Field groups feature in 10.2

asked on February 4, 2017

Is there a way to display Field Groups in tabular format, as opposed to in a vertical arrangement?

When metadata is submitted via a table in Forms, the layout discrepancy between the stored form image and its metadata is pretty jarring. On the form, metadata for each line item is displayed horizontally, whereas on the metadata pane it is displayed vertically. We demoed it to one of our client's accounting team and they didn't like that at all.

Ideally, the field group display would be "responsive", such that if the width of the metadata sidebar is above a certain amount, the Field Group changes from a "collection" view to a table view. But being able to specify the display type on the admin side would also work.

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replied on February 5, 2017

Not yet. As you can probably guess, a table format poses some challenges to our current placement of the fields in the user interface that need more usability investigation.

What minimum width were you envisioning for switching from a table to the group display and back?

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replied on February 6, 2017

I know for our customers accounting codes and amounts is really where I see this being used. Just having it be a table with maybe set % widths for each column is what I would want. Just large enough for 2-3 small fields.

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replied on February 6, 2017

Miruna, regarding minimum width, it's hard to say, and would probably depend on how many columns are in the table. When I do web development and need page elements to change their layouts based on the width of the parent element, I generally do one of two things:

1. Rely on a framework like Bootstrap, which has a responsive grid system where the column display switches back and forth between horizontal and vertical depending on the parent's width

2. Use flexbox, which is supported in all major browsers by now and can deal with variable number of child items very well

I do understand the UX challenges however, especially the metadata pane is fixed to the right side of the screen now and cannot be undocked/moved around like it could in the Windows client.

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