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- https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/26.9/Form_Layout.html
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Form layout purpose Report an error
“Displays any arrangement of layouts and components beneath a header and above buttons. Use this as the top-level layout for start and task forms.”
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Form layout function Report an error
“a!formLayout( titleBar, isTitleBarFixed, showTitleBarDivider, backgroundColor, showWhen, contents, contentsWidth, focusOnFirstInput, buttons, isButtonFooterFixed, showButtonDivider, validations, validationGroup )”
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Titlebar templates Report an error
“For the titleBar parameter, you can choose either a simple header, full header, image header, or sidebar template.”
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Background color values Report an error
“Valid values: Any valid hex color or hex color including transparency, or "WHITE" (default), "TRANSPARENT", "CHARCOAL_SCHEME", "NAVY_SCHEME", "PLUM_SCHEME".”
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Focus first input default Report an error
“Determines whether to automatically focus on the first input when the form loads. Default: true.”
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Validation group Report an error
“When this parameter is specified, the validations parameter is only evaluated when a button that uses the same validation group is selected. This value cannot contain spaces.”
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Pane layout in form Report an error
“You can place a single pane layout within the contents parameter of a form layout to create forms with multiple, independently scrolling columns of content.”
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Pane full width constraint Report an error
“The contentsWidth parameter of the form layout will always use "FULL". The panes will always occupy the entire width of the form's content area.”
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Heading levels Report an error
“In form layouts, the title bar title uses "H1" for the heading level. When you use the headingTag parameter in components such as box and section layouts, use "H2" for the highest-level headings.”
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Back button requirement Report an error
“For a back button to appear in activity-chained tasks a button layout must be present in the form.”
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Sidebar responsive Report an error
“On narrow screens, the sidebar automatically displays as a header at the top of the interface.”
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Sidebar dialog header threshold Report an error
“This includes when it displays in dialogs that use Medium width or narrower.”
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Compatibility portals Report an error
“Portals Compatible”
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Compatibility offline Report an error
“Offline Interfaces Compatible”
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Compatibility event consumer Report an error
“Event Consumer Filter Conditions Compatible Can be used in filter conditions.”
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Old version 17r1 Report an error
“a!formLayout_17r1 Replaced firstColumnContents and secondColumnContents with contents. Now supports greater than two-column layout.”
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Old version 25r1 Report an error
“a!formLayout_25r1 Added support for title bar templates and added dynamic defaults for contentsWidth, showTitleBarDivider, and showButtonDivider parameters.”
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Focusable component types Report an error
“If focusOnFirstInput is true, the focus will be applied to the first component that is one of the following:”
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Dialog dynamic defaults Report an error
“contentsWidth Full Narrow”
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