Overriding the default Create Record template

This article covers how to override the default settings of the arcade-games-create template.

In this article we will cover some of the ways in which you can override the arcade-games-create template that was auto-generated when we created the Arcade Games object. All of the components that you can use to customize your pages can be found on Storybook.

The default template
- Locating the default template
Overriding the header
Overriding the body
Overriding the footer
- Overriding the text on the footer button
Completed code

The default template

The default arcade-games-create template that was generated for the Arcade Games object contains the following:

{% extends "base-recordcreate" %}

{% set resource_name="Arcade Games" %}
{% set validation_schema="ArcadeGamesCreate" %}

As covered in the system-generated pages article, this means that the arcade-games-create template extends the base-recordcreate template, and tells us the name of the resource and the validation schema.

On the base template, the content is split into header, body, and footer blocks. To change the content within any of these blocks, you need to add the relevent elements to your template and then add the components you want to change between them.

Before overriding any of the default template’s content, the following page is rendered in Skedulo Platform:

Create Record page before customisation

This article will take you through the process of configuring the default arcade-games-create page so that it renders in a more user-friendly way, for example:

Create Record page after customization

Locating the default template

To locate the default template:

Click Settings > Developer tools > Platform Settings to display the Platform Pages page.
Locate the arcade-games-create template in the list using the filter and sort options if necessary.
Click the template’s name to open its edit page.

Overriding the header

The content of the header in the Create record page is defined in the header block in the base-recordcreate template, which looks as follows:

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
    <sp-column>
      <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
        {% block title %}
          Create New {{ resource_name }}
        {% endblock title %}
      </sp-heading>
      <sp-row style="--sp-row-spacing: var(--sp-spacing-3); color: var(--sp-color-neutral-750)">
        <sp-icon icon="details"></sp-icon>
        <span>{{resource_name}}</span>
      </sp-row>
    </sp-column>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

This header block renders as follows (where Arcade Games is the resource_name):

Create Record page header

You can override any of the details in this block by adding the {% block header %}{% endblock header %} tags to your template beneath the validationschema element. Enter the components you want to include in your header between these header tags.

Important

You will need to enter all the elements of the header block you want to include even if you only want to override one part. For example, looking at the above code block, even if you only want to change the title, you will still need to add the elements that render the subtitle, icon, and style or they won’t be included on the page.

Title

The title of the Create record page is generated from the {% block title %} element of the base template and pulls in the resource name. The sp-header component provides the page header, and the sp-heading element defines the size of the title.

To change the title from Create New Arcade Games to Arcade Game Machines, add the following to the arcade-games-create template:

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
    <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
      {% block title %}
        Arcade Game Machines
      {% endblock title %}
    </sp-heading>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

The header now renders as follows:

Create page header title only

Subtitle

To add a subtitle to your header, you need to add the span element to your template below the sp-heading element. Enter your subtitle between the tags. For example:

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
    <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
        {% block title %}
          Arcade Game Machines
        {% endblock title %}
    </sp-heading>
      <span>Add new record</span>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

The header now renders as follows:

Create Record page header with subtitle

Adding an icon

To include an icon in the subtitle, you need to add the sp-icon element to your template. A list of the currently available icons can be found our Design System documentation.

The icon page in storybook

For example, to add a pencil icon to your subtitle, add the following line, <sp-icon icon="edit"></sp-icon>, beneath the sp-heading element.

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
    <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
        {% block title %}
          Arcade Game Machines
        {% endblock title %}
    </sp-heading>
    <sp-icon icon="edit"></sp-icon>
    <span>Add new record</span>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

The header now renders as follows:

Add the sp-column and sp-row elements to your header in order to adjust the layout of the header content.

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
    <sp-column>
      <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
          {% block title %}
              Arcade Game Machines
          {% endblock title %}
      </sp-heading>
        <sp-row style="--sp-row-spacing: var(--sp-spacing-3)">
          <sp-icon icon="edit"></sp-icon>
          <span>Add new record</span>
        </sp-row>
    </sp-column>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

In the example above:

the sp-row element ensures the icon and subtitle are laid out in a row with equal spacing between the sp-icon and span elements. The spacing is defined by overriding the --sp-row-spacing CSS variable.
the sp-column element ensures the title and subtitle rows are laid out in a column with spacing between them.

The header now renders as:

Create Record page layout adjusted

For more information about spacing and alignment, refer to the Flex layout section in our Design System documentation.

Changing the color

On the default Create Record page, the color of the subtitle is gray. To change the color of the subtitle on your modified page, add the --sp-color variable to the sp-row element.

For example, to change the color of the subtitle to gray, add color: var(--sp-color-neutral-600) to the sp-row element.

The header block in the arcade-games-create template now looks as follows:

{% block header %}
  <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
      <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
          {% block title %}
              Arcade Game Machines
          {% endblock title %}
      </sp-heading>
      <sp-row style="--sp-row-spacing: var(--sp-spacing-3); color: var(--sp-color-neutral-600)">
          <sp-icon icon="edit"></sp-icon>
          <span>Add new record</span>
      </sp-row>
  </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

The Create record page header now renders as:

Header with new colour

For a list of the all the available colors, refer to the Colors section in our Design System documentation.

Overriding the body

The main body of the Create record page is defined by the body block in the base-recordcreate template, which looks as follows:

{% block body %}
  <sp-responsive-columns style="border-top: var(--sp-border-divider);">
    <div>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="ValidationBanner"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoForm"></platform-component>
    </div>
  </sp-responsive-columns>
{% endblock body %}

The custom fields that you added to your object are rendered on the Create record page by the AutoForm component. The AutoForm component waits for a validation schema to be parsed and then auto-renders any relevant FormField elements. The ValidationBanner ensures a message banner is displayed if the form doesn’t validate correctly.

To override the appearance of the content in the body of the Create record page, add the {% block body %} and {% endblock body %} tags to your template beneath the header block and then add components between them.

Important

You will need to add all the elements of the body block you want to include even if you only want to override one element. For example, you must add all fields to the template even if you only want to edit one.

Reordering the fields

Autoform renders the fields in the sequence in which they appear on the validation schema. To reorder the fields, we can override this by adding the individual AutFormField components for each field between the {% block body %} and {% endblock body %} tags.

For example, to reorder how the fields are displayed on the Create record page, enter the following between the {% block body %} and {% endblock body %} tags in the arcade-games-create template, where the ptr value is the field’s name:

{% block body %}
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/name" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a name"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/Id" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a product ID"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/style" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a style"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/category" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a category"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/make" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a make"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/theme" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a theme"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/costperday" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a cost"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/linkurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a url"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/imageurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter an image url"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/maintenancedue" label-position="top" placeholder="Date annual maintenance is due"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/repairhistory" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter pertinant repair history and engineer notes"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/lastseenby" label-position="top" placeholder="Who was the last engineer to see the machine?"></platform-component>
  <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/status" label-position="top" placeholder="Maintenance status"></platform-component>
{% endblock body %}

Important

You must ensure that the ptr= value matches the case you used for the Field name value on the Create Custom Field modal or the field will not render on your page.

The Create record page now renders as follows:

create page fields reordered

Splitting the page into columns

We’ve added the fields in the order we want them to appear, but they are currently displayed in one column which is aligned to the edge of the page. To split the page into two columns, add the <sp-responsive-columns> element to the body block, wrapping the AutoFormField components you’ve added. Next, use <div> elements to split the fields into two blocks. For example:

{% block body %}
  <sp-responsive-columns>
      <div>
        {# Left Column #}
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/name" label-position="top" ></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/id" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a product ID"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/style" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a style"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/category" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a category"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/make" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a make"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/theme" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a theme"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/costperday" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a cost"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/linkurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a url"></platform-component>
      </div>  
      <div>
        {# Right Column #}
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/imageurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter an image url"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/maintenancedue" label-position="top" placeholder="Date annual maintenance is due"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/repairhistory" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter pertinant repair history and engineer notes"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/lastseenby" label-position="top" placeholder="Who was the last engineer to see the machine?"></platform-component>
        <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/status" label-position="top" placeholder="Maintenance status"></platform-component>
      </div>
  </sp-responsive-columns>
{% endblock body %}

The Create record page now renders as follows:

create page columns

Adding headings to the body

Headings can be added to group the fields into sections. To add headings to the body block, use the sp-heading element. In this example, we are going to add three headings: Summary, Machine image, and Maintenance details.

{% block body %}
<sp-responsive-columns>
  <div>
    {# Left Column #}
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Summary</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/name" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a name"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/Id" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a product ID"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/style" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a style"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/category" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a category"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/make" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a make"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/theme" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a theme"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/costperday" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a cost"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/linkurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a url"></platform-component>     
  </div>
  <div>
    {# Right Column #}
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Machine image</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/imageurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter an image url"></platform-component>
    
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Maintenance details</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/maintenancedue" label-position="top" placeholder="Date annual maintenance is due"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/repairhistory" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter pertinant repair history and engineer notes"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/lastseenby" label-position="top" placeholder="Who was the last engineer to see the machine?"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/status" label-position="top" placeholder="Maintenance status"></platform-component>
  </div>
</sp-responsive-columns>
{% endblock body %}

The Create record page now renders as follows:

create page subheadings

Adding a border

To add a border between the header and body sections of your page, add the "border-top: var(--sp-border-divider)" variable to the sp-responsive columns element. For example:

{% block body %}
<sp-responsive-columns style="border-top: var(--sp-border-divider)">
  <div>
    {# Left Column #}
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Summary</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/name" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a name"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/Id" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a product ID"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/style" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a style"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/category" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a category"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/make" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a make"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/theme" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a theme"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/costperday" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a cost"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/linkurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a url"></platform-component>   
  </div> 
  <div>
    {# Right Column #}
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Machine image</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/imageurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter an image url"></platform-component>
    
    <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Maintenance details</sp-heading>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/maintenancedue" label-position="top" placeholder="Date annual maintenance is due"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/repairhistory" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter pertinant repair history and engineer notes"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/lastseenby" label-position="top" placeholder="Who was the last engineer to see the machine?"></platform-component>
      <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/status" label-position="top" placeholder="Maintenance status"></platform-component>
  </div>
</sp-responsive-columns>
{% endblock body %}

The Create record page now renders as follows:

create page border

The footer of the Create record page is defined by the footer block in the base template, which looks as follows:

{% block footer %}
    <sp-button-group slot="right">
         <a href="{{ back_url }}"><sp-button button-type="transparent">Back</sp-button></a>
         <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="SaveButton" body="Create record"></platform-component>
    </sp-button-group>
{% endblock footer %}

Add the {% block footer %} and {% endblock footer %} tags to the bottom of your template in order to override the default content. For example, you could change the position of the button to the left or center of the footer, or you could change the text on the button.

Overriding the text on the footer button

To override the text on the button in the Create record page footer, enter the following information between the {% block footer %} and {% endblock footer %} tags, where body= is the text that appears on the button:

{% block footer %}
    <sp-button-group slot="right">
         <a href="{{ back_url }}"><sp-button button-type="transparent">Back</sp-button></a>
         <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="SaveButton" body="Create machine record"></platform-component>
    </sp-button-group>
{% endblock footer %}

Completed code

If you’ve gone through all the steps in this article, your completed template should now look like this:

{% extends "base-recordcreate" %}

{% set resource_name="Arcade Games" %}
{% set validation_schema="ArcadeGamesCreate" %}

{% block header %}
    <sp-header style="margin-bottom: 0">
      <sp-column>
        <sp-heading size="2xl" level="1">
            {% block title %}
                Arcade Game Machines
            {% endblock title %}
        </sp-heading>
            <sp-row style="--sp-row-spacing: var(--sp-spacing-3); color: var(--sp-color-neutral-600);">
                <sp-icon icon="edit"></sp-icon>
                <span>Add new record</span>
            </sp-row>
        </sp-column>
    </sp-header>
{% endblock header %}

{% block body %}
    <sp-responsive-columns style="border-top: var(--sp-border-divider)">
        <div>
        {# Left Column #}
            <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Machine details</sp-heading>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/name" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a name"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/Id" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a product ID"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/style" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a style"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/category" label-position="top" placeholder="Select a category"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/make" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a make"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/theme" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a theme"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/costperday" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a cost"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/linkurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter a url"></platform-component>
        </div> 
        <div>
         {# Right Column #}
            <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Machine image</sp-heading>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/imageurl" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter an image url"></platform-component>   

            <sp-heading size="base" style="margin-bottom: var(--sp-spacing-4)">Maintenance record</sp-heading>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/maintenancedue" label-position="top" placeholder="Date annual maintenance is due"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/repairhistory" label-position="top" placeholder="Enter pertinant repair history and engineer notes"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/lastseenby" label-position="top" placeholder="Who was the last engineer to see the machine?"></platform-component>
                <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="AutoFormField" ptr="/status" label-position="top" placeholder="Maintenance status"></platform-component>
        </div>
    </sp-responsive-columns>
{% endblock body %}

{% block footer %}
    <sp-button-group slot="right">
         <a href="{{ back_url }}"><sp-button button-type="transparent">Back</sp-button></a>
         <platform-component package-name="recordpage" name="SaveButton" body="Create machine record"></platform-component>
    </sp-button-group>
{% endblock footer %}

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Overriding the default Create Record template

The default template

Locating the default template

Overriding the header

Important

Title

Subtitle

Adding an icon

Header layout

Changing the color

Overriding the body

Important

Reordering the fields

Important

Splitting the page into columns

Adding headings to the body

Adding a border

Overriding the footer

Overriding the text on the footer button

Completed code

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