Widgets > Hints and tips

Overview

The Hints and tips Widget for Bizagi is available for download at Bizagi Widget Xchange.

Through this Widget, you will be able to display a gallery of notes which seek to guide the user when filling out a form, or notes which simply post general important information.

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Notice that such notes flip when hovered, to indicate that clicking on them displays further information, while allowing you to navigate and pass on to the previous or next bit of information:

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Before you start

In order to test and use this Widget, you will need:

1.Bizagi Studio previously installed.

2.This specific Widget previously installed, either as described at https://help.bizagi.com/platform/en/index.html?widget_xchange.htm, or as described at https://help.bizagi.com/platform/en/index.html?widgets_manualinst.htm.

Data model considerations

In order to use this Widget, you need in your data model:

•A parameter type entity, which holds the multiple records that you want to display.

•Such parameter entity being referenced by an attribute (so that you can navigate to it via Xpath).

•Two string type attributes belonging to that parameter entity: one to hold a brief title, and another for detail, description or further instructions.

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Properties configuration

In order to configure this Widget once it is installed in your project, include it in any form and set it properties in the Forms designer, just as you would do with any other type of Bizagi control.

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Consider the following properties.

PROPERTY	POSSIBLE VALUES	DEFAULT VALUE / SUGGESTED
Parameter entity	A parameter entity binded so that you can fetch from it, the list of information to display in notes.	Not applicable. This property is mandatory.
Title	A subproperty of the parameter entity definition. An attribute belonging to such entity that holds the title shown at first glance.	Not applicable. This property is mandatory.
Description	A subproperty of the parameter entity definition. An attribute belonging to such entity that holds the full detail shown when clicking a note.	Not applicable. This property is mandatory.
Sort by attribute	The attribute which defines which which information is presented first, from left to right.	None. Not applicable.
Filter expression	A filtering expression you may use so that you define a string which returns applicable values. Configured as described at https://help.bizagi.com/platform/en/index.html?filter_property.htm.	None. Not applicable.
Number of columns	The number of columns you want to use as layout to present the notes. Possible values range from 1 to 5.	5

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Notice all Bizagi controls and Widgets, enable a visible property which allows you to set if that control should be displayed in a given form or not (e.g, by using a business rule).

This Widget is designed as read-only.

For complete documentation or more information about this Widget's possibilities (e.g, if you wish to customize and extend it), refer to the information about the implemented jQuery Plugin at https://www.jqueryscript.net/layout/Google-Tips-Like-Flip-Layout-with-jQuery-CSS3-Tip-Cards.html.

Last Updated 10/28/2022 9:52:50 AM