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Zoom a detail to a floating document directly

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  • September 13, 2022
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Harm Horstman
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  • Harm Horstman
    Harm Horstman
  • Jeroen Kole
  • Freddy
    Freddy
  • mperrott
    mperrott
  • Tejo van de Bor
    Tejo van de Bor
  • Marius Korff
    Marius Korff
  • Cees-Jan Rijke
  • rbiram
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  • NickJanssen
    NickJanssen

When double clicking on a row in a detail, you now will open a new main document with that detail. Sometimes it is useful when this new document becomes floating, so one can check some data on this document and the original document.  To help the user minimise mouse clicking, we would like the document to be floating directly.

I suggest to make this option configurable in the model, so the developer can configure on a subject how the zoom action will be performed.

For now it is a hard way to model this:

for each detail one would like to have this functionality is needed:

a task containing the primary key of the subject, add it as a table task, with double click on record “on”

a process flow, with the tab task as starting point. A process action opening the document required, and a process action to filter the new document to the requested primary key

Also, the main screen type of the subject should be the zoom screen type, in order to get the result needed. One even might have to create a variant on the subject to use the right screen type.

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@Jeroen Kole We’re currently working on implementing support in Universal for the newly introduced ‘Open as’ setting for the Zoom detail Process action, which is why ​@Erik Brink changed the status to ‘Working on it’. 

However, I’m not sure if that implementation solves your request since your introduction is a bit confusing to me. To clarify:

  • Are you referring to the current capability of using double-click on the Detail tab header which opens it as a Zoom document? Then this Idea is not being worked upon. If so, could your Idea be merged with this one?
  • Or are you referring to using double-click on a record using the Process flow you describe? In that case we are simplifying that approach as you wouldn’t have to use the Open document + Filter actions, but only the Zoom detail action as discussed here: Open document (modal) as detail | Thinkwise Community

 


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Universal GUI version 2025.1.13.0 together with platform version 2025.1 offers support for the “zoomed detail” process action to open as a modal or floating popup. This logic opens the popup with the “Zoomed detail” screen type.

You can read more about that in the release notes.

This Universal GUI will officially be released on the 12th of May 2025.

@Jeroen Kole, can you please respond to the question of Arie, so we know we can close this Idea?


Arie V
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@Jeroen Kole In addition to Erik's comment on the latest Release, please know that the following combinations already support opening Detail tabs as Zoom / Modal / Floating

Zoom: Double click or Ctrl + Double click

Modal: Shift + Double click

Floating: Alt + Double click

https://community.thinkwisesoftware.com/product-updates/release-notes-universal-gui-2025-1-13-release-candidate-5986

Given these combined Short cuts and Process flow options I am not sure what additional Use Case would be covered by including a setting on Subject > Screen Type?


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  • May 12, 2025

@Erik Brink ​@Arie V The double click works fine now.

My original idea was a task, that opens a detail that is not shown. With the latest release of indicium/universal (2025.1.13) now the close button is available. Nice! This is what I will apply in the application; the shift or alt double click to open it is not needed for me.

I guess it is not to the user to decide whether a detail is opened as a zoomed document, or a modal form. I suggest the usage of a modal form is part of the functionality of a solution. Still, nice to have this possibility.

 


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That is up to you as a SF developer. Using a task tile with a process flow behind it is the best way to force the detail being opened as a modal popup.

Users have the option to do so now too, using the 2025.1.13 version of our software.

 

By that, we mark this idea being completed now.


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