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Function

a!buttonArrayLayout( buttons, showWhen, align, marginBelow, accessibilityText )

Displays a list of buttons in the order they are specified. Use this layout for buttons within interfaces rather than for submission buttons at the bottom of forms This layout cannot be selected from the interface component picker in the design view.

See also: Button design guidance

Parameters

Usage considerations

Buttons formatting

• If you pass one button to Buttons, it renders right-justified. If you pass more than one button, they render left-justified.

Examples

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Buttons in a toolbar

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a!buttonArrayLayout(
  align: "START",
  buttons: {
    a!buttonWidget(
      label: "Refresh",
      size: "SMALL",
      style: "SECONDARY"
    ),
    a!buttonWidget(
      label: "Edit",
      size: "SMALL",
      style: "SECONDARY"
    ),
    a!buttonWidget(
      label: "Add Item",
      size: "SMALL",
      style: "SECONDARY"
    )
  }
)

Displays the following:

Button with no margin below

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{
  a!sideBySideLayout(
    items: {
      a!sideBySideItem(
        item: a!textField(
          labelPosition: "COLLAPSED"
        )
      ),
      a!sideBySideItem(
        width: "MINIMIZE",
        item: a!buttonArrayLayout(
          marginBelow: "NONE",
          buttons: {
            a!buttonWidget(
              label: "Test",
              size: "SMALL",
              style: "SECONDARY"
            )
          }
        )
      )
    }
  )
}

Displays the following:

Feature compatibility

Related Patterns

The following patterns include usage of the Button Array Layout.

• Add and Populate Sections Dynamically (Looping): Add and populate a dynamic number of sections, one for each item in a CDT array.

• 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.

• 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.

• Call to Action Pattern (Formatting): Use the call to action pattern as a landing page when your users have a single action to take.

• Cards as Choices Pattern (Card Choices, Rich Text): Use this pattern to display sets of choices that are quick and easy to navigate.

• Delete Rows in a Grid (Grids): Delete one or more rows of data in a read-only grid.

• Dual Picklist Pattern (Choice Components, Cards, Checkboxes, Buttons): Use this pattern to view side-by-side lists and move items from one list to the other. The dual picklist is great for moving items from one state to another, like from active to inactive.

• Form Steps (Stamps): Use the form steps patten to break down complicated forms into a series of quickly completed steps that are well organized and easy to navigate. This pattern uses a combination of cards and rich text to create steps that can represent fields from one or more interfaces.

• Inline Survey (Radio Buttons, Checkboxes, Buttons): Use this pattern to create a clean and easy to navigate survey.

• Milestone Patterns (Looping): There are three options for milestone patterns which all display some form of a progress indicator to guide users through a series of steps.

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

• Refresh Data Using a Refresh Button (Auto-Refresh):

• Tabs Patterns (Formatting, Choice Components, Buttons, Rich Text, Cards): The tabs patterns provide an ideal style and design for creating tabbed interfaces.

• Task Report Pattern (Grids, Filters, Process Task Links, Task Reports): Provides a simple way to create and display an Appian task report.

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

• Use Selection For Bulk Actions in an Inline Editable Grid (Grids): Allow the user to edit data inline in a grid one field at a time, or in bulk using selection.