Form definition

Forms are used for content entry. Forms contain tabs that in turn contain fields. Form content is submitted by executing a form action.  You can define a form in a  dialog  and in the editor component of a detail subapp.

Class: ConfiguredFormDefinition

Here is a form in the detail subapp of the Contacts app .

Here's the rendered form.

Properties:

• actions
  • <action name>: Reference to an action definition that submits the form. The value is the name of the action definition node.
• form
  • tabs
    
    • <tab name>: See Tab definition.
      • fields
        
        • <field name>
  • description: Help text displayed when the user clicks the info button. Optional.
  • i18nBasename: Message bundle for localized labels. The bundle can be defined at dialog, form, tab or field level. Optional.
  • label: 
    Field label displayed to editors. The value can be literal such as Product name or retrieved from the message bundle with a key such as products.product.label. Use alphanumeric characters in literal values.
  • name: Name of the form. Optional.