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Hi everyone! While so happy to have found such a great tool akin to ms access (yeah +some advantages), must confess i'm a nubie to this instrument and not a profi in html/js either.
So it would be great to have something like 'Tabbed ContentBox' or 'Tabbed Container' allowing user to save space when needed, and i've found myselft in those situations. Frankly while there's a 'ContentBox' element in the set i personally don't find it too much useful, but tabbed solution would be more helpful in building practical apps.
I see its appearance like so: tabs can be configured by user horizontally(default) and - preferrably - vertically too. Alignments: left(default), center, right. Active tab (bolded to stand out) can have configuration for bgColor and also something like tabChanged event assigned to trigger other things.
Hope in some future versions similar UI enhancement elements will be added )
Thank you

Hi,

Would it be possible for you to add a quick mockup or sketch to illustrate how you imagine it looking and working? Even a simple one would help everyone better visualise.

Sure, i have a ready made app (desktop type, built on another platform, kinda simpler ms access) where on the outer form/table we see the essential minimum fields(4): 'Current date'(its about what's happening within a day), 'StartBalance', 'EndBalance' and 'Commentary'. Now the StartBalance is essentially an EndBalance of a previous day by default, and an EndBalance is a calculation field. But two subforms: 'Income' and 'Expenditure' which are part of single record & occuring the same day, put inside a tabbed container for space organization/visual appeal.
So the we have an outer form - which should always reflect the Date and few aggregate fields, with inner forms (inside tabs) which should never obscure the Date field of a parent form (in nuBuilder we can create tabs thus dividing the form itself which is not the same as tabbed container for some of its elements).

Trying to attach a a short demo, pardon my dummy english:))

Just to clarify, is it a kind of master-detail view where the details are displayed in a popup?

Details in tabs are full crud tables - grid view for just observing the list and popup forms for adding to or editind any specific one. On the platform (dataexpress) wikipages the're described as inner/nested tables(only one level nestedness is supported, otherwise i think it much similar to subforms in nuBuilder), while the outer (main) table only lists dates with some aggregate results(sums) of the above inner tables (say income & expenses).
So its like: each day we create only one row in the main table for current date field and then the rest bulk information to be filled into its inner grids( income/expenses) while their results(sums) are shown beside the date field on the main form with the comment (textarea) field concluding.
That is to say tabbed containers really come to rescue sometimes, especially for smaller screens, otherwise the 'income/expenses' subtables would be just stacked on top of each other and float freely along other elements(objects) inside the main form

Hi uzlander_ya,

It sounds like a great idea.

How much of your own time would you be able to dedicate to help develop your idea for nuBuilder?


Steven

Hi steven, i'd love to dedicate some time/efforts to enrich the platform but currently few obstacles are: limited css/js knowledge (haven't been learning or maintaining skills for a long while) and an everyday job (not a an app-dev type), so the progress may go slow..
Not to say i'm a pessimist though, and frankly i have few other wishes for nuBuilder enhancement(mostly about styling abilities, will post on the forum) based on personal experience+views.
Love this platform,
Please give me some clue what to start with )
Thanx a lot

Hi Uzlander,

Are you also uzlander_ya?

I would suggest focusing on what you want to build.

And how you can currently do that with nuBuilder, before making too many suggestions.


Steven

you're right steven, currently i'm kina in process of substituting a platform/framework for a small app complete to my requirements (not too fancy though, an extent to which the previous tool allowed) hence i have a picture of what i want. Again many thanks to you and this forum participants for help.
-and yeah uzlander_ya is me, failed to remember the credentials working from different machines..

It just ocurred to me, perhaps in place of a tabbed container would be nicer to include an option for the form to have HEADER/FOOTERs positioned (of course) ABOVE/BELOW form's tabs division, where the user can place some arbitrary elements JUST MIRRORED(read only) from what's already inside the form. Thus we can use forms/form-tabs a bit more flexible & aesthetic way:))