Page Navigation Control

Add a Page Navigation control from which the Request participant can go to another page in a multi-page Screen.

Control Description

The Page Navigation control adds a button from which the Request participant can go to another page in a multi-page Screen. See a design example.

This control is only available for Form-type Screens. See Screen Types.

Watch the following product tour to learn how to use a Page Navigation control.

For a documented example of using this control, see Page Navigation Control to Design a Multi-Page Screen.

Add the Control to a Screen

Permissions

Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to design a Screen unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:

  • Screens: Edit Screens

  • Screens: View Screens

See the Screens permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.

Follow these steps to add this control to the Screen:

  1. Configure the Page Navigation control. See Settings.

  2. Validate that the control is configured correctly. See Validate Your Screen.

Below is a Page Navigation control using the "Secondary" Variant option.

For a documented example of using this control, see Page Navigation Control to Design a Multi-Page Screen.

Settings

The Page Navigation control has the following configurable settings in the Properties Panel:

Variable Panel Settings

Expand the Variable panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Button Label

Configuration Panel Settings

Expand the Configuration panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Destination Screen

Design Panel Settings

Expand the Design panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Button Variant Style

Select the style for the Page Navigation control. The style changes the control's appearance but otherwise has no functional difference. Select from the following options:

  • Primary: Blue-colored background with white-colored Button Label text. This is the default option.

  • Secondary: Gray-colored background with white-colored Button Label text.

  • Success: Green-colored background with white-colored Button Label text.

  • Danger: Red-colored background with white-colored Button Label text.

  • Warning: Yellow-colored background with black-colored Button Label text.

  • Info: Teal-colored background with white-colored Button Label text.

  • Light: White-colored background with black-colored Button Label text.

  • Dark: Black-colored background with white-colored Button Label text.

Advanced Panel Settings

Expand the Advanced panel from the Properties Panel on the right to configure the following properties:

Visibility Rule

For example, this control displays if the variable value tip is 1. For a detailed example of the Visibility Rule setting, see Show or Hide Controls Based on Button Selection.

Note the following regarding how to use visibility rules:

Device Visibility

Select on which device types this control displays:

  • Desktop: The control displays only on desktop devices. Enable the Show for Desktop toggle key.

  • Mobile: The control displays only on mobile devices. Enable the Show for Mobile toggle key.

CSS Selector Name

Then, use this name in the Custom CSS feature to apply CSS styling to this control as follows:

[selector='Submit Form'] {
    color: blueviolet;
}

See the following best practices regarding custom CSS in Screens:

Aria Label

Enter the string that provides a text alternative to this control for the following purposes:

  • Assistive technology, such as screen readers, read the Aria Label setting value.

  • This control has a visual indication of its purpose, such as a control that uses a graphic instead of text, but still needs to clarify that purpose for anyone who cannot access the visual indication.

Tab Order

Tab order determines the sequential navigation order to navigate a Screen's controls using a keyboard interface. Assistive technology users often use a keyboard for navigation.

See best practices for setting the tab order for a Screen's controls.

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