Configuring components for responsive authoring

When creating pages with responsive authoring for different form factors, learn how adjusting some component configuration options can make pages look and work better at smaller sizes.

Before you begin

Role required: ui_builder_admin

About this task

A method of increasing page usability is to tailor the look and feel of components using different configurations across breakpoints. There are countless ways to use component configuration. In this procedure, edit several configuration options for the List component to make it more suitable for smaller form factors.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Now Experience Framework > UI Builder.
2. Open an experience to work in or create an experience by selecting Create > Experience.
   See Configure how users interact with your applications in UI Builder for more information on creating experiences.
3. Create a page from scratch with responsive authoring.
   For more information about how to create a page, see Create a page in UI Builder.
4. At the top, check that the desktop form factor icon is selected.
   
5. On the stage, select + Add content.
6. On the Layouts tab, select Single column.
7. Add the list component by selecting the + icon in the center of the new column.
8. On the Components tab, find and select the List component.
9. In the configuration panel, select None - Configure the component manually.
10. View the page at the desktop form factor.
11. Select the mobile form factor icon.
12. Select List 1 in the content tree.
13. In the configuration panel, on the Configure tab, find the Number of displayed columns field and enter 1.
    Only the Number column is displayed. The horizontal scroll bar was removed.
14. In the configuration panel, on the Configure tab, scroll down to make the following changes in the Header section:
    1. Change the Size to Small.
    2. Select the Hide last refresh information option.
    3. Select the Hide list actions option.
       
       As you made each change, the stage updated automatically. The header is a smaller size, the refresh time was removed, and the list actions icon was removed.
    4. Select Save.
15. On the stage, scroll to the bottom of the mobile view.
16. In the configuration panel, on the Configure tab, scroll down and make the following changes in the Pagination section (if necessary, select Pagination to expand the field):
    1. Select the Hide range option.
    2. Select the Hide row count option.
    3. Select the Hide rows per page selector.
    4. Select Save.
    The range, row count, and rows per page selector were removed. (The row count is still available at the top of the mobile screen).

    In the configuration panel, the options and fields you edited are marked with the mobile cascade icon.

17. Select the mobile cascade icon next to any option or field to confirm that the value is for the mobile form factor.
    
18. Select the tablet and the desktop form factor icons at the top to confirm that no changes were made to the larger form factors.