The width field

Overrides the default width of a control and specifies how wide it will be displayed in the form.

Usage

<parent-control
    em-units
/>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
em-units (required)	The specified width of the parent control, in em units.

Remarks

width is optional but available for all controls.

Takes only integer values of em units, with a required space between the value and the unit: width="integerem".

If you set an explicit width on a control inside a table control's row template, you are overriding the default width of the entire column that the control will be displayed in.

widthSample.fls.xml

...
<table id="tableTable"
  recordset='{SELECT r.words, r.word_series
            FROM randomWord r}' record="t">
  <row>
    <cell>
      <textview text='{t.word_series}'
        width="2 em"/>
    </cell>
    <cell>
      <textview text='{t.words}'/>
    </cell>
  </row>
</table>
...

Figure 264. The width declared for any of the controls in a row control sets the display width for the column

Sample

widthSample.fls.xml

<form id='widthSample'
  menuName='Declaring width'
  platforms='web'
  xmlns='http://schemas.mobilengine.com/fls/v1'>
  <textbox label='No width declared'
    text='Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and Jack.'
    lines='3'/>
  <textbox label='width is 20 em'
    width='20 em'
    text='Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and Jack.'
    lines='2'/>
</form>

The same input rendered in a default-width textbox, and a textbox with an explicitly set width

Because none of the controls in the form above has an identifier, a workflow script running in the Mobilengine Cloud would only be able to access the metadata of its submission.

Related links

The validator element

System parameters

Developer Documentation

Controls overview

The width field