Changing the screen layout

You can adjust several aspects of the screen layout according to your own preferences.

Adjusting list views

You can change the default appearance and behavior of individual list views, including the column order, sort order, and which columns are visible. Changes to list views are stored as user settings, and remain in effect until you change or reset them.

Change list view column order

About this task

You can change the order in which columns appear in a particular list view.

Procedure

  1. Click and hold the left mouse button on the heading of the column that you want to move.
  2. Drag the mouse pointer across the other column headings until it is between the two columns where you want to place the moved column.
    If it is valid to move the column there, the column turns from gray to highlighted.

  3. Release the mouse button.

Change list view column widths

About this task

You can resize a list view column to make it wider or narrower than it currently is. This change remains in effect until you reset customized columns.

Procedure

  1. Position the mouse pointer over the left or right border of the column heading. The pointer turns into a double arrowhead .
  2. Drag the column border to the new width.

Sort list views

About this task

You can change the column on which a list view is sorted, and also the sorting direction. You can sort on only one column at a time.

Procedure

Click the heading of a column to sort the list view on that column.
  • To sort a list view on a particular column, click the column heading.
  • To change the sort direction of a list view column, click the up or down arrow on the heading of the column on which the list is currently sorted:

Results

The up or down arrow is highlighted, indicating the direction in which the list is sorted.

Hide and show columns in a list view

About this task

You can change which columns appear in a list view.

Procedure

  1. At the right edge of the list view toolbar or title row, click Columns .
  2. In the drop-down list, click the columns that you want to change:
    • To hide a column, clear the check box for the column.
    • To show a column, set the check box for the column.

Arrange list view rows into groups

When multiple rows in a list view have the same value for a particular column, you can arrange them to be listed together in a group.

About this task

Each group appears in the list view under a new heading row for the common value. For example, if you have a list of activities, you can group them by their values in the Due Date column. The related activities are then listed together under a heading for each due date.

The following example shows rows grouped by Due Date.



To collapse or expand a group, click the up arrow or down arrow next to the group name.

You can group a list view only by one column at a time.

Procedure

  1. At the right edge of the list view toolbar or title row, click Columns .
  2. In the drop-down list of columns, click Group/Ungroup next to the column on which to base the group.
    If the list view is already grouped by that column, then clicking Group/Ungroup disables the grouping.

Reset list view columns

Restore the appearance and behavior of list views to the default settings.

About this task

If you have changed any list view columns, those changes will be reset. Resetting list view columns applies to all list views in the application.

Procedure

  1. At the right edge of the list view toolbar or title row, click Columns .
  2. In the drop-down list, click Reset Customized Columns.

Disable list view customization

Set the disableUserCustomization property to prevent users from making changes to the appearance and behavior of a particular list view.

About this task

When customization is disabled, users will not be able to make changes to the list view, including changing the column order, sort order, and which columns are visible. You must disable customization on each relevant list view. There is no global setting to disable list view customization for the entire application.

You can disable customization on a ListViewInput or a ListViewPanel widget. In most situations, list view customization is enabled by default. However, in some configurations such as a ListViewInput defined inside of an InputColumn, customization may be disabled by default. If desired, you can then edit the list view and change the property setting.

Procedure

  1. In Guidewire Studio, open the PCF file containing the list view.
  2. Click the list view widget.
  3. In the Properties tool window, set the disableUserCustomization property to true.

Change the sidebar width

About this task

You can resize the sidebar to made it wider or narrower than it currently is. This change remains in effect until you log out.

Procedure

  1. Position the mouse pointer over the right border of the sidebar. The pointer turns into a double arrowhead .
  2. Drag the sidebar border to the new width.