Dialog Editor

Using the Dialog Editor

To build a dialog box, the user drags and drops elements from the palette to the structure pane into position within the dialog definition hierarchy.

Once the desired structure is completed, the user clicks Save, at the top of the render pane.

Creating a New Dialog

To create a dialog box, select the required component, click Create… and then Create Dialog….

Enter the required details then click Save All - now you can double-click the dialog so it opens with the editor.

Using the Dialog Editor for Scaffolds

A scaffold is a special page containing a form that can be filled in and submitted in one step. This lets you rapidly create a page using the content entered.

The form that makes up a scaffold is defined by a dialog definition, just like a normal dialog, though it appears on the scaffolding page in a different form. Because dialog definitions are used to define scaffolds, scaffolds can be designed using the dialog editor. When using the dialog editor in this fashion, the render pane still displays the dialog definition in the form of a dialog box not as a scaffold.

See Scaffolding for more information on using the dialog editor to create scaffolds.