I keep having real problems with data cards in a detail form not doing what I tell them.
And it is really inconsistent - some behave, some don't
I have a very simple SharePoint list but with a very big number of columns that I am using as data source for a canvas app.
I have tried using the wizard to build the app based on the data source and I have tried adding the data source by hand to a blank app but I get exactly the same problems.
Because I have so many columns but most have a short title and a small piece of data (like, "Viewers" = 6) I want to shuffle the data cards up to make more space.
I am designing for phone so the default width is 640. A very few of the columns (like comments) are bigger so I am leaving .width = 640 but for most I have set .width = 320
By default most of the data cards I added have .height = 103. I have tried changing these but whatever I change them to they all revert back to 103
Other data cards by default have .height = 73 (And don't display the data). I can change these to any height I like and they stay there and if I set them to over 100 they display data. So I have set all of them to 103
Now to try and position them where I want ...
DataCard1 .x = 0, .y = 0 - fine!
DataCard2 .x = 0, .y = 103. I change those to .x =320, .y = 0 and it happily displays alongside DataCard1 as I would expect
DataCard3 .x = 0, .y = 206. I change those to .x = 0, .y = 103 and it displays just below DataCard1, just as I want and expect
Now it gets tricky!
DataCard4 .x = 0, .y = 309. I change those to .x = 320, .y = 103. I would expect that to display alongside DataCard3 and below DataCard2.
But instead it sets itself to .x = 0, .y = 2060 and disappears to the very bottom of the form. Setting .x and .y to any other figure have no effect. I can get it back up the form to any level I like by drag and drop. But it always has .x = 0 As soon as I change that it disappears back to the bottom of the form.
What on earth is going on??!?!?!?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Guy
I think you might benefit from using multiple edit forms on the same screen. I often break up my content into different forms if they require odd sizes.
I used to try and fight with the auto positioning and sizes and whatnot. I started to lose my mind until I just started putting it separate forms.
Then for the submit formula, you use something like this:
Patch(
CheckRequest,
Defaults(CheckRequest),
Form1.Updates,
Form1_1.Updates,
Form1_2.Updates,
EditForm1.Updates);
Navigate(ScreenSuccess)
Thank you for the idea notj but isn't it just a bit rubbish to have to use such a complicated work around for something that should be so simple?
@GuyBoswell If you've worked with Microsoft a lot over the years, you should probably be used to it by now.
Sure, you would think just resizing some controls shouldn't be an issue. I agree. But unfortunately, it is. It's a huge pain point and you'll find similar workarounds suggested all over these forums.
When I think about how much time and effort goes into getting a single form with lots of controls to play nice, or 3-5 forms with a handful of controls each, I much prefer the second avenue.
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