Flexible online form display
A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device comprises creating one or more repeatable items comprising a plurality of fields to be filled or displayed wherein one or more of the fields may include another one or more repeatable item. A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device having a screen and managed by an operating system comprises attaching a visual priority to one or more fields used in the electronic form; obtaining the current mobile device screen size; and adapting the number of fields to be displayed on the screen based on the screen size and on visual priority attached to one or more of the fields. In one implementation, a minimum width is set for each of the one or more fields, and the fields that can meet the minimum width based on the current mobile device screen size are displayed.
1. A method of displaying an electronic form on a mobile device, comprising:
providing a processor functionally coupled to a memory;
storing code in the memory;
executing with the processor the code to display on at least two screens of the mobile device one or more repeats comprised of one or more cells, wherein the at least two screens comprise a top down hierarchy;
filling out at least one of the one or more cells with a value;
providing on a top level screen of the at least two screens a summary of at least some of the values filled out on each screen;
attaching a visual priority to the one or more cell used in the electronic form;
obtaining a display width of the at least two screens; and
adapting the number of cells to be displayed on each screen based on said display width and on the visual priority attached to the one or more cell;
setting a minimum width for each of said one or more cells and displaying the cells that can meet the minimum width based on said display width;
changing the number of cells that are displayed based on a viewing orientation of the mobile device;
splitting at least one of the screens into two screens that are viewable at the same time and modifying the number of cells to be displayed within each of the split screens.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the summary comprises a sum, average, minimum, maximum, count, or a median of the at least some of the values filled out on each screen.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of changing the number of cells that are displayed based on a viewing orientation of the mobile device.
4. A mobile device for displaying an electronic form comprising:
a processor functionally coupled to a memory; and
code stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the code to display on at least two screens of the mobile device one or more repeats comprised of one or more cells, attach a visual priority to the one or more cell used in the electronic form, obtain a display width of the at least two screens, and adapt the number of cells to be displayed on each screen based on said display width and on the visual priority attached to the one or more cell, wherein the at least two screens comprise a top down hierarchy, and wherein when at least one of the one or more cells is filled with a value, a summary of at least some of the values is provided on a top level screen of the at least two screens;
wherein the processor sets a minimum width for each of said one or more cells and displays the cells that can meet the minimum width based on said display width;
and the number of cells displayed is modified when the display width changes;
and wherein the processor is configured to split at least one of the screens into two screens that are viewable at the same time and to modify the number of cells to be displayed within each of the split screens.
5. The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the summary comprises a sum, average, minimum, maximum, count, or a median of at least some of the values.
6. The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to detect a change in a viewing orientation and to change the number of cells that are displayed based on a viewing orientation of the mobile device.