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Container elements

The following table summarizes the Winshuttle Composer Container form elements.

You can view a list of elements by type (All, Basic, Helper, Advanced, Container) by clicking the links at right or using the navigation panel at left.

 
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Element

Description

 

Winshuttle Composer Container Elements

Repeating Group

Add a Group to contain a set of repeating elements.

Repeating Table

Add a Table with a configurable number of columns.

Selectable Table

Add a Read-Only Table that can run a Rule when a row is selected.

New Group

Add a new group to your form for containing other form elements. This is the same function as the New Group icon on the Composer Ribbon.) See Working with Groups for additional information.

Working with tables

Adding a table to a form

  1. In the canvas, click the group to which you want to add a table.
  2. In the Properties pane, click the Elements tab.
  3. Click Container Elements.
  4. Click Repeating Table or Selectable Table.
  5. In the New Repeating Table dialog box, type the number of columns you want, and then click OK.

Composer table elements

Changing column headers

  1. In the canvas, click the header you wish to change.
  2. Type a new name, and then press Enter.

Tip: After renaming a header, you can press the Tab key to go to the next one.

Changing the width of a table column

To change the width of a column, click (and hold) between two columns until the cursor changes, then drag the column to the desired width.

Inserting, moving, or deleting columns

  1. Right-click a table column.
  2. Choose one of the following:
  • Insert Column After: Inserts a column after the selected column.
  • Insert Column Before: Inserts a column before the selected column.
  • Move Column Left: Moves the selected column 1 place to the left.
  • Move ColumnRight: Moves the selected column 1 place to the right.
  • Delete Column: Deletes the selected column.
  • Delete Table: Deletes the entire containing table for the selected column.
  • Properties: Opens the properties for the column in the Properties pane.

Right-clicking a table column opens the table menu.

Changing a table column to a drop-down box

In the canvas, click in the table cell that you want to convert to a drop down box.

  1. On the Properties tab, next to Input Type, click the drop arrow.
  2. Select the type of input you want, i.e., Dropdown, Email, Number, Checkbox, or DatePicker.

This will change the table cell to a drop-down box, but you will need to configure the drop-down box with the list of options that you want.

  1. In the canvas, click inside the drop down box.
  2. In the Properties pane, next to Options, click .

Promoting fields to SharePoint

The Promote to SharePoint (Function) mimics the same capability used in InfoPath to promote field values to a SharePoint site.

The values are as follows:

  • First: Promote the first row field value.
  • Last: Promote the last field value.
  • Count: Promote the number of rows.
  • Merge: Promote a comma-separated list of column values.