Have you ever hit a point in a project where you have wanted to get rid of one or more buttons from the page layout but only when a certain circumstance happens? We kept having users clicking buttons that when they should not have been. Clearly training was not going to solve the problem for READ MORE
Category: Lightning Layout Tricks
Lightning Layout Tricks: Quick Action Hack
Quick Actions are a powerful tool that allow users to quickly create records with the click of a button, prefilling values from the current record. However, in some instances, the object you wish to create does not appear in the ‘Target Object’ menu. In the example here, I want to create a new ‘Dependency’ record READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: Accordion Love
Oh the poor, misunderstood accordion component. Everyday, millions of users embrace his older brother Tabs, creating thousands of dynamic Lightning pages with him front & center. They click his nice index bars, love having everything separated and could not imagine having a page without Tabs on there at least once. Since Spring ’18, the Accordion READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: The Rich Text Validation Rule
Validation rules are a wonderful way to instill best practices, reinforce business processes, and help with keeping data entry consistent and clean. They can also make integration, deployments, data loads, and user experiences miserable. A well-meaning admin can grind the wheels of automation and integration to a halt by inserting a needed validation rule without READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: User Toggles for Detail Fields
Over the last year I’ve been toying with Lightning Page designer & components to identify ways to deliver some creative end user experiences. I previously shared how to use Conditional Record Detail Components, create Record Detail Tabs, and use Page Layouts for Mobile/Classic/Create; this latest post is a continuation of the series. I follow Jen Lee’s blog pretty closely READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: Unique Mobile & Create Layouts
Over the last year I’ve been toying with Lightning Page designer & components to identify ways to deliver some creative end user experiences. I previously shared how to create Record Detail Tabs, use Conditional Record Detail Components, and to create a Demo Controller. Giving Credit: This latest post comes after a few conversations with Michelle Hansen. She spent READ MORE
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Lightning Layout Tricks: Live Demo Controller
Over the last year I’ve been toying with Lightning Page designer & components to identify ways to deliver some creative end user experiences. I previously shared how to use Conditional Record Detail Components, create Record Detail Tabs, Use Page Layouts for Mobile/Classic/Create only, and this latest post is a continuation of the series. Demo Controller Use READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: Record Detail Tabs
Recently I’ve been working with some fun ways to use the Lightning Page designer & various Lightning component to create better end user experiences. I recently shared how to use Conditional Record Detail Components and I’ll be posting a few more over the days to come. Latest entries in series: Use Page Layouts for Mobile/Classic/Create Only, Create READ MORE
Lightning Layout Tricks: Conditional Record Detail Components
Recently I’ve been working with some fun ways to use the Lightning Page designer & various Lightning component to create better end user experiences. I’ll be posting a few more and hopefully the community can share some of your super Lightning Layout Tricks with us as well. Latest entries in series here: Create Record Detail Tabs, READ MORE