"instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

Peter Lewis — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:11:02 GMT

The only other option I can think of is to have three dropdowns with day / month / year that each use the formats you want, but that seems like it would be annoying to maintain. Plus you'd have to worry about validations and other stuff that you wouldn't need to consider for the out-of-the-box date component.

In general with this stuff I'd suggest just using the out-of-the-box component - you can still get different date formats based on the locale (i.e. all locales except en_US go day-month-year) and it's much easier to configure than a custom solution.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:50:14 GMT

[quote userid="63803" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/28969/instructions-parameters-is-not-applicable-when-using-a-textfield-datefield-in-an-editable-grid-cell/114364#114364"]Hence, I want to use 'instructions' parameter. if anyone has any round about to achieve this then please help/suggest.[/quote]

Help Tooltips on the column, as I mentioned earlier. This is definitely 100% the way to go about this.

Also I'm not sure what you're expecting to happen in your Date Field - they don't support arbitrary formatting after the user inputs the date. My suggestion would be to simply allow the standard Date Picker to do its thing. The only alternative is to force the user to manually type a date in a specified format, which is a nightmare, and IMHO, pretty useless.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

sanchitg0002 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:19:56 GMT

Sorry, but it is not possible to provide the similar experience of "instructions" parameter. As far as I can tell, you can either show the formatted date in another column next to it (which is ofc not good looking) or can try this code that I have written for you which displays the formatted date in rich text after user selects in the dateField and shows an edit icon to select the date again.

a!localVariables(
  local!date,
  local!showDate: a!isNullOrEmpty(local!date),
  {
    a!gridLayout(
      label: "Editable Grid",
      labelPosition: "ABOVE",
      headerCells: { a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(label: "Date") },
      columnConfigs: {},
      rows: {
        a!gridRowLayout(
          contents: {
            if(
              local!showDate,
              a!dateField(
                value: local!date,
                saveInto: {
                  local!date,
                  a!save(local!showDate, false)
                }
              ),
              a!richTextDisplayField(
                value: {
                  text(local!date, "dd MMM yyyy"),
                  "  ",
                  a!richTextIcon(
                    icon: "pencil",
                    caption: "Edit",
                    link: a!dynamicLink(saveInto: a!save(local!showDate, true)),
                    linkStyle: "STANDALONE"
                  )
                }
              )
            )
          }
        )
      },
      selectionSaveInto: {},
      validations: {},
      shadeAlternateRows: true
    )
  }
)

Hope it helps!

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

kiranjorwekar — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:32:46 GMT

from that editable grid, I have a date field and when user select date, I want to show that date format as dd MMM yyyy into that instruction text so that user should understand that what date he has selected or when someone open that editable grid, anyone can understand date because of format.

Hence, I want to use 'instructions' parameter. if anyone has any round about to achieve this then please help/suggest. Thanks in advance.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:09:52 GMT

Instructions on an editable grid cell also don't really make sense. What is it that you hope to accomplish? I've personally made a lot of use of Placeholder Text (in applicable fields) when dealing with editable grid inputs, and it's a lot more friendly-looking. Also note that you can add per-column Help Tooltips in any type of grid.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:46:09 GMT

You can add help tooltips on the column level.

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

Mathieu Drouin — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:41:59 GMT

Yes, this is normal - same goes for the label.

If you need labels/instructions and detailed error messages for a field, I would suggest you use a master detail type pattern.

docs.appian.com/.../recipe-use-links-in-a-grid-to-show-more-details-and-edit-data.html

RE: "instructions" parameters is not applicable when using a textfield/datefield in an editable grid cell.

sanchitg0002 — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:40:04 GMT

Yes, this is the expected behaviour and it is also documented in Appian Docs