Custom Form Builder and API

• Place Child Forms where they belong: The Child Forms builder field lets you choose one or more child forms and place them between normal fields instead of loading every child form at the bottom.
• Organise forms with tabs: Each field can have an optional tab name. Fields with the same tab name appear together; fields without a tab remain in the normal form layout.
• Control tab order and placement: Tab group and sequence settings define the order of tabs and where each group appears among normal fields.
• Use tabs in child forms: Child forms support their own tab, group and sequence settings without changing the parent layout.
• Consistent generated pages: Add, Edit and View pages use the configured tabs and child-form layout. Child-form titles appear above their tables, and forms sharing a position are grouped as tabs.
• Better row validation: New rows are added to the correct child table. Empty child rows are ignored; started rows validate required fields and identify the affected tab.
• Compatible upgrade path: Existing forms keep their current layout until an administrator chooses to recreate them.

Child Document Forms and Module Rebuild

• Child Document Forms: A separate document and form can be linked to a parent document. This differs from a Child Form, which stores repeatable rows within the parent form.
• Related records: Existing child-document records appear on the parent form’s Edit page. New records are added from the parent View page.
• Dedicated configuration: Available child-document forms are listed with table name, version, status and an action to open the form.
• Rebuild the full module: Rebuild Module regenerates the main form, every Child Form and every Child Document Form from their saved JSON definitions.
• Preserve existing work: The rebuild keeps configured fields, tab settings, links, table settings and existing records.

Application Tab Configuration

• Central controls: The configuration page lists tabs from the main form and linked child forms.
• Visibility by action: A tab can remain visible, hide on Add, hide on Edit, or hide on both.
• Visibility by field value: A tab can appear only when a selected radio or dropdown field contains one of the chosen values.
• Independent child controls: Each child form keeps its own visibility settings, avoiding empty parent tabs when child content is hidden.
• Clear validation feedback: If a started child row is incomplete, its related tab is highlighted in red. Unused empty rows do not trigger an error.
• Available to every custom module: These settings work with any custom form that uses tabs or linked child tables.

Improved Custom Table Configuration

• Configuration tabs now use Main Form and Child Forms instead of Main Table and Child Tables.
• Configuration content loads when its tab is selected, keeping large module pages responsive.
• Data Entry, Table Permissions, Charts and Panels, Email Triggers, Create Tasks and Add JavaScript remain available as focused sections.
• Enhanced form controls are reinitialised when their configuration tab loads.

Required Database Update

Add the nullable tab_settings column before using Tab Configuration. Existing forms are unaffected until tab settings are saved.

ALTER TABLE custom_tables ADD tab_settings TEXT NULL;