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Sense extension properties description

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:02:41 GMT

Is it possible to have a text description for items within a section of the properties panel in a Qlik Sense visualization extension?

I have not come across anything like this in the Qlik Sense Developers Help, which states that custom properties may be of the following types:

String
Integer
Number
Check box
Drop down
Radio button
Switch
Slider
Range-slider

Considering the absence of tooltips for individual items in the properties panel, I think it would be great to be able to provide a brief description of properties within a section:

Is there a way to accomplish anything like this?

Re: Sense extension properties description

Stefan_Walther — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:28:32 GMT

Hi,

have a look at qliksense-extension-tutorial/06-Introduction-to-Using-Properties.md at master · stefanwalther/qliksense-extension-tutori…

Hope this helps,

Regards

Stefan

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Re: Sense extension properties description

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 01:29:22 GMT

Thanks for replying, Stefan. Your tutorial is a really great reference!

However, l still cannot find anything that describes how to achieve what I am thinking. I would like to have some text under a section header that describes the properties within the section – like a label that is not attached to any properties. Here is a mockup of the idea:

I think it would be useful to have a "description" property for a section header in addition to the "label" property.

Re: Sense extension properties description

Stefan_Walther — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:32:22 GMT

Hi,

this is currently not supported, but I take your request to the desired improvements we'd like to add.

Hope this helps,

Regards

Stefan

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Re: Sense extension properties description

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:15:26 GMT

Thanks, Stefan. I think it could provide extension users with a quick reference that could save the effort of having to refer to documentation all of the time.

Re: Sense extension properties description

Stefan_Walther — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:21:42 GMT

Hi, sorry, don't get what you are suggesting.

Re: Sense extension properties description

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:57:03 GMT

Hi Stefan,

Sorry for the confusion. I just meant that having a brief description for an extension's properties under a section heading might improve the user experience. It would be easier for a new user to learn how to use an extension quickly if a few hints were provided in the accordion menu.