Go To"" button in a form
I was wondering if it is possible to add a button on a form that would take you to a specific Section on the form. I know this may sound like laziness (i.e., can't you just scroll to the Section?), ...
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btw, at the recent EMPOWER Users group meeting in Chicago, QuickBase announced their intentions to have tabbed Forms. No specific time frame but "soonish". Basically a way to indicate in a form that certain Sections should appear as tabs at the top, so as to not have to scroll way down on long forms. So that would probably eliminate the need for this work-a round. But until then this technique is useful for long forms.
- Both of these solutions create problems between Full Site and Mobile views...
1.) As fore warned, TABS are not supported on the Mobile interface but
WARNING: A TAB will stop the display in its tracks so they're not just "not supported" , using them prohibits Mobile access to that information all together. Would be better if the Tabs were just ignored in the Mobile view vs. putting the brakes on the display.
2.) The JUMP/ANCHOR solution (at least on a Windows 7 P/C Operating System) leaves me with a different problem.
It does work, BUT the JUMP actually takes you 5 rows below where it is inserted (again this is Windows 7 displayed on a Vizio monitor) so you may have to adjust where you insert it on the form to actually land on target, BUT it works perfectly on the Mobile view so if you make the adjustment for the Full Site view, it throws off the Mobile view.
Obviously I need to update to Windows 10 but has anyone encountered this problem or is this just my "rookie" status? - Dona,
I find that I need to play around with the placement of the Anchor to get close to where I want to be on the form. It's not your "rookie" status. It's sort of finicky and you just try to get close. - That's not the core problem...it's the incompatibility between Full Site and Mobile of the two options that is the problem. Is this worth opening a Support Ticket or just wait on the next release sort of thing?
- Dona,
Just to be very clear,
You are saying that the jump to a spot on the form works inconsistently between where it jumps to on mobile and where it jumps to on Desktop view? That is your issue.
I do have an inside contact at Quick Base who is now soliciting feedback from certain users on Mobile issues, as they are in fact working hard on Mobile improvements.
I can pass on your comment too that inside person once I am crystal clear what the issue is. - That is exactly the issue! I have an iPhone(iOS10-haven't upgraded to iOS11 yet).
On the mobile app. the Jump lands exactly on the Anchor(target) but on the Desktop view, the Jump lands 5 rows off the Anchor(target).
Additionally,as mentioned initially, if you use the newly implemented Tabs feature, which works beautifully on the desktop view, the Mobile app stops you dead in the water.
The result of these problems leaves Users scrolling endlessly.
Thank you for responding so quickly and yes,please do reach out to your contact!
Cheers! d2
