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forms update 3 - hidden fields on tables creating white space

Forms Version 11

Updated June 18, 2023

asked on February 13, 2023

I'm on an on prem Rio 11 setup and going through the process of evaluating the lift required to move from Forms 11 update 2 and Forms 11 update 3. The forms I'm working with are using Forms Designer/modern designer and not classic designer. One of the major roadblocks I've made note of and haven't been able to find a quick workaround for is that tables that use hidden fields are no longer use the full width of the screen. It seems the hidden fields are now given a portion of the screen width. You can see this clearly in the code that the hidden fields now have width percentages assigned to them in colgroup.

LF Forms update 2

LF Forms update 3

My question is does anyone have a quick CSS or javascript fix for this issue?

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replied on February 14, 2023

It looks like this issue may be resolved with the Forms 11 Update 3 Hotfix released today.

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replied on June 18, 2023

I am using version Laserfiche Forms Professional Version 11.0.2212.31000 and it seems like this issue has come back, with fields being hidden by field rules in the table taking up space again.

Does anyone else have this issue with this version?

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replied on February 13, 2023

which Browser is configured to process forms with forms? Default Chromium or was that changed?

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replied on February 13, 2023

This test was using a current version of Chrome. If this is a server side question, I would need little help with more specific detail or documentation on where to find this info. It's very unlikely the default was changed on the server side.

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replied on February 13, 2023

Yes I was referring to the server side configuration of forms server. We found some errors in changing the processing browser engine to Edge and had to revert the Forms server back to using Chromium.

The browser that the user uses for designing and or approval steps had nothing to do with our error.

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replied on February 14, 2023

Hi Rebekah,

I'm not sure if this works perfectly in your scenario, but it works for me and just share with you:

.myTable{
  table colgroup col{
    display:none;
  }
}

The myTable class is applied to the Table field, and in my test example, I have a field "Single Line" hide based on the value of first column, that's how the table looks like before and after the field is hidden, and it displays well no matter when you have multiple rows or single row.

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replied on February 14, 2023

Excellent. This solution does solve the white space not being utilized. It does lose the configured size ratios by spacing the columns evenly across the page, but I likely can work through that. Much appreciated, thank you.

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replied on March 7, 2023

Hello Rebekah,

Just wondering if you managed to find a solution for this issue?

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replied on March 10, 2023

The hotfix resolved this issue.

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