Property Groups
Working with Property Groups
Property Groups are page elements that display the properties of the object in question. They are used on Index Pages, such as within an Accordion, or Table, or in Object Pages.
There are two ways you can enter Property Groups into your pages:
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By using the Empty Group option
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By using the From CM Panel option.
The Empty Group option creates one group within the page and then you can choose which of the object's properties to display within it - nothing is selected for you by default
The From CM Panel option allows you to choose a group based on one of the Panes in the object's properties, such as General, and automatically selects all the properties within that Pane to be displayed in the group.
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When inserting a Property Group, we recommend you only display a small number of properties in any particular group - |
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Property Group Layouts
When you insert a Property Group there is a Layout setting which determines how the content within the group is displayed.
Certain layouts only work with certain types of properties. Please use the Property Group Layout Table to see which layout to use when.
Property Groups and Tables
The Property Group feature is also used when configuring a Table to specify which properties you want to be displayed as columns in the Table. The details for using Property Groups in this way are included in the instructions for creating a Table. See Working with Tables for further information.
What do you want to do?
Insert a Property Group on an Object Page
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If you use Tabs on your Object Page you can only insert a Property Group beneath a Tab node. |
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To insert a Property Group on an Object Page:
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Expand the node for the Object Page you want to add the Property Group to
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Right-click the node (Tab or Object Type) you want to add the Property Group to and choose
New Property Group > Empty Group, or New Property Group > From CM Panel > [Group Name]
See the beginning of this page for explanations of each option.
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Configure the Property Group settings:
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Use Property Group Name to specify the name of the group as it is displayed in the web page.
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The Identifier setting holds a unique identifier for the Property Group. You should have no reason to change this setting.
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Use Layout to specify which layout to apply to your Property Group.
See Property Group Layouts for explanations of each layout type.
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Use Selected Properties to specify all the properties that will be displayed in the Property Group.
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Save your Site.
The Index Page's properties are saved.
Insert a Property Group inside an Index Page Accordion
To insert a Property Group inside an Index Page Accordion:
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Expand the node for the Index Page you want to add the Property Group to
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Right-click the node that is two steps above the Accordion you want the Property Group to be displayed in and choose
New Property Group > Empty Group, or New Property Group > From CM Panel > [Group Name]
See the beginning of this page for explanations of each option
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Configure the Property Group settings:
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Use Property Group Name to specify the name of the group as it is displayed in the web page.
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The Identifier setting holds a unique identifier for the Property Group. You should have no reason to change this setting.
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Use Layout to specify which layout to apply to your Property Group.
See Property Group Layouts for explanations of each layout type.
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Use Selected Properties to specify all the properties that will be displayed in the Property Group.
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Remember, we recommend only using a small number of properties in any one group. |
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Save your Site.
The Index Page's properties are saved.