Customize the "From" in design view

[Aftab_Ahmad]

Hello,

Talking Forms, would love to have option to customize “From” if system provide a “Design View” just like in some popular applications.

Looking Forward…

Aftab

[Kirk_Masden]

Are you referring to the “back” arrow that we often see in the upper left corner? If so, there’s been some discussion about that that is related to your request for more customization capability:

July 19, 2021 Feature Release Notes

Release notes: Deployment Time: 11:36 AM PST Features & Enhancements Item Description Feature LINKTOPARENTVIEW() is a new expression that you can use to navigate to create a link to navigate to the parent view (the same view the AppSheet back button would navigate you to). This feature can be particularly useful in grouped actions. Bug Fixes Item Description Bug An issue was fixed where the overlay action …

June 24, 2021 Feature Release Notes

Deployment Time: 11:27 AM PST Features & Enhancements Item Description Feature A new action type was added: Navigate back. This type allows automation pipelines to send the user back to the previous screen. Performance Enhancement and Bug fixes We're beginning to roll out an update to the app expression runtime that includes several substantial performance optimizations as well as a few bug fixes. Currently this will only affect express…

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Unless I’m mistaken, we cannot disable to back arrow. On my app, there is at least one “detail” view where disabling of the back arrow would have the following advantages: Prevent or discourage the user from returning to the previous view, which would display data that has become outdated as a result of the user’s last action. Display the hamburger menu bars in the spot where the arrow would be, enabling easier navigation to other menus. If I am mistaken and it is already possible to do what…

If you are asking about the back arrow, I would like more control too. I think the new features put us in a position to control the back arrow more effectively, so it would be nice if the default function could be integrated with the new options.