Field Groups

The configuration of masks and lists is organized in field groups.

A field group contains one or more field controls, i.e. the configurations of a details view, a list, a search mask etc. for the selected info area.

If you want to use your own field definitions, copy the control definition you want to modify to your configuration. For more information, see Designing Configuration Units.

For field groups you own, you can copy Details, List and Search controls from other configurations (Copy from drop-down list).

You can also extend Details and Default controls without the need to copy the parent definition to your configuration. For further details, see Extending a Control.

Depending on the field control type a control definition may consist of the following: (For details, see Field Control Types)

• fields
• sort fields (e.g. in a List control)
• panels (e.g. in a Details control)
  • a panel may be displayed as a tab or group. For further details, see Configuring Panels.
  • panels have panel attributes. For further details, see Panel Attributes.
• general attributes. For further details, see Control Attributes.
• column widths for list controls. For further details, see List control.
• field attributes. For further details, see Field Attributes.