Defining grouped control properties

To define the properties of a group control, select the group control icon in the Form definition window and edit the group control’s properties in the Properties window.

The following table describes the properties that you specify to create a group, radio group, or checkbox group control definition:

Property	Description
RefName	RefName of the component. REQUIRED. For rules about the use of RefNames, see RefNames
Layout	Specifies how the controls included as children of the grouped control are oriented: Vertical—Controls are oriented vertically. Horizontal—Controls are oriented horizontally NoWrap (default)—Controls are oriented horizontally, and when the browser window is resized, they do not wrap. OPTIONAL.
UUID	String that uniquely identifies the component across all databases, trials, and machines. Note that the InForm Architect application automatically capitalizes UUID strings that contain lower-case characters. OPTIONAL, not needed for grouped controls.
Caption	Specifies the text of the caption that appears on the screen with the component. OPTIONAL.
Caption Alignment	Specifies the position of the caption relative to the controls that make up the component. You can specify Left (the default), Right, Top, or Bottom. OPTIONAL. Note: The controls for key items for repeating forms and itemsets must not use a Caption Alignment property of top or bottom. Only left and right are currently supported.
Design Note	Free-form text, with a maximum of 255 characters, containing any information you want to capture about the design of the component. This information is for documentation only. OPTIONAL.
Selection Value	Visible only when the control is added as a child control in a radio group or checkbox group. Specifies the value of the child control stored when a user selects the control. OPTIONAL. If you do not specify a selection value, when a user selects the control in the radio group or checkbox group, the value stored in the database is a string consisting of the characters !pf! and the DBUID path of the selected control.