Component group

TabsIcon Description

This node defines the components present in an EntityManager interface.

Runtime appearance

In the following example, the EntityManager contains two components: General and Invoices.

EntityManagerDefinition EntityManagerSectionRT
EntityManager Definition EntityManager Runtime Appearance

Properties

Category Name Value
General Code Identifier for this component group. Must be unique inside a Component group node.
Title

Title for the component group.

Icon Icon used to identify this component. Not available if this node is a direct child of a 'Tabs' group.
Component Distribution

This property determines how this group's children are displayed. Possible options are:

  • Tabs: Each component will be shown as a tab.
  • VerticalTabs: Similar to the Tabs option, but in this case the tab bar is shown as a vertical column on the left instead of a horizontal bar on top of the group.
  • Cards: Components will be shown as cards in the UI. In K2BTools 13.0 and earlier, this option was called "Table".
  • LinkList: A list of all components will be shown in runtime. When the end user clicks on a component it will be shown in a popup screen.

For more information see Using Component Group in Entity Manager

Tabs Tab Code Included In URL Determines if the tab code will be included in the URL.
Tab Class Determines the class used to generate the tabs control.
Table Component Grouping

This property determines how this group's children are grouped.

In K2BTools 13.0 and earlier, this property was called "Table Grouping"

Responsive Sizes

Determines the layout of the items contained in this control according to the screen size of the device used in runtime. For more information, see Introduction to Responsive Web Design and Responsive Sizes Properties.

Table Element Collapsible Determines if the component will be collapsible in runtime. See Collapsible property for details.
Start Collapsed Determines if the component will be collapsed by default in runtime.See Start collapsed property for details.
Component Position Position of this component relative to the previous component.

Child nodes

WebFormIcon General WebFormIcon SubWorkWith WebFormIcon ParallelTransaction
WebFormIcon UserDefined