How to work with remote forms

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Das,

As Mike said, there are different breakpoints for different screen sizes.  When you <command>-T it opens in a web browser which is your largest breakpoint.

If you want to see what it will look like on a phone and you're using Safari web browser, you can enable the Developer menu in Safari, and choose "Enter Responsive Design Mode".  This allows you to make Safari emulate a device eg iPhone SE, iPad etc.

There are similar options in Firefox and Chrome.  There's usually a "developer tools" menu option and you can choose "responsive" design mode.

When we're doing our development, we often use this to test the interface before we run on a mobile device.  Much faster turnaround time!

Regards,
Paul.



> On 27 Jun 2020, at 10:47 pm, Das Goravani <das at Goravani.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone, Hi, Greetings,
> 
> I’m just starting out working with remote forms for really the first time.. 
> 
> I have a clear cut project in mind and am beginning the first form.  I am starting with the smallest form, that is for the phone at 320 pixels.. and I’m able to place my objects just fine and arrange them fine
> 
> But when I view it Command-T it comes up with things in different places than I put them.. it moves things around.. 
> 
> I placed my objects well within the bounds of the 320 slice, so I dont know why they need to move and resize.. 
> 
> How do you control where your items get placed when viewing Command-T.. and it comes up in your browser.. how do you control where things will be placed on the 320 division for phone.. 
> 
> Seems to me it ought to respect where you put things.. it shouldn’t move them if you are well within bounds.. I dont get something basic.. 
> 
> Does it appear differently if you view it in oBrowser?  How do you do that.. when you want to view it.. in oBrowser, what do you do.. what code do you run.. I only know how to Command-T it or start up the server and run it as a web page the served way.. I actually dont know how to do that right now but I did it once so I know its possible to test your page on your phone with Omnis being the server.. dev copy of Omnis being the server. 
> 
> I’m bummed that right out the gate I have an initial visual problem.. I imagine one can get exact placement of objects on the phone.. if you can’t then Remote Forms needs a GUI improvement.. because you HAVE TO be able to do exact placement of items on the screen.. 
> 
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