Repeating Section control
The Repeating Section control can contain a set of other controls, and allows a user of the form to insert multiple instances (rows) of the set as required. A typical use is an expenses form where each row is an expense item.
List of controls supported within this controlNote: When added to a Repeating Section control, child controls are connected to the Repeating Section control and thus cannot be connected to SharePoint columns or fields.
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Attachments control (one or more per row)
Note: The Default control setting for the Attachments control is not supported when used within a Repeating Section control.
- Border control
- Calculated Value control
- Choice control
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The value stored for a Date/Time control within a Repeating Section control is culture invariant (using Microsoft.Net CultureInfo.InvariantCulture format). Example: 08/26/2016 15:20:00.
- Image control
- Label control
- List Lookup control
- Multi Line Textbox control (without rich text formatting in edit mode)
- Panel control
- People control
- Repeating Section control
- Rich Text control
- Single Line Textbox control
- SQL Request control
- Web Request control
- Yes/No control
Control settings
Following are the fields and options visible in the control settings dialog box for this form control.
Note: Several settings allow selection of Yes, No, or Expression. Selecting Expression allows you to construct a formula from reference tokens and functions. The expression must resolve to a Yes/No value at runtime to be valid. If the expression does not resolve to a Yes/No value, it will revert to the default.
Note: For information about the control properties tab in the Nintex Forms ribbon, see Control properties tab.
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General |
Name |
The name of the control. The name is used for comparison validation and other control references. |
Yes |
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Title (Responsive Forms Designer only) |
Title of the control. The title is displayed as the label for the control. |
Yes |
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Description (Responsive Forms Designer only) |
Description of the control. The description displays additional information or instructions for the control. |
Yes |
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Connected to |
The field to bind the input control to. For more information, see Connect controls to fields. |
Yes |
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Text for add row icon |
The text for add row item. |
Yes |
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Default rows |
The default number of rows to be displayed. |
Yes |
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Minimum rows |
The minimum number of rows to be displayed. |
Yes |
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Maximum rows |
The maximum number of rows to be displayed. |
Yes |
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Appearance |
Visible |
Hide or show the control at runtime. |
Yes |
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Prevent add/delete in new/edit mode |
Hides the add/delete links in new and edit mode. Select Yes to remove the ability to add or delete a new row to the repeating section in new and edit mode. Expressions may be used to allow a row to be added or deleted only in new mode, and not edit mode, or vice versa. |
No |
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Formatting (Classic Forms Designer only) |
Item CSS class |
The CSS item to apply to the item. |
No |
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Alternate item CSS class |
The CSS class to apply to every alternate item (row). |
No |
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CSS class |
The CSS class to apply to the control. This is used to apply advanced styling options. The Custom CSS class is defined in Form Settings (refer to Form and Layout settings). |
No |
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Border |
Draws a line along the select border of the control. |
No |
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Border Style |
The style of the border. |
No |
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Border Width (Pixels) |
The width of the border in pixels. |
No |
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Border Color |
The color of the border. This can either be a HEX code or a named color that is supported by html. |
No |