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Form elements: QBL v0.8

This article contains information about a QBL (Quickbase language) object. QBL objects are the supported Quickbase schema elements you see textually represented in the YAML file generated by Quickbase when you export a solution. Each object has associated properties. Supported schema may differ by QBL version.

The following table lists information about the properties of this object. 

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Form

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
Name False "" Any string
DisplayPagesAs False Tabs One of: Tabs, Steps
ShouldAutoAddFields False False true or false
ShouldShowBuiltInFieldsFooter False False true or false
AlwaysTabsForViewRecord False False true or false
AllowedSaveActions False [] Array of items of type: One of: SaveAndNew, SaveAndNext, SaveAndKeepWorking, SaveAndView

Column

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
Title False "" Any string
LayoutWidth True   Any integer
BackgroundColor False "" Any string
ShowBackgroundColor False False true or false
OnlyBorderColor False False true or false

Element

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
LabelOverride False "" Any string
LabelMode False Default One of: Default, Custom, Hidden

Element field

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
LabelOverride False "" Any string
LabelMode False Default One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
Field True    
ForceRequireOnForm True   true or false
ForceReadOnlyOnForm True   true or false
Width False "" Any string
HelpText False "" Any string
ModesToShowIn False   Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
FilterChoicesBy False Default References:
  • Field - Scope: QB::Table
  • Report - Scope: Solution
  • Report - Scope: QB::Table
  • Chart - Scope: Solution
  • Chart - Scope: QB::Table
One of: Default, UnselectedReport, UnselectedField
HideMap True   true or false
EntryMode False Default One of: Default, Coordinates
ShouldValidate False False true or false
NumberOfLines False 0 Any integer
MultipleChoiceDisplayAs False Dropdown One of: Dropdown, RadioButtonsVertical, RadioButtonsHorizontal, SegmentedControl

Form element group

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
LabelOverride False "" Any string
LabelMode False Default One of: Default, Custom, Hidden

Form element report

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
LabelOverride False "" Any string
LabelMode False Default One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
Width False "" Any string
Height False "" Any string
Report False "" References:
  • Report - Scope: QB::Table
  • Report - Scope: solution
  • Chart - Scope: QB::Table
  • Chart - Scope: solution
Any string
ModesToShowIn False   Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
ShouldOpenInEmbedded False False true or false
HideToolbar False False true or false
AllowCreateRecords False True true or false
SubForm False Default References:
  • QB::FormV2 - Scope: QB::Table
  • QB::FormV2 - Scope: solution
One of: Default
ReportLinkField True   References:
  • Field - Scope: QB::Table
One of: UnselectedField

Form element rich text

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
LabelOverride False "" Any string
LabelMode False Default One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
ModesToShowIn False   Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
Width False "" Any string
Content False "" Any string
ShowBackgroundColor False False true or false
BackgroundColor False "" Any string

Page

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
Name False "" Any string
Color False "" Any string

Section

Property Name Required Default Allowed Values
Title False "" Any string
ModesToShowIn False   Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
IsCollapsible False True true or false
IsCollapsedByDefault False False true or false
ShowColumnDividers False True true or false
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