Element properties - Data field tab

Applications module Element - Properties

Type of control

Depending on the data type of the data field connected here and the current element, different control types can be selected in this dialog.

Information
Shows a short explanation of the selected control type.

Control types for string data fields

• Text
  Formats the content according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Email
  Can be used for data fields that contain email addresses. The content is formatted as a link. Clicking on the link opens the standard mail client and automatically adds the email address as the recipient's address.
• URL
  Can be used for data fields that contain URL. The content is formatted as a link. Clicking on the link opens the default browser and automatically loads the corresponding page.
• Phone
  The content is shown as a link that can be used to send an SMS or establish a telephone connection with automatic phone number entry. The corresponding settings can be made on the Options tab.
• Web application
  The content is transformed into a link to web applications. On the Options tab, parameters, e.g. target, can be assigned.
• Image URL
  Displays the image that the URL leads to according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Color
  The surface of the view field is filled with the color that is specified as a hexidecimal in the connected data field.
• Video
  This control types enables you to embed videos from the portals Youtube, Vimeo and myVideo based on the URL, as well as a range of video file formats, images and typical URLs. Supported formats for videos: swf, mp4, ogg, ogv, oga, ogx, webm, mkv, mov. For images: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp.
• Tree path
  The tree path is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.

Control types for integer data fields

• Integer
  The number is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• User information
  Can be used with data fields that contain the user ID. The view field displays additional user information according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Tree path
  The tree path is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.

Control types for double data fields

• Floating point number
  The number is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Currency
  The number is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.

Control types for date & time data fields

• Date
  The date is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Time
  The time is formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.
• Date & time
  The date and time are formatted according to the settings made on the Options tab.

Information regarding control types that can only be used in view tables can be found here.

Data field link

No link

The element isn't connected to a data field.

Data field

With this option, a data field is connected to the element. Simply select the required data field in the application structure pictured beneath.