3.4. Edit a form template

The features described in this section can be accessed with the Customer Account Manager and Workspace Administrator role.

3.4.1. Input the data

DocBook elements are characterized to associate specific behaviors (via attributes and associated values) with forms.

The WXE editor offers a menu Form fields which allows you to create and customize form templates without any special knowledge of the DocBook standard.

The menu is made up of three sub-menus, each with a group of buttons presented in the following sections:

3.4.1.1. Inline

This menu allows you to create inline elements in a form.

Button

Editing

Operator interface

Simple text

Date

Number

Check box

E-mail

Signature

Click on the link to open the dedicated area and sign it.
3.4.1.2. Contents

Use this menu to create block elements in a form.

Button

Editing

Operator interface

Selection (drop-down list)

Radio buttons

Multi-line text

For untitled elements, attach the introductory text to the element with the role=label.

Rich text

Dynamic List

To add a list item, place the cursor in the input field of the existing item, press the Enter key twice on the keyboard.

Multi-choice

Image

Checkbox with label

To edit the label content, select the element, place the desired content in the annotations attribute.

Optional section
3.4.1.3. Variant content

This menu allows you to create structure elements with alternative content in a form.

Button

Editing

Operator interface

Variant section (alternative)

The default alternative chosen in the form must have the same value of the remap than the parent section.

Figure with alternative title

The default alternative chosen in the form must have the same value of the remap than the parent section.

Variant Figure

The default alternative chosen in the form must have the same value of the remap than the parent section.

3.4.1.4. Customize the structure

Below you will find the modus operandi for some customizations of the elements for specific use and rendering in a form.

Modification

Editing

User interface

Reference list

To limit maintenance and reduce documents, it is better to refer to a list rather than duplicate it.

Give the list an identifier:

Insert a simple paragraph where you want to duplicate the list. Select it. Value the remap = [Reference List Identifier] and the role=listref.

The rendering is identical to the drop-down list.

Duplicable elements

A duplicable element can be duplicated in the same form.

Value the role=duplicable.

This applies to sections:

to table rows:

to items of bulleted lists:

For adding a bullet before the model, value the remap =addbefore.

3.4.1.4.1. To make a field compulsory

The entry of a value can be made compulsory by giving the value compulsory to the condition attribute of the control in question

The control is bordered in red as long as it is empty

When sending information, a message explains that the necessary values are missing
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