Card / Contact View

Card Layout

Cards are arranged into columns, with a down then right data flow. The number and size of cards visible on screen depends upon the following settings:

• Customizable Card Intervals
  You can change the distance that separates cards from the view border and from one another.
• Predefined Number of Cards and Columns
  You can set the limit for card rows and columns that can be displayed simultaneously within a View.
• End-User Card Resizing
  End users can drag the card separator lines to resize cards horizontally. These lines are available by default and can be hidden when necessary.
• Auto Card-Width
  Card width can be calculated automatically so that the View does not display truncated cards. When active, cards are automatically stretched to occupy the entire View region horizontally. You can change the number of card columns to be displayed simultaneously in this mode. By default, a single card column is stretched to fit the entire View.

Card Captions, Expanding and Collapsing Cards

By default, cards display captions that can include both text and images, along with buttons that are used to expand and collapse individual cards.

• Customizable Card Caption Text
  Card captions can display any text together with the current record index and values from any field.
• Customizable Card Caption Images
  You can display images within card captions by using the appropriate Card View event.
• Customizable Expand Button Visibility
  You can show or hide card caption buttons that allow end users to expand and collapse cards. When cards are collapsed only the corresponding card caption is displayed.
• Customizable Field Caption Visibility
  You can customize the visibility of field captions.(Screen Shot)
• Prevent Expansion/Collapse
  Card Views provide an event that is raised when a card's expanded state is about to be changed, and which you can use to prohibit card expansion and collapse.
• Row Separators
  You can create intervals between data rows by assigning the appropriate value to the View's RowSeparatorHeight property.

Card Field Layout

By default, each card displays the same number of fields. Each field's width is calculated automatically to fit a single text line within it. You can change this default behavior using the following options:

• Suppressing Empty Fields
  Card Views can suppress the display of fields with null values, and thus provide end-user with a more readable display.
• Automatic Field Height Calculation
  If you are displaying lengthy text values or images, Card Views can calculate the field height automatically so that data is not truncated.
• End-User Field Visibility Customization
  Users can hide and show individual fields using the Card View's customization dropdown.

Card scrolling

If cards do not vertically fit into a View, they will display scroll buttons which allow end-users to access all card fields.