Section

Overview

The Section component functions as a container for grouping other components, such as Forms, Tables, and Badges. It provides a structured method to organize and display information within the application.

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Section Component

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:

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Basic Attributes

Attribute

Description

Attribute

Description

Component Size

  • This allows users to modify the size of a specific component according to the grid size of layout.

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.

Layout Type

It is used to set the layout type in two ways as:

  1. Grid: The Grid type divides a component into a specified number of columns. The grid size determines the number of available columns.

  2. Flow: The Flow Layout Type is used for positioning and formatting components within a layout. This layout type allows components to be positioned in relation to each other.

Note: By default, this attribute is set to a value of Grid Layout Type.

Grid Size

It defines how many columns you want to divide the component into.

For example, if you set the grid size to 3 for a component, you can arrange the content inside it across three columns.

Header

This field allows users to add a title or heading to the section. You can also assigned Header using merge text.

No Header

This checkbox enables users to hide the section's header.

Is Collapsible

This checkbox allows users to make sections collapsible.

Actions

This allows users to add multiple actions to a section, each represented as a button. It enables users to invoke workflows directly from the section header.

Overflow After

If the number of actions exceeds the provided limit, the additional actions will be displayed in a dropdown.

Show Border

It is used to simply add border surrounding the section.

UI State:

Attribute

Description

Attribute

Description

Visibility Type

It determines whether a component is visible on the layout. It offers the following visibility types:

  1. Always: The component will always be visible.

  2. Conditional: The component's visibility is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either visible or hidden as needed.

Read Only Type

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

  1. Never: The component will always be editable at any time.

  2. Always: The component will never be editable.

  3. Conditional: The component's editability is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either editable or read only as needed.

Base UI:

 

Source Type:

Label Source Type Attribute

Description

Label Source Type Attribute

Description

Static

It includes only records from the manually input value.

Model

From this source, users can select a Model field to be displayed as the label name.

Variable

Here, users can select the label name from variables such as Record ID, Is Disabled, Is Read only, or Is Visible.

cookie key

By using the Cookie Key, the result is fetched by the value that has been added under the Cookie Key. But, have to make sure that the value that we are adding is from the Cookie Key value.

Local Storage Key

By using the Local Storage Key, the result is fetched by the value that has been added under the Local Storage Key. But, have to make sure that the value that we are adding is from the Local storage value.

User

Here, you can choose the label from user fields such as First Name, Last Name, Email, Name, Phone, or Session ID.

Header Actions:

Header Action Attributes

Description

Header Action Attributes

Description

Label

A Label is the name shown to users and can come from various sources.

Name

Enter a unique API name for your action.

Icon

This option lets you choose from various icons to add to the action button.

Variant

This feature allows users to change the appearance of the action button.

You can explore more about variants

Visibility Type

It determines whether a component is visible on the layout. It offers the following visibility types:

  1. Never: There component will never be visible.

  2. Always: The component will always be visible.

  3. Conditional: The component's visibility is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either visible or hidden as needed.
    You can explore more about Conditional Visibility Type attribute

Disability Type

It determines whether a component is disable on the layout. It offers the following visibility types:

  1. Never: There is no disable option for this component

  2. Always: The component will always be disabled.

  3. Conditional: The component's visibility is determined based on specific criteria, which can make it either visible or hidden as needed.
    You can explore more about Conditional Disability Type attribute

Variants:

Variant

Description

Variant

Description

Neutral

Neutral is the default variant of the Action which is displayed in white color.

Brand

Brand variant is a blue color.

Outline-brand

Outline-brand is like the brand variant, but the color is used for the label and border only, not the whole Action color.

Destructive

Destructive variant is in a red color.

Success

Success variant is in a green color.

Events:

Custom Action Event:

This event changes as you create new actions for the component. For example, in the image below, I have created a custom action called “New Candidate.” The event associated with this action is visible, which means that whenever you click on this action, the assigned workflow will be triggered.