Checkbox Group

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Last updated: Oct 06, 2020

Checkbox Group is an array of check boxes referred through single name.



Adding values as checkboxes:

Check box Group allows adding check boxes in four different ways.


Form Items>Data Selection>Checkbox Group



The following table provides information about the properties that are applicable to this form item:




#

Property

Description

Sample Values

1

Form ID

Unique ID of the Form on which you want to place the Form Item.

TRANSFER_OF_FUNDS

2

Item ID

Unique ID to the Form item.
This value is automatically configured once the form is selected from the pop-up window.

CHECKBOX_GROUP1

3

Item Type

To identify the item type in a form.

CHECKBOX_GROUP

4

Channel

Assigns the form item compatibility for various devices.

Desktop / Tablet / Mobile

5

Bundle Key

Name of the key associated with the property file which provides the localized label text for the current form item.
Form item bundle key supersede the form level bundle key. If this value is blank, form level bundle key will be used to find label keys.

Common

6

Plain Label

Text entered in Plain Label field appears as the label of the form item without the resource bundle key translation.

18.1:

If you are using the property files, leave the Plain Label field as blank.
See About Display Name Key and Plain Label till 18.1 for more details about this property and the related conditions.

Display Name Key is the property-driven label key for the form item. 
See About Display Name Key and Plain Label till 18.1 for more details about this property and the related conditions.

19.1:

In Canvas 19.1, the Display Name Key field is a configuration-driven label key for the form item. 

See About Display Name Key and Plain Label from 19.1 and Managing Display Names for Forms for more information. 


7

Display Name Key

ACCOUNT TYPE

8

Edit

Selected: Renders the Form in edit enabled mode.
De-Selected: Renders the Form in edit disabled mode.

Selected

9

Visibility

Selected: Shows the form item on the Form.
De-Selected: Hides the form item from the form, but the data will still be in active.

Selected

10

Help

Selected: Renders the form item with a help icon.
De-Selected: Renders the form item without a help icon.
Refer the Configuring Help Messages and Tooltips for Form Items section for more information on configuring help text.

Selected

11

Anchor

Defines the size of the form item in terms of percentage (without % symbol).

50

12

Print

Selected: Allows printing the form item while printing the form.
De-Selected: Does not print the particular form item while printing the form.

Selected

13

Column Span

Occupies the specified number of item spaces horizontally for the current item.

1

14

Label Alignment

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

Top

15

Hide Label

Selected: Hides the label of the form item.
De-Selected: Shows the label of the form item.

De-selected

16

Mandatory

Selected: Shows the red asterisk ({}{*}) on the label of the form item, and converts the particular field as mandatory.
De-Selected: Considers the particular field as non-mandatory.

Selected

17

Conditional Mandatory

Selected: Shows the blue double asterisks ({}{}) on the label of the form item, and converts the particular field as conditional mandatory.
Note: If selected, write the conditional logic in the CFEC.PRE_VALIDATE event. See Form Item Handlers for more information.
De-Selected: considers the particular field as normal.
If 'Mandatory' is already selected, do not select this property.

De-Selected

18Button Style


Enables the users to choose the style of the button. There are three types of button styles, namely, Material, Segment Button and Segment Button Outline. The Material style is the default one, while Segment Button paves the way for the buttons to get segmented together with a common colored background and the same applies for Segment Button Outline, except for the apparent visibility of an outline and the absence of colored background. 

The following screen shot depicts the Material Button style:



The following screen shots depicts the Segment Button style:



The following screen shots depicts the button style of Segment Button Outline: 

Material
19Add Icon

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 checkbox group: 

  1. Clickto add an icon for the checkbox group. 



  2. Clickicon to choose an icon for the checkbox group. 



  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.  



  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. 



  5. To add a customized icon, click Custom tab.  



  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. 



    The customized image appears under the category of Custom Images. 

    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.




Selected
20No text


By making use of No text option, you will be able to remove the text of checkbox group label. 

  1. Clickicon to remove the text, assigned as checkbox group label. 




  2. The checkbox group label is removed and the following screen shot showcases a checkbox group, with no text, displayed as its label. 



    Note

    The No text option appears, only after you select the option of Add Icon. Initially, the No text option doesn't appear on the Primary ribbon. If you do not use the option of Add Icon, then you cannot make use of No text option.


De-Selected
21Event Wiring

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.


22

Settings menu

Raw Keys - Array of comma separated data that will be used as keys to handle the check box 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 check box labels.
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.
LOV Category: Enables you to specify the LOV (List of Values) Category. 

Y,N,I



Yes,No,Inbox




Selected

23

Switch

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.

NA

24

Clone

Enables you to create a duplicate of the selected form item along with its applicable properties except for the Item ID.

2