Name

Enter a name for the object. This is the name of the object as it will show in field chooser, the Browser bar and other object lists.

Items

[Caption]

Click on a row and enter each list item to be shown in the ranking object.

Click this Add Item button to add a row to the ranking list.

Click this Remove Item button to remove a row from the ranking list.

Click these Move Item Up and Move Item Down buttons to move items up and down in the ranking list.

Click the Add Predefined List button to supply a predefined list that will automatically populate the ranking list. Examples of predefined lists include States, Countries, Canadian Provinces or any list of resources that have been set up on the account.

Adding a List as an Account Resource

The options presented in a ranking object can be dynamic and based on a background look-up to another form or database. See Setting Up a Background Lookup Using a Connect Command.

State

State

Choose from Default, Normal, Read-Only, Disabled or Hidden for ranking objects.

With field state management, you control access to individual objects on the form. You can prevent individual roles from changing, or even viewing, specific data or areas on the form. See Limiting User Access to Form Fields for more information on how to control access to fields.

Adding Workflow

The Workflow Diagram

Limiting User Access to Form Fields

Explanation of State Priority

Understanding the Default State

Click the ellipses button to display the Edit State dialog. Use this option to hide, show or disable objects depending on the user's role and/or the workflow stage.

Loading the Object States Overview

Select the font face for the text on the ranking object.

Fonts from the designers local machine will also be available, however if the same font is not installed on the users machine then a standard font will be used to display the data.

Choose the size and style of the font for the text on the ranking object.

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the for the text on the ranking object.

Border

Select the border appearance type. Choose from None or Solid.

Size

Choose a line weight for the border (in pixels).

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the border.

Radius

Select a numeric value to represent the curvature of the text input object corners. The higher the number, the more curved the the edges of the object will be.

Background

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a background color for the ranking object.

Theme

Resets the appearance options to the default settings configured on the form's Theme properties.

Applying or Resetting a Theme

Top

Displays the object's location in from the top of the form (in pixels).

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Left

Displays the object's location in from the left margin of the form (in pixels).

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Width

Shows the width of the object.

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Height

Shows the height of the object.

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Layer

Indicates the layer number this object occupies. You can drag an object so that it fully or partially covers another object. Depending on the layer number it occupies, it may be positioned underneath another other object.

Aligning, Spacing and Layering Objects

Tabbing

Tab Index

Indicates the order in the tabbing sequence that this object will be arrived at when the form user is using their Tab key to navigate through the form fields.

Setting or Modifying Tab Stops and Tab Order

Tab Stop

Clear this check box to exclude the object from the tab order altogether.

Setting or Modifying Tab Stops and Tab Order

Tooltip

Enter tooltip text to show to a form user when they hover their mouse over the object.

Accessibility

Description

Enter text that will be read aloud or converted to Braille for JAWS users.

Accessibility and JAWS Compatibility

Ranking Changes Field Data

This event occurs when a form user changes data in the ranking object.  

How Behaviors Are Triggered

Ranking Gains Focus

This event occurs when the ranking object becomes the active field.  

How Behaviors Are Triggered

Ranking Loses Focus

This event occurs when the ranking object is exited.  

How Behaviors Are Triggered

Ranking is Clicked

This event occurs when a form user clicks on the ranking object.  

Note: This event is different than Ranking Gains Focus in that the form user must mouse-click on the object in order for the event to occur and any linked behavior commands to run.

How Behaviors Are Triggered

Ranking is Shown

This event occurs when the ranking object is shown.  

How Behaviors Are Triggered