Re: Toggle Yes/No Switch in Form View

Tony_Insua · 06-29-2020 05:55 AM

Hi,
I have a column that’s a YES/NO field type; however, in my form it shows up as big YES/NO boxes. How can I change this to a toggle?

Looked at a sample app but this also had big YES/NO boxes in the form.

LeventK

Unfortunately you can’t change the appearance to a toggle with the Form UX. They can appear as toggle buttons if the column is set as quick edit in the Detail UX.

Tony_Insua

Okay, thanks for confirming @LeventK. That’s too bad. When filling out the form, I think it makes sense to have the toggle switch here as it’s it’s the first interaction with entering the data. Perhaps they’ll change this in the future.

LeventK

@Tony_Insua
Though it may sound and look a bit weird in the Form, provided it’s not so big deal for you to represent a FALSE/TRUE with 0 and 1, than you can use a NUMBER type column set as Range, min value 0, max value 1, increment 1 and initial value as 0 (as it will denote to FALSE by-default). Rather than a toggle button, it will be seen as a slider in the form as a cons.

Please click on your name in the main menu of my community sample app and see it in action. You can write a column description to direct the user for selection:

Lucinda_Mason

I, too, would love to see the small toggle switch instead of the large buttons. It would be great to have the choice of which to display.

DiegoSoares

I think the Appsheet is amazing. But, in fact, some elements of UX / UI could be improved. This switch button would be a good addition to the interface, in addition to allowing more design options, such as cards with rounded corners, the possibility of using a color palette with 3 options, for example, without having to adjust item by item in format rules, Possibility of choose screen transitions, among other things that could get closer to Google’s Material Design.

dkoosis

Adding on to this…

The convention for Yes/No choices in the US and in the appsheet descriptions is usually left to right.
But the UI displays right to left:

[ NO ] [YES]

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