Function

a!groupBrowserFieldColumns( label, labelPosition, instructions, helpTooltip, rootGroup, pathValue, pathSaveInto, selectionValue, selectionSaveInto, readOnly, height, hideUsers, accessibilityText, showWhen )

Displays group membership structure in columns. Users can navigate through the structure and select a single group.

See also: Example Interfaces

Parameters

Usage considerations

User, group, and user and group browser components comparison

The user and group browser components create Miller-columns-style browsers that allow users to select a user or group while browsing through a group membership tree.

The three group membership browsing components are:

• User Browser
• Group Browser
• User and Group Browser

Similar to the user and group picker fields, these three components appear the same but differ in what they allow to be selected. Depending on whether users, groups, or users and groups should be selected, choose the group browser, user browser, or user and group browser, respectively. If the interface is only for browsing, use the group browser, as it is the only browser that can be configured to show only groups and not users.

To learn how to use these components, see the examples listed below:

• Example Interfaces for Group Browser Components
  • Navigation & the Initial Group
  • Selection for More Information
  • Selection for Picking

Saving, selecting, and displaying values

• If an initial group is not specified, only the label, tooltip, and instructions will be displayed.
• The group browser is the only browser of the three that allows users to be hidden. For groups with many user members, hiding users can improve performance.
• Click a selected group to deselect the value. When a group is deselected, a null value is saved.
• To make the selection required for submission or display validation messages based on the selection, pair the browser with a picker or other component.

Using the pathValue and pathSaveInto parameters

• Because groups can appear in multiple places in the browser at one time, a group only appears as selected if it is present in the pathValue array.
• When a group is selected, the variables in selectionSaveInto are updated after the variables in pathSaveInto. This means that if a variable is updated in both saves, it will be updated to the value assigned in the selectionSaveInto when a group is selected.
• When the component is read-only, the variables in selectionSaveInto are not updated when a group is clicked. However, if the selectionValue is set, a group can still be displayed as selected. pathSaveInto still updates as normal.
• A group can only be deselected if present in the pathValue.
• The first group in the pathValue must be a member of the initial group. Each subsequent group in the pathValue must be a member of the group that comes before it in the array. Otherwise, an error will occur.

Examples

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

Using group browsers with picker fields

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a!localVariables(
  local!initialGroup,
  /* Reset the path value each time you change the initial group */
  local!pathValue: a!refreshVariable(
    value: {},
    refreshOnVarChange: local!initialGroup
  ),
  local!selectionValue,
  local!hideUsers,
  local!readOnly,
  {
      a!sectionLayout(
        label:"Controls",
        contents: a!columnsLayout(
          columns: {
            a!columnLayout(
              contents: {
                a!pickerFieldGroups(
                  label: "Initial Group",
                  maxSelections: 1,
                  value: local!initialGroup,
                  saveInto: local!initialGroup
                )
              }
            ),
            a!columnLayout(
              contents: {
                a!checkboxField(
                  labelPosition: "COLLAPSED",
                  choiceLabels: {"Read-only"},
                  choiceValues: {true},
                  value: local!readOnly,
                  saveInto: local!readOnly
                ),
                a!checkboxField(
                  labelPosition: "COLLAPSED",
                  choiceLabels: {"Hide Users"},
                  choiceValues: {true},
                  value: local!hideUsers,
                  saveInto: local!hideUsers
                )
              }
            )
          }
        )
      ),
      a!sectionLayout(
        label:"Component",
        contents: {
          a!groupBrowserFieldColumns(
            label: "Group Browser",
            rootGroup: local!initialGroup,
            pathValue: local!pathValue,
            pathSaveInto: local!pathValue,
            selectionValue: local!selectionValue,
            selectionSaveInto: local!selectionValue,
            readOnly: local!readOnly,
            hideUsers: local!hideUsers
          )
        }
      ),
      a!sectionLayout(
        label: "Selection & Path",
        contents: {
          a!pickerFieldGroups(
            label: "Navigation Path",
            instructions: "Represents the current navigation from the rootGroup. Changing this could cause errors in the interface.",
            value: local!pathValue,
            saveInto: local!pathValue
          ),
          a!pickerFieldGroups(
            label: "Selected Group",
            instructions: "The selected group only appears as selected if contained in the pathValue.",
            value: local!selectionValue,
            saveInto: local!selectionValue
          )
        }
      )
  }
)

Feature compatibility

Related Patterns

The following patterns include usage of the Group Browser Component.

• Add, Remove, and Move Group Members Browser (Hierarchical Data, Group Management): Display the membership tree for a given group and provide users with the ability to add, remove, and move user members from a single interface.