Designing Forms
You can design a custom form for an artifact. The custom form is applicable to all child artifacts.
To design forms, follow these steps:
- In the Specification Templates Workspace pane, click an artifact.
- Click the Form Designer tab.
- Data Items: This pane displays the available UI elements
- Properties: This pane displays the properties of the selected UI element in the form designing space
- Double-click, or drag and drop an UI elements from the Data Items pane to the designing space.
- Select a UI element in the designing space to view and configure their properties in the Properties pane.
- Draft
- Ready for review
- Approved
- Also, you can:
- Click
to view form properties
- Click
for preview
- Click
- Click
.
- Double-click, or drag and drop the Radio Button icon from Data Items to the space provided to design the form.
- Click the cell containing Option 1.
- Double-click the Value cell corresponding to Label and edit it to change the Label.
- Click
against the List to edit radio options.
- Double-click Option 1 and edit it. Similarly, to edit Option 2 text in the form double-click Option 2.
- Click
to add more options.
- Double-click the cells to enter the option.
- Click
.
- Click
.

From this page, you can access the following panes:

The properties differ based on the UI element you select.
Refer to the following table for property descriptions:
Property | Description |
---|---|
Name | Specifies the name of the form field. For example, combobox260. You can change it as per your requirements. |
Label | Specifies the display name of the filed. For example, Status. |
Type | Specifies the type of form field. For example, Combo Box. Double-click the corresponding value cell to select an option. |
Visible | Specifies whether the field is visible on the form. Select the Visible check box to make the field visible on the form. |
Enabled | Specifies whether the field is available on the form. Select the Enabled check box to enable the field on the form. |
Mandatory | Specifies whether the field is mandatory on the form. Select the Mandatory check box to make the field mandatory on the form. |
Control Width | Specifies the width of the control option. For example, 95%. Double-click the corresponding value cell to change it. |
Label Style | Specifies the label's text style of the field. Click |
Control Style | Specifies the text style in the input field. Click |
Default Value | Specifies the default value of the field. For example, Draft. Double-click the corresponding value cell to change it. |
List | Specifies the list of values applicable for this field. For example: Click |
The Master Template Option is saved.
To understand designing forms, for example, follow the steps to add and configure a radio button:

You can view the properties of the data item.
For example, we changed it to Gender and the form appears as shown below.

We edited Option 1 text and Option 2 text and entered Male, and Female respectively.

One row is added.

The options in the form are modified.
The Master Template Option is saved.
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