Source Items (Tree View) to display correct children order

Submitted by ethanrox on 2016/10/30 14:44
Have been discovering the uses of Tree View lately.

One thing that bugs me is that the children are not displayed in the correct order for the parent.
 
I thought it was due to sorting, but turning it off, no Source Bar or Group bar either - the items still display in an order which I cannot change for long (refreshing the grid takes them back at their wrong places)
 
Hope it's clear.

Properties Pane Grids section - enable ordering and field adding

Submitted by jimspoon on 2016/10/30 05:24
Would it be useful to enable adding and ordering of columns in the Grids section of the Properties pane?
 
The vertical position of the field names in the Grids section would correspond to the left-right position of the columns in the grid.  Alt+up/down keys could be used to quickly change this ordering.
 
An "Add Column" ... cell could be added in the list of columns for each grid.   Typing in this cell could activate a dropbown box containing the names of all fields, "filter as you type".  Once a field is entered in this box, the alt+up/down could be used to place the column in the desired location.
 

Conditional Formatting - Capital Letters not Accepted in Criteria (& Online Help File is Missing an Image)

Submitted by viking on 2016/10/30 03:51
Here is one way of how to reproduce my issue:
 
1. In a new file with sample data, add the Notes column to the Welcome Grid.
2. For the "Item" Field Properties, add conditional formatting:
        Criteria: [Notes]="work"
        Formats: BackColor=&H00FFFF
3. Close and reopen the Welcome Grid
4. Type work in the Notes column for an item => Item gets yellow highlights as it should.
 
Now edit the Criteria to [Notes]="Work" (capital W)
3. Close and reopen the Welcome Grid
4. Type Work in the Notes column for an item => Item does not get yellow highlights as it should.

field is still highlighted in blue and underlined after grid of same name has been deleted

Submitted by jimspoon on 2016/10/30 03:44
I created a grid with the same name as a field.  Later I deleted that grid.  Afterwards, in the All Fields list in the Properties Pane, that field name was still highlighted in blue and underlined.  Refreshing the view did not remove the blue color and underline (to reflect that there was no longer any grid of the same name).  The blue color and underline was removed after a program restart.

Manage Forms dialog - better support for keyboard operations

Submitted by jimspoon on 2016/10/30 02:18
 i've been experimenting with the Manage Forms dialog.  It works fine if you use the mouse, but I think it needs better support for keyboard operations, as follows:
 
no support for navigating forms/fields with keyboard, except for up/down
no way to deactivate "auto-edit" mode
ctrl+right does not expand a form to show its fields
ctrl+left does not move highlight to form name and collapse the form
Esc key does not undo changes to form name or field name - the only way to restore the previous form name or field name is to use cancel button to exit Manage Forms dialog
alt+down does not expand field name dropdown box
field name dropdown box should "filter as you type"