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dbryant4891's avatar
dbryant4891
Qrew Trainee
5 years ago

Side-by-Side Sections

Would someone know where the css script would go to accomplish this?

https://community.quickbase.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=0ef86d78-0e52-4df9-a8c3-75d35a7add57&CommunityKey=d860b0f8-6a48-487b-b346-44c47a19a804&tab=digestviewer#bm0ef86d78-0e52-4df9-a8c3-75d35a7add57

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Danaya Bryant
Business Analyst
The van Halem Group
Atlanta GA
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  • I never received a reply to this...would anyone happen to know the answer to my previous question?

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    Danaya Bryant
    Business Analyst
    The van Halem Group
    Atlanta GA
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    • JustinTorrence's avatar
      JustinTorrence
      Qrew Cadet
      Danaya,
      Knowing Dan Diebold, this is very likely an onload technique solution. Quickbase has made it clear that they are going to give their best effort to eliminate the ability to inject javascript into the page, so I would not recommend using it because you won't be able to work with it for long. I have gotten something similar to this in design, but the sections won't collapse.

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      Justin Torrence
      Quickbase Expert, Jaybird Technologies
      jtorrence@jaybirdtechnologies.com
      https://www.jaybirdtechnologies.com/#community-post
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      • dbryant4891's avatar
        dbryant4891
        Qrew Trainee
        Thank you so much for replying Justin! That's a bummer.  I guess I better put on a heavy thinking cap on how to make our forms user friendly.  It's quite long with so many sections and tabs.  Not the best setup for day-to-day use.

        But thanks again.

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        Danaya Bryant
        Business Analyst
        The van Halem Group
        Atlanta GA
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    • BlakeHarrison's avatar
      BlakeHarrison
      Qrew Captain
      Actually...you can totally do this without any script. Justin's option is great, but if you need to keep the collapsible headers you can do this:

      The change I made on the form is actually pretty simple. Before the first Section Header, I inserted 2 element rows. 1st, I added a Section Header to act as a section break. Then, I added a Text Element and added <table> in the element, being sure to select HTML

      In between the 2 sections, I added 2 additional Text Elements, making sure to put them on the same row. The first is just a tag to close the first Table and the second is a tag to start a new Table ( </table> and <table>).

      Finally, at the end of the 2nd section, I added another Text Element to close out the 2nd table (</table>).

      A word of caution, though. If you accidentally select the wrong checkbox or enter the wrong tags (or forget some) the HTML on the page can get CRAZY. Thankfully, it's typically easy to fix.

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      Blake Harrison
      bharrison@datablender.io
      DataBlender - Quickbase Solution Provider
      Atlanta GA
      404.800.1702 / http://datablender.io/
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      • JustinTorrence's avatar
        JustinTorrence
        Qrew Cadet

        @Blake Harrison

        Whoa, just when you thought you've seen it all, lol. This is really creative!

        I imagine there is the potential for lots more strange behavior​, but here is something silly I noticed:



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        Justin Torrence
        Quickbase Expert, Jaybird Technologies
        jtorrence@jaybirdtechnologies.com
        https://www.jaybirdtechnologies.com/#community-post
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