Columns Component
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Overview
Use the Columns component to customize the layout of your module. The Columns component includes pre-made column designs and the ability to build custom column design layouts. Once you've added a Columns component to your module, blue Drag and Drop boxes appear in your chosen column design layout. Drag and drop components into these boxes to organize them into each column.
You'll find the Columns component in the Display & Layout group to the left of the Module Editor.
What You'll Learn
After completing this article, you’ll know when to use a Columns component, how to configure its settings, and how to use it in an Unqork application.
About the Configuration Window
General
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Property ID |
A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. The Property ID is how the software identifies your component. Using Property IDs lets you link components, creating logic-based configurations and API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. calls. Property IDs must use camel case A naming convention for computer programming. Use camelCase for Property IDs, for example: newUser, lastName, & rdoButton. (stylized as camelCase) without spaces or punctuation. |
Notes |
Select this tab to display the component's Notes area. You can use notes to keep your teammates informed. The Notes editor offers a semi-WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) content editor. Built to look like a word processor, this editor lets you create, edit, and format your notes. Notes save when saving the component. |
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Select this tab to manage your component's display settings. |
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Select this tab to manage your component's advanced settings. |
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Select this tab to see the RBAC RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) is a method to control system access for authorized users. The role in RBAC refers to the levels of access employees have to a network. (role-based access control) settings of the component. |
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Assign components one-word labels to help organize, identify, and group the components in your application. Consider an example from the API Specification Snippet: Field Tags are applied to Hidden components in the panelRequest and panelResponse Panels. The Field Tags identify the data type of parameters included in the API APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services. request and response. The API Docs Dashboard tool populates with information about each parameter’s data type, identified by the Field Tag. Field Tags act as a type of Property ID A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. group and let you group components for configuration purposes. Field Tags let you target two or more components using a simple logic component. For example, add the Field Tag tagForDecision to multiple components in your module. Open the Inputs table of a Decisions component and reference the tagForDecision Field Tag as the input of the Decisions component. The output of the Decisions component then affects all components with the tagForDecision Field Tag. Save your Field Tags by pressing Enter (Return) or adding a comma after each entry. |
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Select this tab to open the list of supported keyboard shortcuts you can use in the component settings modal. Keyboard shortcuts include:
Additional keyboard shortcuts:
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Select this tab to access the component documentation in Unqork's In-Product Help. |
Cancel |
Click this button to undo any unsaved configuration changes and return to the canvas. |
Save & Close |
Click this button to save all settings as configured and return to the canvas. |
Display Panel
Setting |
Description |
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Formatting |
Displays a list of preset column options. Click a button to select the column arrangement. If the preset options don't fit your need, click the |
Disable All Nested Fields |
When set to By default, this toggle is set to |
Hide All Nested Fields |
When set to By default, this toggle is set to |
Customize Columns
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Description |
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Col1/Col2/... |
The individual columns. Each column can be adjusted using the Column Attribute fields. To add or remove a column, mouse over an existing column to reveal the ··· (Settings) button. The ··· (settings) button contains the following column settings:
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Column Attribute |
The Column Attribute rows define the size and position of each column. |
Width |
The total width of the column. Your module has a total width of 12 units. For example, you could create 12 columns at a width of one unit each, or you could create two columns at a width of six units each. |
Push Right |
Moves all columns to the right by a specified number of units. If you push a column beyond the available width, a new row of columns starts |
Move Right |
Moves the individual column to the right by a specified number of units without moving the other columns. If you move one column into another column, the columns overlap. |
Move Left |
Moves the individual column to the left by a specified number of units without moving the other columns. If you move one column into another column, the columns overlap. |
Advanced Panel
Additional Styling
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Description |
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Custom CSS Class |
Enter a Custom CSS Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for presenting how a HTML or XML document looks to end-users. Class to apply to your component. Use custom CSS to maintain a consistent look and feel if the field or element is part of a template or more than one module. Updated CSS styling applies to all components that reference this custom class name. |
Adding a Columns Component
In this example, you'll set up three evenly-spaced columns to ask your end-user for their first, middle, and last names. These instructions assume that you have an open module saved and with a title.
For this module, you'll need the following components:
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1 Columns component
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3 Text Field components
Configure the Columns Component
This component divides your module into three evenly-spaced columns.
1. | In the Module Editor, drag and drop a ![]() |
2. | In the Property ID A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. field, enter colDetails. |
3. | Under Formatting, click ![]() |
4. | Click Save & Close. |
Configure the Text Field Components
Here you'll configure three Text Field components associated with your First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields.
1. | Drag a ![]() ![]() |
2. | In the Property ID A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. field, enter firstName. |
3. | In the Label Text Label Text conveys what the input component is and what information it displays. Enter the purpose of the corresponding component or field. field, enter First Name. |
4. | Click Save & Close. |
5. | Repeat this process with two more ![]() ![]() |
6. | Set the Property ID A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module. and Label Text for the two ![]() |
Property ID |
Label Text |
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middleName |
Middle Name |
lastName |
Last Name |
7. | Save your module. |
Your module looks like the following in Express View Express View is how your end-user views you application. Express View also lets you preview your applications to test your configuration and view the styling. After configuring a module, click Preview in the Module Editor to interact with the module in Express View:
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