Settings Panel Wizards

Most Settings Panel sections display a list of relevant Adaptable Objects e.g. Custom Sort or Column Formatting.

There is typically a button to create new, and buttons to edit / delete / share / suspend each existing item.

These buttons will launch Wizards - step by step UI controls designed to create Adaptable Objects intuitively.

Wizard Modules

The following Modules in the Setting Panel contain a Wizard:

• Alerts
• Calculated Column
• Charts
• Custom Sort
• Data Import
• Export
• Flashing Cells
• Format Column
• FreeText Column
• Layouts
• Named Query
• Plus Minus
• Schedule
• Shortcuts
• Styled Column

Wizard Features

Wizards contain a number of useful features including:

• vertical menu on the left naming (and numbering) each step in the process

• ability to navigate to a particular stop by clicking Ctrl (Command for Mac) and the number of the step

• option to cycle through all the steps clicking Ctrl (Command for Mac) and either + or - key

• full context-sensitive instructions and help regarding what is required in each step

• information icon displayed next to steps which require information to be provided

• if finish button is disabled, message is displayed explaining what is required to re-enable

• intuitive summary screen providing at a glance information about the object created, together with buttons to edit each section of the wizard

Hiding Delete Warnings

The Settings Panel allows users to delete AdapTable Objects (where their Entitlements allow).

Each time this happens, AdapTable will show a warning asking the user to confirm the deletion.

If this becomes tiresome for Users then there are 2 ways to hide warnings:

• design time: set disableDeleteConfirmation property in User Interface Options

• run time - click the "Do not show this again" checkbox when the first warning appears

  Caution

  • With the second option, the suspension is only active for the current session
  • It will be removed when the application re-starts

// Don't display a warning when deleting an Adaptable Object
const adaptableOptions: AdaptableOptions = {
  userInterfaceOptions: {
    disableDeleteConfirmation: true,
  },
};