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Form Details icon

• Location: Top left file menu.
• What it does: Opens the form details.
• How to use it: Click the icon, edit details, click OK, and save.

Search in Design icon

• Location: Top left file menu (second from left).
• What it does: Allows you to search for nodes and attributes using their values.
• How to use it: Click the icon, enter the Node Name, Attribute Name, select the operator, and provide the value. Click Search.
• Other notes: You may also add a permanent filter using the Add Filter button.

Save icon

• Location: Top left file menu (third from left).
• What it does: Saves the selected open file.
• How to use it: Click the icon.
• Other notes: Files with unsaved changes have an asterisk next to the file title in the top right corner. Saving removes the asterisk.

Undo icon

• Location: Top left file menu (fourth from left).
• What it does: Undoes changes.
• How to use it: Click the icon.
• Other notes: Undoes the most recent change. Undoes more than one change.

Redo icon

• Location: Top left file menu (fifth from left).
• What it does: Redoes the undone change.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

Quick Navigator

• Location: Top left file menu (first from right).
• What it does: Allows quick access to navigate to any control added on the form.
• How to use it: Click the icon, expand the container, and select the control you want to navigate to.

Form Title

• Location: Center of the file menu title bar.
• What it does: Identifies the form you are configuring as well as whether it has unsaved changes.
• How to use it: If the title has an asterisk at the end, the form has unsaved changes. If it doesn't, there are no unsaved changes.

Entity link

• Location: Top right file menu (first from left).
• What it does: Opens the entity.
• How to use it: Click the entity name to open.

Validate icon

• Location: Top right file menu (second from left).
• What it does: Checks for errors on the form; for example: duplicate ID, missing query, etc.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

View this form with highlighted attributes

• Location: Top right file menu (third from left).
• What it does: Highlights form elements with the selected attributes like Visible Rule, Readonly Rule.
• How to use it: Click the icon, select the attribute(s), and click OK.
• Other notes: The form view changes to read-only.

Switch back to normal view

• Location: Top right file menu (third from left).
• What it does: Changes the view of the form from highlighted to normal.
• How to use it: Click the icon.
• Other notes: It appears only when viewing the form with highlighted attributes.

Validate New icon

• Location: Top right file menu (fourth from left).
• What it does: Sets validation for a New button.
• How to use it: Click the icon, enter the details, and click OK.

View Source

• Location: Top right file menu (fifth from left).
• What it does: Displays source view.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

Center Left

• Location: Top right file menu (sixth from left).
• What it does: Allows you to customize the center left panel with forms for easy navigation.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

View Design

• Location: Top right file menu (first from left).
• What it does: Displays design view.
• How to use it: Click the icon.
• Other notes: Appears when you click the View Source icon.

Pin File icon

• Location: Top right file menu (eighth from left).
• What it does: Allows you to pin files to the dashboard.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

Close File icon

• Location: Top right of the file (first from right).
• What it does: Closes the form.
• How to use it: Click the icon.
• Other notes: Save before you close.

Move Down icon

• Location: Panel title bar (first from right).
• What it does: Moves selected panel down.
• How to use it: Select a panel and click the icon.

Move Up icon

• Location: Panel title bar (second from right).
• What it does: Moves selected panel up.
• How to use it: Select a panel and click the icon.

Minus icon

• Location: Panel title bar (third from right).
• What it does: Deletes the panel.
• How to use it: Click the icon.

This post is part of the Maintenance Form topic. Click here to open the Maintenance Form Overview.