The sits on the left hand side of the App Designer screen.
Designer Views
The designer view icons indicate which mode is selected for designing the app.
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Layout Mode
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The default view when opening a new or existing app. In this mode you can build or modify the layout of your app.
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Mobile Layout Mode
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The Mobile Design feature is used to optimize an app so that it's suitable for viewing on a mobile device.
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Behavior Mode
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In this mode you can add intelligent behavior into your app. Behaviors will be linked to which are associated with the app, pages, groups or objects on the app.
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To open behavior mode you would normally select a specific behavior event.
Clicking on the behavior icon will open the previously selected behavior event or, if no events have been opened in this session, will open a blank behavior screen.
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Workflow Mode
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In this mode you can define your logic.
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Main
This section allows you to manage the size of the panels.
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Click the Right Double Arrows to maximize the navigation panel.
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Click the Left Double Arrows to minimize the navigation panel.
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Use the double line grab handles to drag the navigation panel open to you preferred size.
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Filter Objects and Commands
This section allows you to search for specific objects by name or type.
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Use this option to search for an object by name. Partial searches are supported.
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Use this option to search for an object by type. Select the type of object from the drop-down list.
Any matching objects found may be selected from the resulting list.
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Add Pages
This section allows you to add new pages onto your app.
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This button will add a new page onto your app.
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These buttons will expand, or collapse, the subsections for the app and page details.
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App and Page Details
The app and each page on the app will be listed here.
Expand the sections to see the objects and behavior associated with the app and each page.
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All Objects
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Select All Objects to see all objects and related behaviors in the lists below.
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Behaviors Only
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Select Behaviors Only to see only those objects that have behaviors attached in the lists below.
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State & Mandatory (Stage and Role - Object Overview)
The Object Overview section allows you to control user access to objects and indicate when input is mandatory.
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See also: App Designer Menu Options, App Properties, App Layout Objects, Behavior Commands, Workflow Objects
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