Form elements: QBL v0.15

This article contains information about a QBL (Quickbase language) object. QBL objects are the supported Quickbase schema elements you see textually represented in the YAML file generated by Quickbase when you export a solution. Each object has associated properties. Supported schema may differ by QBL version.

The following table lists information about the properties of this object.

Form

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
Name	False	""	Any string
DisplayPagesAs	False	TABS	One of: Tabs, Steps
ShouldAutoAddFields	False	False	true or false
ShouldShowBuiltInFieldsFooter	False	False	true or false
AlwaysTabsForViewRecord	False	False	true or false
AllowedSaveActions	False	[]	Array of items of type: One of: SaveAndNew, SaveAndNext, SaveAndKeepWorking, SaveAndView
BotCheckModes	False	[]	Array of items of type: One of: OnCreate, OnEdit

Column

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
Title	False	""	Any string
LayoutWidth	True	-	Any integer
BackgroundColor	False	""	Any string
ShowBackgroundColor	False	False	true or false
OnlyBorderColor	False	False	true or false

Element

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
LabelOverride	False	""	Any string
LabelMode	False	DEFAULT	One of: Default, Custom, Hidden

Element field

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
LabelOverride	False	""	Any string
LabelMode	False	DEFAULT	One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
Field	True	-	Reference to Field
ForceRequireOnForm	True	-	true or false
ForceReadOnlyOnForm	True	-	true or false
Width	False	""	Any string
HelpText	False	""	Any string
ModesToShowIn	False	-	Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
FilterChoicesBy	False	Default	References: Report (Scope: named_scope), Chart (Scope: named_scope), Field (Scope: QB::Table) One of: Default, UnselectedReport, UnselectedField See nested properties
QueryId	False	""	Any string
HideMap	True	-	true or false
EntryMode	False	Default	One of: Default, Coordinates
ShouldValidate	False	False	true or false
NumberOfLines	False	0	Any integer
MultipleChoiceDisplayAs	False	DROPDOWN	One of: Dropdown, RadioButtonsVertical, RadioButtonsHorizontal, SegmentedControl
ShowBarcodeScanner	True	-	true or false

Form element group

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
LabelOverride	False	""	Any string
LabelMode	False	DEFAULT	One of: Default, Custom, Hidden

Form element report

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
LabelOverride	False	""	Any string
LabelMode	False	DEFAULT	One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
Width	False	""	Any string
Height	False	""	Any string
Report	False	""	References: Report (Scope: QB::Table), Report (Scope: solution), Chart (Scope: QB::Table), Chart (Scope: solution) Any string See nested properties
AppId	True	-	Any string
TableId	True	-	Any string
ReportId	True	-	Any string
ReportType	True	-	Any string
ModesToShowIn	False	-	Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
ShouldOpenInEmbedded	False	False	true or false
HideToolbar	False	False	true or false
AllowCreateRecords	False	True	true or false
SubForm	False	Default	References: QB::FormV2 (Scope: QB::Table), QB::FormV2 (Scope: solution) One of: Default See nested properties
FormId	True	-	Any string
ReportLinkField	True	-	References: Field (Scope: QB::Table) One of: UnselectedField
DisableSpreadsheetEdit	False	False	true or false

Form element rich text

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
LabelOverride	False	""	Any string
LabelMode	False	DEFAULT	One of: Default, Custom, Hidden
ModesToShowIn	False	-	Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
Width	False	""	Any string
Content	False	""	Any string
ShowBackgroundColor	False	False	true or false
BackgroundColor	False	""	Any string

Page

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
Name	False	""	Any string
Color	False	""	Any string

Section

Property	Required	Default	Allowed Values
Title	False	""	Any string
ModesToShowIn	False	-	Array of items of type: One of: View, Edit, Create
IsCollapsible	False	True	true or false
IsCollapsedByDefault	False	False	true or false
ShowColumnDividers	False	True	true or false