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Table of Contents

Introduction

The section is the placeholder to hold Form Elements.

Each section has one column in it by default.

Get Started

To see how Section works, the default bundled Expenses Claims app will be used for this example.

  1. Start the Joget Server  and open the  App Center.

  2. Log in as  admin  and click on the pencil icon on the  Expenses Claim  to open the  Design App. (see Figure 1)


    Figure 1

  3. Click onExpense Claim New and you will be directed to the  Form Builder. 

  4. Hover the mouse on the Section element and click on it to open the Edit Section properties.

  5. To add a new section, click on the plus icon below the section (Figure 2)


Figure 2

Section Properties

Edit Section

NameDescription
Label

Section label.

ID

Element ID.

Since the section is not an input field, it is optional to change this.

Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.

Readonly

Determines if the element is editable.

Display Field as Label When Readonly?Displays the value of the element as plain text when an element is set to "Readonly".

Data

NameDescription
Load Data From

Optional by default. When it is not set, it will use the parent's binder. You may override this behavior by using its own designated binder by defining it.

Available options:

  • Beanshell
  • Database SQL Query
  • Database Wizard
  • Default
  • Directory
  • JSON API
  • Parent Form Data Store
Save Data To

Optional by default. When it is not set, it will use the parent's binder. You may override this behavior by using its own designated binder by defining it.

Available options:

  • Beanshell
  • Database SQL Query
  • Database Wizard
  • Default
  • Directory
  • JSON API
  • Multi Store Binders
  • Parent Form Data Store

Advanced Options

Visibility

NameDescription
Visibility Control Rules
Sub-elementDescription
Join Type

Available options:

  • AND
  • OR
Reverse ValueEquivalent of a NOT operator.
Field ID

The field ID of a form element to control the visibility of this section.

Info
titleLookup Into Subform Field

You can look up into a subform field value to control visibility on your current (parent) form.

Code Block
titleExample
subformId.status
Tip
iconfalse

The Field ID supports the use of parenthesis ( ), to group multiple conditions.

To see this in action, try out this sample app here: APP_booleanTest-sample.jwa

Field Value

Show the visibility of this section, when this field value is present in the field ID defined above.

Code Block
titleExample using Regular Expression
Approved1|Approved2|Approved3
Using Regular Expressions?In "Field Value", you can use Regular Expression.

Permission

NameDescription
Permission

Manage the permission on who to see this section. See Permission Control.

Available options:

  • BeanShell
  • Controlled By Manage Permission Menu
  • Department
  • Group
  • Is Admin
  • Is Anonymous
  • Logged In User
  • Multi Permissions
  • Organization
  • Plugin Template - Permission
  • User
Show as Readonly When No Permission?

Displays the value of the element as plain text when a user's permission is denied.

Development

NameDescription
Comment

Appends a helper text beside this section when in the form builder, to help app designers identify the section.

Download Demo App

APP_booleanTest-sample.jwa