Element

Description

Required Properties

Example Use

Anchor

A link to an internal or external address. Must contain either a Message or Out element.

Message or Out element

Linking to an external page or to a different section of the current page.

Block Template

A container to group any amount of fields in a custom block.

numberOfColumns

Delineating different sections of a screen from each other. Most screens will have one block template. Multiple ones can be added to a single screen if you want to make two sections look like two separate blocks to the user, or if you want to have different versions of a single block that are dependent upon the category of the record (for example, showing different custom fields that are relevant only to a particular category of records).

Button

An interactive element that will trigger an event based on the Screen Designer user specification.

N/A

Allowing the user to trigger some action.

Empty

Enters an empty <div> element to add spacing to the screen.

N/A

Adding more space between rows for better UI. This ensures that rows do not "collapse upward" to fill empty spaces in the layout as per default behavior.

Message

Outputs a localized message given an i18n key. See Creating Custom Messages.

key

Displaying localized informational or cautionary messages on the screen. Identical to out tags except the message will be localized. Generally, this is preferred and should be used in place of out tags.

Message Parameter

Inserts dynamic text into Messages. Message Parameters can only be placed in a Message element.

value

Creating error messages that contain dynamic values that are defined by the Message Parameter element.

New Record Link

Creates a new record of the specified object type.

entityCode

Adding a "Create <Object>" link to a screen.

Out

Outputs a message in the block.

value

Displaying informational or cautionary messages on the screen. Identical to message tags except that the message will not be localized. Generally, message tags should be preferred over out tags.

Record Link

Links to a record of a specified object type.

eoObject

Linking to some other object.

Row

Adds a row for housing fields to your screen. Fields require a row to be placed on the screen. Users can utilize rows to create disproportionate column widths and offset values applied to the entire block.

numberOfColumns

Added to a screen for fields to be placed on the canvas. You can adjust the column width with the columnWidth properties.

Adjusting these widths can allow designers to set up disproportionate width columns if desired.

Element

Description

Required Properties

Example Use

Batch Display

The main use case for Batch Displays is adding a table in which you can create, view, and update child or embedded objects. Additionally, it can pull tabular data connected by a one-to-many relationship with the associated object, for creating, viewing, and updating the tabular data.

batchDisplayObject

Displaying embedded objects in a single table. Displaying arbitrary tabular data pulled from a custom Java class.

Category

Displays a list of CategoryItemTreeItem objects returned from a Java class method. Displays the default category by default.

name

Displaying a list of categories from a custom Java class method.

Checkbox

A box that users can select or de-select to produce a Boolean value.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Date & Time Field

A field for entering date and time information.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Date Field

A field for entering date information.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Lookup

A drop-down menu that lists the contents of a lookup table or a list method in a custom Java class.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Memo Text

A text field that can hold more text than the Text Field Advanced Element. The limit for Memo Text fields is more than 200,000 characters.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Multi-Value List

A multi-select box that lists the contents of a lookup table or a list method in a custom Java class.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Number Field

A field that stores a numerical value.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Radio Button

A list of radio buttons, wherein users can select only one radio button at a time.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Select

A drop-down menu that allows the user to use a custom list force selection.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Text Field

A text field that can hold up to 2,000 characters. The character limit of the input field can be defined in Screen Designer.

name

Linking to a field on a related object via its path, or via a custom Java class method.

Element

Description

Required Properties

Example Use

Html

Allows the user to add HTML elements to the custom block.

N/A

Inserting raw HTML into the screen in order.

Script

Loads an embedded script onto the page.

N/A

Inserting custom JavaScript into the screen, or linking to an external JavaScript file.

Element

Description

Required Properties

Example Use

If Statement

Attaches a Boolean condition through a Java class. If that condition evaluates to true, then the contents of the tag are shown/loaded.

test

Showing a group of fields only if the record has a particular flag set, or showing a field only if the field already has a value.

If-Else Statement

Attaches a Boolean condition through a Java class, along with content to load when the condition is true and different content to load when the condition is false.

test

Making a group of fields non-editable if a record is past a certain date. Otherwise, allowing the fields to be edited.

For Each

Attaches to a List field in a Java class. Iterates through each item in that list, repeating some given content for each item (i.e. creating a label and a value for each item).

var, items

Showing a repeated set of data for a list of related objects