Containers are the kind of form items that can contain a collection of individual form items / apps in a customized representation. This helps to achieve the interrelated behavior of different apps to look like a single app.

Field Set

The Field Set is a panel with expand and collapse option. For more information, refer Field Set.

Features:

• It renders plain text or property-driven text as caption.
• It occupies less area on the form in collapsed state.
• It allows setting the column layout for this panel.
• It allows loading in collapsed state while form loading.
• It allows hiding the caption text.
• It allows hiding the entire panel and its child components.

In Edit and View Modes

• Both the modes render the Field Set as it is.

Form Composite

The Form Composite item is a grouping control. It groups multiple form items and renders as a single item on the same row. For more information, refer Form Composite.

Features:

• It renders plain text or property-driven text as caption.
• It arranges the items in the preferred number of columns.
• It provides the Mandatory and Conditional Mandatory Indicators.

In Edit Mode

• The Edit mode renders the items as they are.

In View Mode

• Based on the values of the corresponding items, the View mode renders their values as non-editable values.

Panel

The Panel is an item container on which the group of form items can be placed. For more information, refer Panel.

Features:

• It renders plain text or property-driven text as caption.
• It occupies the fixed area on the form.
• It allows setting the column layout for panel.
• It allows hiding the caption text.
• It allows hiding the entire panel and its child components.

In Edit and View Modes

• Both the modes render the Panel item as it is. 

Tab Panel

Tab Panel allows placing the forms in the tabbed sections. For more information, refer Tab Panel.

Features:

• It allows adding multiple forms as different tabs.
• It allows modifying / replacing the selected forms / tabs.
• It allows validating whether all the mandatory and conditional mandatory fields in a tab contain the appropriate values when the user abruptly switches between tabs at any time.
• It can be selected to behave as a context container.

In Edit Mode

• The Edit mode renders the items as they are.

In View Mode

• The View mode renders the items as either editable or non-editable based on their corresponding values.

Image Panel

Image Panel automatically displays the images associated with the current form. Canvas accepts a JPG, GIF, PNG or a JSP that returns the image in any of those (JPG, GIF, PNG) three formats. For more information, refer Image Panel.