Target URL opens in the active browser tab.

Keep Aspect Ratio

Decide whether you want to keep the aspect ratio or resize the image to fit the size of the element.

true

The image is displayed in the original size.

false

The image is adjusted to the size of the element.

Horizontal Alignment

The attribute is used to adjust the position of the image within the element.

Left

Left-aligns the image.

Center

Positions the image in the middle of the element.

Right

Right-aligns the image.

Vertical Alignment

The attribute is used to adjust the position of a form element in context to a bigger neighboring element.

Example: The Radio Button Group Color is much bigger than the Button Next, but the button should be shown at the bottom of the form. Therefore, the button's attribute Vertical Alignment is set to Bottom.

example_form_alignment.png

Top

Align the element on top of the element cell (default).

Center

Align the element in the middle of the element cell.

Bottom

Align the element at the bottom of the element cell.

CSS Class

Enables a field-acurate layout customization.

A valid CSS class.

Custom Attributes

The attribute is used to activate Angular directives, that are created as development kit (devkit) library to expand the default functionality.

For detailed information about Angular directives, visit the official Angular documentation. For details about the usage of the Custom Attributes, refer to Developing Custom Directives.

  • empty attribute

  • attribute with value (e.g. color="red")

  • multiple entries separated by space (e.g. color="red" multiline max="5")

Symbol Type

Displays the type of the form element in read-only mode.

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Simple_Form_Example

Click here to download a simple example model that shows how you can configure form elements in Scheer PAS Designer.

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