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'Display' Properties in AppBuilder Designer

This article helps you understand the 'Display' Properties in AppBuilder Designer.

Updated over a month ago

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'Display' Property 1 - Place Holder

To enter some text that will appear as background text within the selected field unless a mouse cursor is placed on it.
Controls where applicable: 'Textbox', 'Text-Area'


'Display' Property 2 - Read-only

To make the field 'read-only' for end users.
Controls where applicable: 'Textbox', 'Text-Area', 'RichText-Area', 'Dropdown', 'Multiselect Dropdown', 'Checkbox', 'Radio', 'Datepicker, 'Timepicker', 'Map', 'Signature', 'Attachment', 'Button', 'Site Location', 'Toggle Button', 'Rating', 'Associate Files', 'Associate Apps'


'Display' Property 3 - Hidden

To hide the field for end users.
Controls where applicable: 'Label', 'Calculated Value', 'Hyperlink', 'Text-Area', 'RichText-Area', 'Dropdown', 'Multiselect Dropdown', 'Checkbox', 'Radio', 'Datepicker', 'Timepicker', 'Map', 'Image', 'Signature', 'Attachment', 'Button', 'Site Location', 'Toggle Button', 'Line', 'Rating', 'Layout', 'Table', 'Repeating Table', 'Associate Files', 'Associate Apps', 'View Associations'

'Display' Property 4 - Thumbnail View

To enable or disable the display of a thumbnail image of the selected attachment file.
Controls where applicable: 'Attachment'

'Display' Property 5 - Caption

To enable or disable the display of a thumbnail image caption of the selected attachment file.
Controls where applicable: 'Attachment' (Only if 'Thumbnail View' is enabled)

'Display' Property 6 - Caption Position

To set the position for the thumbnail image caption of the selected attachment file. The available dropdown options are Top and Bottom.
Controls where applicable: 'Attachment' (Only if 'Thumbnail View' is enabled)

'Display' Property 7 - Thumbnail Size

To define thumbnail size as standard or customizable.

Controls where applicable: 'Attachment' (Only if 'Thumbnail View' is enabled)

'Display' Property 8 - Attach Here Only

To keep the file attached to the form only in a way that it doesn't appear in the form’s main attachment list.

Note: When you copy and paste control in the form, and if the Attach Here Only box is checked for either of the controls, then the attachment details will not be included in the form report.

'Display' Property 9 - Thumbnail Width

To set the thumbnail width, enter a value between 100 and 1000.

Controls where applicable: 'Attachment' (Only if 'Thumbnail View' is enabled and 'Thumbnail Size' set as 'Customizable')

'Display' Property 10 - Thumbnail Height

To set the thumbnail width, enter a value between 75 and 1000.

Controls where applicable: 'Attachment' (Only if 'Thumbnail View' is enabled and 'Thumbnail Size' set as 'Customizable')

'Display' Property 11 - Wrap Text

To enable or disable the wrapping of the text content within the textbox control.
Controls where applicable: 'Textbox'

'Display' Property 12 - Char-Limit

To set a limit for characters to be entered within the selected field by end users.

The maximum limit for the 'Textbox' control is 500 characters.

The maximum limit for the 'Rich Text-Area' control is 5000 characters.
Controls where applicable: 'Textbox', 'RichText-Area'


'Display' Property 13 - Rows

To set the number of rows required for the selected field.
Controls where applicable: 'Table'


'Display' Property 14 - Columns

To select or set the number of columns required for the selected field.
Controls where applicable: 'Layout', 'Table'


'Display' Property 15 - Border

To select a value to manage the thickness of the border for the selected field.
Controls where applicable: 'Layout'


'Display' Property 16 - Remove Width

To reset the column width to its default size (equally distributed columns). You can select the vertical line dividing the columns (in the case of layout, table and repeating table controls) and increase or decrease the column width.
Controls where applicable: 'Layout', 'Table', 'Repeating Table'


'Display' Property 17 - Remove

To remove selected rows or columns.
Controls where applicable: 'Table'

'Display' Property 18 - Voice-to-Text

To enable or disable the display of the voice-to-text option.

Controls where applicable: 'Textbox', 'Text-Area', 'RichText-Area'


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