Possible to have two sections collapse with one action?

RE: Possible to have two sections collapse with one action?

Raghavendra Kumar — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:26:39 GMT

This can be achieved with 17.2 version in which we have the concept of columns and column layout.
You can have once section and then inside contents you can have two columnsLayout inside that and then replace other sections with columnLayout.

a!sectionLayout(
label: "Test0",
isCollapsible: true(),
contents: {
a!columnsLayout(
columns: {
a!columnLayout(
a!textField(
label: "Test"
)
)
}
),
a!columnsLayout(
columns:{
a!columnLayout(
a!textField(
label: "Test1"
)
),
a!columnLayout(
a!columnLayout(
a!textField(
label: "Test2"
)
)
)
}
)
}
)

RE: Possible to have two sections collapse with one action?

Tim — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:06:23 GMT

Hi Mokhtar, personally I wouldn't use buttons for this as it provides inconsistency to look and feel of Appian solutions. Consider using putting your section title in a richTextDisplayField() with one of the header styles and combine it with a dynamicLink to hide and show the section.

RE: Possible to have two sections collapse with one action?

mokhtarc970 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:14:05 GMT

This is exactly what I made, using a button but, it would be nice to have the information about if the section is collapsed saved so we can use it to collapse or not another section. The collapse item is better in term of user experience than a button for that.

RE: Possible to have two sections collapse with one action?

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:04:08 GMT

I think this is not directly supported as the property whether the section is collapsed or not is not exposed. The only way I can think of is to create your own collapse/expand controls and switch between an empty section (showing expand link) and an expanded section.