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How is everyone displaying formatted error messages on mobile enabled forms?
Jin Pheh
Certified Associate Developer
over 11 years ago
How is everyone displaying formatted error messages on mobile enabled forms?
I would like to display a colored message on a form which currently requires either a message or paragraph element. The message element isn't supported on mobile forms and the paragraph element adds too much padding to the messages even when the length is set to short. Is anyone using a different technique for displaying error messages on mobile enabled forms?...
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Shaun Kilby
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago
The best way to go about this is to convert your error to an image. Then display the image object.
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Christine
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago
One idea is to created the formatted error message and take a screen capture. Then save that and display the image when needed.
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Jin Pheh
Certified Associate Developer
over 11 years ago
Thanks for the reply Shaun and Christine however using images in place of text causes three problems which together, in my opinion, outweigh the problems associated with using a poorly formatted paragraph element.
1. Using an image automatically precludes any sort of dynamic error message.
2. Significant additional developer time required for both project development and ongoing maintenance.
3. Significnat bandwidth overhead on mobile devices for what is just colored text.
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Shaun Kilby
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago
To address your concerns:
1. You can use show hide with multiple images under certain conditions
2. Cannot speak to the significan amount of effort for this, as it would be addressed to your specific application.
3. Colored text is not necessarily required, as context can be addressed through the message.
I understand this is not ideal, and Appian is doing it's best to make as much functionality mobile as they can. I assure you this is probably the best approach for your use case moving forward.
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Shaun Kilby
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago
Something you can also try: Utilizing a Section Header to contain your message and show/hide the section as necessary; as long as color is of no importance. This will be highly visible due to it's shading.
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Jin Pheh
Certified Associate Developer
over 11 years ago
Thanks for your reply Shaun. I was just hoping for something a little more.. elegent I guess.
With respect to dynamic messages I was actually referring to dynamic text within an error message that wouldn't be possible with images (Eg: "You have selected 2 items when only 5 are allowed" where the numbers change on a per process basis).
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