Pagination

The pagination field is used to create an interface through which an application developer can navigate through pages of records and control the number of records displayed on a page.

How to Create - Method 1

  1. Click the to add a field in your form.
  2. Choose “New Field”
  3. Select the table you wish to add the field to. Most of the time, this will be the current table you are on, called the current context.
  4. Select a field name and click “Choose Type”.
  5. Choose “Pagination” from the list of field types.
  6. You can continue adding fields or click the “Select” button to finish adding.

How to Create - Method 2

This field is able to be placed on a page itself, not as part of a table's records.

Adding the Field

  1. Click the “Fields” button in the left toolbar to expand the list of fields available.
  2. Click on “Pagination”, holding the mouse button down and dragging the pagination field onto the page, releasing over the grey shadow where the field will be placed.
  3. Select a variant to use and click “save”. You can always change this later.
  4. The pagination field will appear on the page in the location specified.

Accessing the Features

When hovering the mouse over the field, an icon containing a blue pencil over a sheet of paper will appear in the top left corner of the field. Click this icon to access the field features as listed above.

Features

Field features can be edited by clicking on the orange field icon when the presentation layer is displayed.

Field Label

Block Association

Pager Options

Variants Available

This field has nine variants that can be chosen from.

NameTraversal TypeLabel Placement
Showing X to Y of Z with a label on the topNavigate across recordsTop
Showing X to Y of Z with a label to the leftNavigate across recordsLeft
Showing X to Y of Z with out a labelNavigate across recordsNone
Show Page X, Y, Z with a label on the topNavigate directly to pageTop
Show Page X, Y, Z with a label to the leftNavigate directly to pageLeft
Show Page X, Y, Z with out a labelNavigate directly to pageNone
Adjust Records per Page with a label on the topSelect the number of records shownTop
Adjust Records per Page with a label to the leftSelect the number of records shownLeft
Adjust Records per Page with out a labelSelect the number of records shownNone
field type - pagination.txt · Last modified: 2016/09/14 18:19 (external edit)
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