Side By Side Item

Function: a!sideBySideItem()

Displays one item within a side by side layout.

See also: Side By Side Layout

Parameters

Notes

• Most fields are allowed for Item. At this time, grids, hierarchy browsers, the org chart, and layouts are not allowed.
• The MINIMIZE option for width is appropriate for items with a fixed width, such as images or buttons. Items whose width is determined by the containing layout, such as text inputs, are best configured with relative widths.

Examples

Copy and paste an example into the INTERFACE DEFINITION in EXPRESSION MODE to see it displayed.

Input fields with relative widths

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=a!sideBySideLayout(
  items: {
    a!sideBySideItem(
      width: "4X",
      item: a!textField(
        label: "First Name"
      )
    ),
    a!sideBySideItem(
      item: a!textField(
        label: "M.I."
      )
    ),
    a!sideBySideItem(
      width: "4X",
      item: a!textField(
        label: "Last Name"
      )
    )
  }
)

Displays the following:

Minimized width for icon and button

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=a!sideBySideLayout(
  alignVertical: "MIDDLE",
  spacing: "DENSE",
  items: {
    a!sideBySideItem(
      width: "MINIMIZE",
      item: a!richTextDisplayField(
        labelPosition: "COLLAPSED",
        value: a!richTextIcon(
          icon: "user",
          size: "LARGE"
        )
      )
    ),
    a!sideBySideItem(
      item: a!textField(
        labelPosition: "COLLAPSED"
      )
    ),
    a!sideBySideItem(
      width: "MINIMIZE",
      item: a!buttonArrayLayout(
        marginBelow: "NONE",
        buttons: {
          a!buttonWidget(
            label: "Check Availability",
            size: "SMALL",
            style: "SECONDARY"
          )
        }
      )
    )
  }
)

Displays the following:

Related Patterns

The following patterns include usage of the Side By Side Item.

• Alert Banner Patterns (Choice Components): The alert banners pattern is good for creating a visual cue of different types of alerts about information on a page.

• Cards as List Items Patterns (Choice Components, Images): The cards as list items pattern is good for creating visually rich interfaces using a combination of cards and billboards to show lists of like items.

• Inline Tags for Side-by-Side Layout Pattern (Formatting): This pattern shows the best practice for combining tags with standard-sized rich text, or plain text, using a side by side layout.

• Navigation Pattern (Looping): Use the navigation pattern as a way to structure a group of pages with icon and text based left navigation. When an icon and text are selected, the corresponding page is displayed.

• Refresh Data After Executing a Smart Service (Auto-Refresh, Smart Services):

• Timeline Patterns (Formatting): Use the timeline pattern to show progress through steps in a process or project. These patterns can be used to show progress in both completed and ongoing processes.

• Trend-Over-Time Report (Charts, Reports): This report provides an attractive, interactive design for exploring different series of data over time.

• User List Pattern (Looping): The user list pattern retrieves all the users in a specified group and displays them in a single column.

• Year-Over-Year Report (Charts, Reports, Formatting): This is a feature-rich, interactive report for sales and profits by products over select periods of time.