Overview

The Blank component is used to provide empty space between two components or fields in the Layout Designer. It helps improve user experience by separating elements without the need for visible dividers.

For example, In a form, you might use the Blank component to create space between a user’s contact information section and their address details, improving readability and ensuring that the form is easy to navigate.

Attributes:

Attributes are the options available for each component, allowing you to customize its appearance and control their behavior. It includes various sections explained below.

Basic:

Attribute	Description
Component Size	This allows users to modify the size of a specific component according to the grid size of layout. This feature allows for flexible customization, enabling users to resize components to fit their specific needs within the defined grid structure. For example, If the layout grid size is 3 then layout is divided into 3 sections then you can changes the components size between 1 to 3.

UI State:

Conditional Visibility Type:

Attributes Name	Description
Destination Type	Users can select the destination type where the visibility criteria must be applied. Reference: Destination Type
Operator	Here, users can select different operators to add filters. Reference: Filter Operator.
Source Type	Here, you can select the source type from various sources.
Value	Here user can select the value from different Source Type. Reference: Merge Text

Destination Type

Destination Type	Description
Model	From this source, users can select a Model field to be displayed as the destination type.
Variable	Here, users can select the destination type from variables such as Record ID, Is Disabled, Is Read only, or Is Visible.
User	Here, you can choose the label from user fields such as First Name, Last Name, Email, Name, Phone, or Session ID.
Record	It enables to choose record fields as destination type.
Device	It enables user to decide whether the action will be visible on the specific device type or not. Devices supported: Mobile Desktop Tablet

Conditional Disability Type:

Attributes Name	Description
Destination Type	Users can select the destination type from various sources. Reference: Destination Type
Operator	Here, users can select different operators to add filters. Reference: Filter Operator.
Source Type	Here, you can select the source type from various sources. Reference: Available Sources.
Value	Here user can select the value from different Source Type. Reference: Merge Text

Conditional Read Only:

Attribute Name

Description

Read Only Type

It specifies whether a component can be edited by users. It offers the following options:

Never: The component will always be editable at any time.
Always: The component will never be editable.
Conditional: The component's editability is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either editable or read only as needed.

Add Condition & Group Condition

Condition	Description
Add Condition	The Add Condition feature allows users to define multiple criteria that must be met for a validation rule to trigger. This feature is used to create complex logic by combining different conditions that Salesforce evaluates before allowing a record to be saved.
Add Group Condition	The Add Group Condition feature allows users to group multiple conditions together, creating complex logic that involves different sets of criteria. This feature is particularly useful when combining conditions that should be evaluated as a unit (logical OR within a group) or when nesting conditions for more advanced logic.

Filter Operator:

Note: Before using the filter criteria, it's important to understand which filter operators are supported for each field type

Filters Attributes:

Filter Operators

Operator	Supported Field Types	Description
Equal	Number, Currency, Date, Text, Boolean, Picklist	The equal operator is used to compare two values or expressions. It is used to compare numbers, strings, Boolean values, variables, objects, etc. The result is TRUE if the expressions are equal otherwise it’s FALSE
Contains	Text, Picklist	The contains operator returns TRUE if the value on the left contains the value on the right, and otherwise FALSE
Starts With	Text, Picklist	It returns TRUE if a string or number starts with the specified character otherwise it returns FALSE.
Ends With	Text, Picklist	It returns TRUE if a string or number ends with the specified character otherwise it returns FALSE
In	Text, Picklist	IN operator allows you to easily test if the expression matches any value in the list of values. Determines whether the value of an expression is equal to any of several values in a specified list.

Events:

Events are essentially the automation of invoking the component's actions.
Here, only onload event actions are available for this components.

In the image below, you can select the created workflows.

Note: "You need to create a workflow for selecting from this list.

For more information about Workflow check this out.

Reference: Workflow

Onload Event:

We have an onload event that runs when the component is loaded

For example, when a form is loaded, you can choose fields to be prepopulated by mapping field values using input mapping at the time the form component is loaded.

Input Mapping

Input Mapping: Whenever an event is triggered and you want to pass data to destinations such as models, variables, or components, you can use input mapping to achieve that.