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Indicates the alignment of the labels of the form items.
Select Options: Left () or Top ()

By making use of Add Icon option, you can add an icon to the form item. Perform the following steps for adding an icon to a form item: 

1. Clickicon to add an icon to the field. By default, the Left option gets selected, which paves the way for the icon to get placed on the left side of the form item's label, whereas if the option Right is chosen, then the icon gets placed on the right side of the form item's label. 
   
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2. ClickImage Modifiedicon to choose an icon for the form item. 
   
   
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3. Icons and Custom are the two available tabs. From the list of icons in Font Awesome, you can choose an icon of your choice. Click Search text field and type the name of the icon, which you wish to choose.  
   
   
   
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4. Default, Active, Disabled and Error are the four available options, categorized under the field, Choose icons for different state. You can assign separate icons for the four different states of Default, Active, Disabled and Error. Default indicates the default icon of the form item, whereas Active and Disabled depict the active and disabled states of the form item. When the selected form item is active, the chosen icon for Active state gets displayed and similarly, the icon, chosen for Disabled state, gets displayed, if the form item is in a disabled state. When an error occurs, the icon, which was selected for Error, gets displayed. 
   
   
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5. To add a customized icon, click Custom tab.  
   
   
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6. Click Browse Files button to select an image from your local drive. You can even drag and drop the customized image file directly, without any fuss.  
   
   
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   The customized image appears under the category of Custom Images. 
   

   Note
   If you upload a customized icon for the form item, ensure that you restart the app server, after saving the form. Make sure to log out from Canvas Studio and close the Studio application, before restarting the app server. If you do not restart the app server, the uploaded custom icon will not appear as the assigned icon for the selected form item.

   
   
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The Event Wiring option enables you to assign various events for different set of actions. For detailed information on Event Wiring, refer Form Items Event Wiring.  

Raw Keys - Array of comma separated data that will be used as keys to handle the combo field selection.
If you are getting values from the data-support class, leave this field as blank.
Raw Values - Array of comma separated data that will be used as values to display as the combo field drop downs.
This can be a plain text or the property driven label key.
If you are getting values from the data-support class, leave this field as blank.

  
This is an alternative method to retrieve data for the Combo from database by configuring the View ID, Key Column, and Value Column. This method can be used in place of data-support class. In order to use this method, a view (app or widget) must exist that contains the column from which you want to fetch data for the Combo form item. The Key Column and Value Column must be the Column ID from the existing view. To use this method, perform the following steps:

1. View ID: Select the View from the look up (Search icon) from which key and value to be selected.
2. Key Column: Enter the column ID from the selected view that stores the value selected in back-end.
3. Value Column: Enter the column ID from the selected view that displays the value in the Combo drop-down.

LOV Category: Specify the LOV (List of Values) Category.
LOV Parent ID: Specify the Parent ID of the selected LOV (List of Values) Category.


Cache Data Indicator: Provides the cache data if it is stored in cache.

Include Select Indicator: Indicates whether the word 'Select' should be displayed in combo boxes or not. If you need to change the default select label, refer Changing the Default Select Label in the Drop-Down Fields.


Include All Indicator: Indicates whether the word 'All' should be displayed in combo boxes or not.

Enables you to switch from one form item to another form item along with the applicable properties and their values. To switch from one form item to another form item, execute the steps that follow:

1. Select the form item in the form designer area.
2. Click the Switch icon () on the primary ribbon.
3. Select another form item to switch the existing form item.