How Do Forms Work?

Various factors affect how the browser displays a form. However, form behavior within the browser is primarily determined by:

• View associated with the form. All forms are used with views. The most common view used with forms is the user view. The view defines the data that is available when the form is evaluated.

• Undefined attributes. The Tabbed User Form provides a mechanism for automatically generating text fields to edit resource account attributes for which fields are not explicitly defined. You can disable this feature in the form.

• How forms interact with other Identity Manager components. This includes the process by which Identity Manager evaluates the form, or form evaluation. All form-driven pages are processed similarly. For an overview of how Identity Manager evaluates a form, see Form Evaluation in this chapter.

• Display components used in the form. Form fields can be associated with a display component that determines how the field is displayed in the browser.