Introduction
Using the Universal GUI in multiple browser tabs can be really powerful. For example to make use of multiple monitors or not to clog the 'Open documents' when you want to open multiple rows of the same subject.
When using a html field that points to a deeplink proces flow, it is already possible to make a clickable link in the grid to open a subject row in a new window. This is beneficial over double-click tasks because it works with a single click and it shows as a hyperlink making it intuitive for the user. However there are a few things that could be improved.
Suggestions
1. Make the title of the website page dynamically and configurable per subject. For example as default I want to use 'subject_name lookup_field' (Product P65434), but for subjects that have a recognisable name I just want to use 'lookup_field' (PO-32423). This would also be very useful for floating-documents.
Optional:
-Make it possible to include the application name.
-Make it possible to use the tab icon as page icon.
-Use a similar configuration to show the title in 'Open documents' (Open document title in combination with lookup | Thinkwise Community (thinkwisesoftware.com)).
2. Make it possible to use html fields as a lookup field for foreign keys.
Currently it doesn't work when the lookup field of a table is a html field (even when the reference field in the target table also is a html field). The only way around this seems by using an extra html expression field in the list and the just the actual lookup field in the form (but this limits the use of add/edit in grid).
3. For proces flow action ‘Open document’, add an extra option to open as a new browser tab page.
4. Make it easier to setup html links (this could probably be done already with dynamic code): Add a checkbox to a table column to enable ‘link to page’. When this is enabled for one or more columns in a table (or variant), in the background a process flow should be created to open the document (form) as a deeplink. Another effect of this checkbox should be that the enabled column should be displayed as a html link that points to the process flow deeplink on the same server/application.
An alternative (in combination with suggestion 3) could be to add a single-click option to tasks. This should underline the single-click-field and show it as a hyperlink so the mouse cursor is changed making it more intuitive for a user).
Screenshot
Example expression field lookup that links to the source table in a new browser tab.
