Group

The Group control provides a container with a text label to logically group items and controls. Any control you place within a Group control inherits the visibility condition of the Group.

Example Group control

Example Visible Condition for a Group control

The benefits of a Group control are listed below.

• You can make the container a section that collapses and expands in the Web client.
• The container has a text label to clearly identify the purpose of the controls within the container.
• The controls within the container inherit the Visible Condition property of the Group. The controls within the group are only visible when the group itself is visible.
• If you move or delete a Group control, all the controls within the container are also moved or deleted.

The costs of a Group control are listed below.

• You have to update the text label should you ever change the controls within the container.
• You have to localize the label if you want to make the form available in other languages.

In general, a Group control is best used in the following circumstances.

• You want a visual indicator to highlight that a group of controls are related.
• You want to allow users to efficiently manage the available form space in the Web client.
• You want to manage the visibility settings of a group of controls from one place.

If you want to change the appearance of the line around the container, then use a Frame control instead. However a Frame control does not allow users to collapse and expand the section in the Web client.