Event Handler Actions

Modified on Wed, 24 Sep at 8:11 AM

Event handlers allow you to define actions triggered by specific events in your App. The table below provides a complete reference of available event handler actions, including a brief description and the configuration steps required to set them up.

Component	Description	Configuration
Set a variable	Updates the value of a variable at runtime.	1. Select Variable to set. 2. Specify Value to set. Refer to Understanding Mustaches and Expressions.
Reset a variable	Resets a variable to its default value.	Select Variable to reset.
Select a tab	Changes the active tab in a tab component.	1. Select Tab component. 2. Select Tab to select.
Raise an audit event	Sends an audit event with a custom message.	Specify Event message. To learn more, check Raising Audit Events.
Select a page	Navigates the user to another page in the App.	1. Toggle Page name from expression if the page should be selected dynamically using an expression. 2. Select Page to select (if the toggle is disabled) or specify the expression (if enabled).
Open a link	Opens a URL in a new tab or window.	Specify URL to open.
Select a UI component	Outlines the specific component when selected.	Select Component.
Select or deselect table rows	Changes the selection state of table rows.	1. Select Table component. 2. Choose Selection action. 3. Specify Row index to select.
Select a table column	Selects a table column.	1. Select Table component. 2. Specify Column index to select. 3. Toggle Select text content if you want to select the text inside the column cells rather than the column itself.
Add a table row	Appends a new row to a table.	Select Table component.
Expand or collapse a table row	Toggles the expanded view of a table row.	1. Select Table component. 2. Select Action type. 3. Specify Row index to select.
Submit a form	Triggers form submission.	Select Form component.
Reset a form	Clears form inputs and restores defaults.	Select Form component.
Evaluate a data set	Executes a data set evaluation.	1. Select Data set to evaluate. 2. Toggle Wait for response before continuing if you want the App to pause further actions until the data set evaluation is complete.
Clear a data set result	Removes existing results from a data set.	Select Data set to clear.
Set a form field	Updates the value of a form field programmatically.	Select Form component.
Select a multi-page form section	Navigates to a specific section of a multi-page form.	Select Form component.
Validate a form	Validates form inputs.	1. Select Form component. 2. Toggle Wait for response before continuing if you want the App to pause further actions until the form validation is complete.
Validate a multi-page form section	Validates inputs in a multi-page form section.	1. Select Form component. 2. Toggle Wait for response before continuing if you want the App to pause further actions until the form validation is complete.
Target accordion section	Expands or collapses an accordion section.	1. Select Accordion component. 2. Select Action type. 3. Specify Accordion target section index.
Toggle overlay visibility	Shows or hides an overlay.	Select Overlay component.
Reset explicit overlay visibility	Resets an overlay’s visibility state to default.	Select Overlay component.
App auth logout	Logs the user out of the App.	No configuration required.
Focus a form field	Places the cursor into a specific form field.	Select Form component.
Slide carousel	Slides a carousel to the next or previous item.	1. Select Carousel component. 2. Select Direction.
Call an action sequence	Invokes a predefined action sequence.	Select Action sequence to call. To learn more about action sequences and their configuration, check Action Sequences.
Scroll a UI component	Scrolls a component to a specific position (top or bottom).	1. Select UI component to scroll. 2. Select Scroll action.
Set an active page in a paginated table	Displays a specific page in a paginated table.	1. Select Table. 2. Specify Page number. 3. Toggle Treat as user input if you want the page change to be treated as a manual user action