Description

A Group Panel Control is a titled box container as shown in the example below. It has three texts – header text, information text, trailer text – and these texts and any child controls are displayed in a tabular layout. Child controls are displayed in the content area between the information text and trailer text and are laid out according to the selected layout configured for the control.

The table cell containing each text is only shown if the appropriate text has been specified.

Note: a Group Control that has no visible children (no children configured or all child controls are hidden) will not be displayed – header text, information text, trailer text are not shown.

See also Titled Panel Control which is a similar container control and offers a single title text and borders with curved corners.

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Properties

Style Tab - Styling Assistant

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Width	Sets the width to one of the following: · A specific value e.g. 300px · The minimum value: this results in the Group Panel Control being just as wide as it needs to be to accommodate its content Note that this setting will be ignored if the parent container layout specifies a horizontal cell alignment of fill (this applies to Horizontal Box, Vertical Box and Column layouts). This is equivalent to specifying 100% above. *Warning: when a specific value is set, any margins will be in addition* to the specified value and can cause the Group Panel Control to “break out” of its parent space. Click here for further info. See also: hints and tips, understanding width.	width	Character	Yes	Yes	As per CSS width property Child: equivalent to minimum
Background	Sets the background for the entire Group Panel Control. See background properties.
Border	Specifies a border for the entire Group Panel Control. See border properties.
Margin	Margin is the space between a control and its neighbours. See margin properties.
Header:	Following properties apply to the header text
Text	Header text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Background	Header text background properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the header text box. See border properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	headerProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the header text.	headerProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Information:	Following properties apply to the information text
Text	Information text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Background	Information text background properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the information text box. See border properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	infoProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the information text.	infoProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Contents:	Following properties apply to the content area where child controls are shown as configured by the layout type property.
Height	Sets the height of the content area	contentHeight				As per CSS height property
Text	Sets the text properties for any child controls: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	contentText
Padding	Padding is the space between the content and its border. See padding and margin properties.	contentPadding
Trailer:	Following properties apply to the trailer text
Text	Trailer text properties: font, size, color, bold, italic etc. See text properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Background	Trailer text background properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Border	Border properties for the trailer text box. See border properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Padding	Padding is the space between the text and the border. See padding and margin properties.	trailerProperties .xxx
Alignment	Sets horizontal alignment for the trailer text.	trailerProperties .hAlign	Character	Yes	Yes	Click here for values. Value Fill is not supported.
Advanced Properties:
Group panel style	CSS class and inline style applied to the table used to contain group texts and content. See Advanced Properties below.	cssClass style	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Header text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the header text. See Advanced Properties below.	headerClass headerStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Info text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the information text. See Advanced Properties below.	infoClass infoStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Content style	CSS class and inline style applied to the content area. See Advanced Properties below.	contentClass contentStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter
Trailer text style	CSS class and inline style applied to the trailer text. See Advanced Properties below.	trailerClass trailerStyle	Character	Yes	Yes	As per HTML class parameter As per HTML style parameter

Html Element Properties Tab

This allows you to add element properties to the root element of the Control – see Html Element Properties for more information.

Layout Tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Layout type	Defines the layout used to lay out all child controls in the content area.	layout	Character	Yes	No
Layout properties	Shown when a layout type is specified. Click to display the styling assistant for the selected layout.

Texts Tab

Property	Description	Name¹	Type¹	Get¹	Set¹	Get/Set Values¹
Header Text	Header text	groupHeaderText	Character	Yes	Yes
Info Text	Information text	groupInfoText	Character	Yes	Yes
Trailer Text	Trailer text	groupTrailerText	Character	Yes	Yes

¹ See accessing control properties from scripts

Examples of setting properties via API based language:

controls.GROUPPANEL1.width = "1000px";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.backgroundColor = "#FFFFCC";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.headerProperties.textBold = "Bold";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.headerProperties.hAlign = "Left";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.contentText.textColor = "black";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.trailerProperties.backgroundColor = "#F0F0F0";

controls.GROUPPANEL1.cssClass = "groupClass1";

Examples of setting properties via FPL:

set GROUPPANEL1.width = '1000px';

set GROUPPANEL1.backgroundColor = '#FFFFCC';

set GROUPPANEL1.headerProperties.textBold = 'Bold';

set GROUPPANEL1.headerProperties.hAlign = 'Left';

set GROUPPANEL1.contentText.textColor = 'black';

set GROUPPANEL1.trailerProperties.backgroundColor = '#F0F0F0';

set GROUPPANEL1.cssClass = 'groupClass1';

Advanced Properties

A Group Control has three texts – header text, information text, trailer text – and these texts and any child controls are displayed in a tabular layout. Child controls are displayed in the content area between the information text and trailer text and are laid out according to the selected layout configured for the control.

The diagram below shows the advanced properties available:

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Hints and Tips

Control overflows to the right

The Group Panel Control seems to break out of the parent control space. This problem typically occurs when a left margin has been configured for the Group Panel Control. Click here for solutions to this problem.

Right Click Menu Actions

Click here for right-click menu actions available to all controls.

There are no specific right click actions for this control.

Appearance in Outline View

A Group Panel Control is shown with the control name in brackets.

For forms migrated from an Ebase version prior to Version 4.0, the original group name is shown after the control name (PROF_SERVICES in the example below); this name can be used in hide group and show group FPL commands.

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