Forms are screens used to enter information. Brevity enables the layout of forms to be fully customised. Note that fields must be created via the field section before they can be added to a form. Any field changes or deletions will be automatically reflected on the form.
When a table is created, the system automatically creates a basic default form.
To open the form builder, click on the Forms button from the list of table to open the list of Forms.
When viewing another list for a table (such as Fields, Views, Relationships), the Forms tab can be clicked to view the Table Forms.
From the list of forms, you can build the form by clicking on the Build Form button.
The form builder allows you to organize information on the form within sections (#2 below) and further by groups (#3 below). You can also choose to have up to three columns within a section, set when adding the section to the form.
When Creating a new Form, you need to create first a new Section. Click and drag the section into the form builder section
After dragging the section to the form builder, you need to input the section name. Input the section name and then click on the OK Button.
You need to input the number of the column for the Section. Click on the OK Button after inputting the number of column for the section.
Click and drag the Group header from the list into the section you created. Group Header holds the value of widgets, fields and foreign key of the table.
Input the Header name and then click on the OK button to create the Header
After Creating the Group Header, you can now add the Table Fields. Click and drag the fields into the Header Section.
Once you are done creating the form for the table, click on the Save Form button to create the form
If you want to rename section and header, double click on the name of the section / header. A pop up will appear on the screen. You can type the new name of the section / header and then click on the OK button to change the name of the section / header.
From the list of forms, you can set the default form that Brevity will use by clicking on the Mark Default button. If you set another form to be the default form, it will reflect the changes when you open the table in Brevity.