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GeoffreyHarmuth's avatar
GeoffreyHarmuth
Qrew Captain
9 years ago

Increase related table sizes in forms

When I drill down into a form, there are related tables that are displayed on the form as well, but I cant seem to get the table to stretch across the screen.  Its as if each form is divided into 2 columns.  I have attached a pic.  Is there any way around this?

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Tables and fields
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    9 years ago
    On the form properties for that Report Link field, erase the Maximum height and the rows to display.
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    9 years ago
    Use the image onload technique on the parent record with a script similar to this:

    $("div.VRinDiv").css("width", "1000px");

    See the before and after screenshots of applying the script manually through the console.

    if you need help implementing this solution feel free to contact me off-world using the information in my profile.
  • SteveMcLain's avatar
    SteveMcLain
    Qrew Trainee
    8 years ago
    How would I increase the height attribute? This doesn't seem to work for me:
    $("div.VRinDiv").css("height", "450px");
    • MCFNeil's avatar
      MCFNeil
      Qrew Captain
      8 years ago
      The height automatically adjusts depending on how many rows you allow to display (via editing the form element)

      I don't think you'd want to cut a row off mid line by overriding the css for the page.
    • SteveMcLain's avatar
      SteveMcLain
      Qrew Trainee
      8 years ago
      Classic over-thinking. Thanks for sending me in the right direction. 
  • SteveMcLain's avatar
    SteveMcLain
    Qrew Trainee
    8 years ago
    This works well for the first embedded report on a form, but doesn't seem to work for the others. Is there a way to do this for every embedded report?
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    Steve,
    Are you saying that if you erase 

    Maximum height (pixels): (optional) 
    Rows to display: (leave blank for all)

    That the report does not stretch all the way across?  Or is your issue that you want the full width but not all records.
    • SteveMcLain's avatar
      SteveMcLain
      Qrew Trainee
      8 years ago
      Oh, I didn't realize that leaving those blank caused the table to increase in size like that. Interesting.  Deleting the Rows to display property did the trick. Thanks. 
    • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
      QuickBaseCoachD
      Qrew Captain
      8 years ago
      The names of those settings and the resultant behavior are non intuit-ive (I guess that QuickBase is not longer Intuit either ) .  All I know is that I hate scrolling, so I blank them out and figure that if the report is too long, I put it in a collapsible section and the user can close the section.