- Changing Column and Row Spans

Changing Column and Row Spans

The FieldSet property group can also be used to set the number of rows or columns that a particular field spans on the details screen. For example:

FieldSet {

name: General Info;

line1: name[label:Customer name; Association Operation:1234; colspan:2], birthdate;

line2: telephone, cellphone;

line3: address[colspan:4; rowspan:2];

line4: city[label:_blank], state[label:_none], zip[label:_none];

}

Here, the name field would span two columns and the address field would span 4 columns and 2 rows. Unlike other field properties in the FieldSet property group (such as label, or the Association Operation) the colspan and rowspan properties only affect the details screen. In addition, these properties can only be set inside of a FieldSet property group. (Other properties for a field can be set in a separate FieldDescriptor property group.)

The colspan and rowspan properties only affect the table cell containing the input/display of the field's value. The field's label also occupies an HTML table cell. To change the attributes for that table cell, you can use the label-colspan and label-rowspan properties:

FieldSet {

name: General Info;

line1: name[label:Customer name; Association Operation:1234; rowspan:2], birthdate;

line2: telephone, cellphone;

line3: address[colspan:4; rowspan:2; label-rowspan:2];

line4: city[label:_blank], state[label:_none], zip[label:_none];

}