Configuring controls
Improve the presentation of your user interface by configuring out-of-the-box
controls. By adjusting options such as visibility, helper text, or on-click behavior, you
can adapt the controls to the needs of your business, and build a cleaner, more intuitive
user experience.
Copying, moving, or deleting a control
You can use basic Windows operations to speed the development of your controls.
Defining the behavior of a control
Ensure that users see and complete only the fields that are relevant to their work by defining the rules that govern the behavior of controls.
Managing editing options for controls
Control the data in your application by defining the conditions in which users can input new information. You can configure a control to be fully editable, fully non-editable (read-only), or to switch to a read-only mode under specific circumstances.
Selecting the property reference for a control
Select a property for the control to determine the data type to include in the list that an application user sees. At run time, the user selects one or more values from the list.
Automating source synchronization in controls
Improve the maintainability of your application by defining sources for the values that populate user interface controls. When you tie a control to a list source, the values in the control change automatically to reflect the state of the source, which saves development time.
Adding text to controls
Ensure that users fill in the forms in an application correctly by supplying brief instructions. Provide additional information for users through labels, helper text, and placeholders that appear on controls.
Adding actions to a control
Determine how a control behaves when the user interacts with it. By creating action sets, you can link a specific user behavior (an event) to a desired outcome of that behavior (action).
Adding icons to controls
Make the buttons and links easier to see and the user interface more intuitive by adding icons to controls in your application. Icons provide a familiar graphical representation of the action that a control triggers.
Styling controls at run time
You can style many types of controls at run time in App Studio , rather than switching to Dev Studio and modifying the application skin. For example, for drop-down controls, you can specify text color, background fill and color, and border width and color. When you style controls directly in App Studio , you can save development time and reduce maintenance work.
Adding custom attributes for version 1 DX API to auto-generated controls
Improve the flexibility of application development and increase control over UI components by adding custom attributes for version 1 Pega Digital Experience (DX) API to auto-generated controls, such as buttons or text input controls.
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