Weird Glitch with Form Rule to show/hide tab(s) within a section....

Question

Has anyone else experienced this? And, if so, did you/how did you fix it?Scenario:

Three tabs within a section in a form.
Three rules to show/hide the tabs based on a selection in "type of request".

Problem:

First two tabs show/hide tabs (and the fields in the tab) correctly with no issues.

Third tab shows the tab, but doesn't show the fields within the tab until I click on the tab.

Troubleshooting I've done so far...

If I swap the third tab/fields in the form element order, it will display correctly. I re-arranged the form elements and it is always the third tab/rule that has the issue.&nbsp;
I tried adding the fields into the rule, so show tab, show field, show field, show field..., but that didn't change anything.

I am stumped. Thanks in advance for any suggestions/help.------------------------------Sherry Blackburn------------------------------

markshnier__you · Answer

The contents of a Tab never show until you click on the Tab. The exception is the first Tab on the form which will default to be "clicked open" when the record is first viewed or edited.

That is normal behavior.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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sherryblackbur1 · Answer

That's what I thought too. But, then why are both tab 1 and tab 2 displaying the fields, but tab 3 requires clicking?------------------------------Sherry Blackburn------------------------------

laurathacker · Answer

This is a glitch that Quickbase are "aware" of since March... but have not fixed yet. I submitted this and this is the response Quickbase have given me:
"I've gone ahead and tied this case to the current escalation/Bug ID:QBE012001. An escalation is how we track problems and bugs that are being worked on. You will be notified automatically once we have an update on the status of this escalation or when a fix is released."

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Laura Thacker (IDS)
laura@intelligentdbs.com
(626) 771 0454
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renejamis1 · Answer

I didn't seem to find the "Fix" to this in the posts I looked at so I thought I'd provide some Intell/Obervations/My fix here.My Use Case:
Section 1Element1, Element2Section 2Lots of ElementsSection 35 Checkboxes5 TabsVarying # of elements per [Tab]_______________________Problem Was:In "Add" mode, &amp; edit if I specific conditions occurred, the following occurred.Tab1 elements were always visible, even though form rule1 was:When&nbsp;chkbox1 = checked&nbsp;Show&nbsp;[Tab1] - In "Add" all fields are blank (Unchecked).&nbsp; In theory, that rule should supersede the [Tab1] "clicked open" default behavior mentioned by Mark Shnier.&nbsp; That default behavior is clearly not limited to [Tab1] as posted by Sherry Blackburn.&nbsp; I can confirm the 1st 2 [Tabs] exhibit this behavior (Glitch1)The ONLY fix to having all elements for Tabs exceeding 2 is to write rules that Show every element in the [Tab].&nbsp;&nbsp;In my case, and perhaps for others, I don't want [Tab1] to be shown by default when the form was opened in "Add", or edit if the project [Form] was not truly going to be started (i.e. Only a proof of concept project).In order for no [Tabs] to be shown by default, I created a new [Tab1] that has no Label and created a rule that would never evaluate as True.&nbsp; Referencing the top of this post that looks like this:In Section1When&nbsp; multiple conditions are true&nbsp; &nbsp;All&nbsp; &nbsp; Element1&nbsp; is equal to blank&nbsp; &nbsp; Element1&nbsp; is not equal to blank&nbsp; &nbsp;Show [Tab] (This is now Tab1.My guess is the function that controls the creation/displaying/setting focus to [Tabs] has code that limits those behaviors.Hope this helps someone and provides some intell on what's goiung on with Tabs.------------------------------Rene Jamis------------------------------

johncrosland · Answer

If you only have one tab and try to hide it then the name of the tab will be hidden but the underlying elements will appear. I'd recommend creating another tab, and then I think you can hide both.------------------------------John Crosland------------------------------

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