Alpha Five Version 10 Feature Peek #14: Client-side formatting, calculated fields, and show/hide fields

Alpha Fiver Version 10's grid component supports several powerful "client-side" features, such as calculated fields, dynamic formatting, dynamic show/hide of grid elements, and dynamic enable/disable of grid elements.

The first video shows how you can define a calculated field. The calculation is performed using Javascript as soon as the value in one of the input fields changes.



The second video shows how you can dynamically style controls in the grid. As you'll see, the quantity field can be displayed in a different font and background color depending on what range of values it is in.



And this third video shows how parts of a grid form can be hidden under certain conditions. The grid shown has a section for the billing address and shipping address. If the "shipping address is the same as billing address" field is checked, the entire shipping address part of the grid form is hidden.