When you open a form from the service panel, a second tab will open, displaying the form in the Form Editor. This is where you design your form.
The form editor consists of different areas: |
You have several options to adjust the form editor. When you open the editor for the first time, the default view is displayed:
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Two toolbars are available for working with the Form Editor:
The form toolbar assists you during modeling on the form editor:
The following table explains the available tools:
Tool Icon | Tool Name | Description |
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Column Layout | Change the number of columns in the form. Split the form from one to six columns. | |
Export | Use this icon to export your form in JSON format. | |
Share | When you click the Share icon, the URL of your form is copied to the clipboard, and you can paste it elsewhere, for example to an email. | |
Go to Library | Click on this icon to highlight the corresponding class in the Service panel. | |
Undo |
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Redo |
The elements toolbar contains all form elements that you can create on the form editor.
By default, the elements toolbar only displays the icons of the available form elements. | ||
You can expand the toolbar by using theicon. In its expanded version, the names of all elements are also displayed.
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To add a new form element to your form, drag the element from the toolbar and drop it on the form editor. To cancel the operation, press the Esc key.
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A context menu supports the user during the creation of a form.
Tools Context Menu | |||||||||||||
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| If you right click on an element, the tools context menu opens. Use it to edit the current element. The following options are available:
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You can also use shortcuts on the form editor.
Shortcut | Description |
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Esc | Pressing the Esc key aborts the following processes:
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Del | Press Del to remove selected elements from the diagram pane. |
Ctrl + Shift + D | Closes all tabs and switches to the Explorer tab. |
Ctrl + 1, 2, 3 ... 9 | Opens the tab corresponding to the chosen number. The first nine opened models are offered for activation. Press a number to activate the corresponding form and bring it to the foreground. |
Ctrl + Z | Undoes previous editing steps. |