Documents content
Documents content is composed of Layouts, Custom components, and Documents in Flowize.
Overview actions
From the overview pages you can perform the following actions:
- Open: Access to the element to view or edit it.
- Duplicate: Creates a copy of the element.
- Delete: Deletes the element.
Be aware that tagged elements cannot be deleted or edited by restricted users when tags do not match.
Versioning
You will find the Version History of a content by opening the pane History clicking on the button at the top of the canvas.
To use the versioning of a content is optional. Versioning is automatically enabled when you publish a content.
There are four states for a content:
- Unversioned (default): When version history has not been enabled for a content, it is sent to production.
- Published: It is the version sent to production, the contents in this version are read-only. A published version cannot be deleted.
- Draft: It is the version in development, the contents in this version are editable.
- Archived: It is an old published version, it is not editable, but you can create a draft from it.
When opening a content, an icon next to the name indicates the current state in the version history (Draft or Published).
When you recover an older version of a Document to create a new version, the Document uses the latest available versions of its Components. It does not restore the Component versions used when the original document version was created. For example, if Document version 1 used Component version 2, recovering Document version 1 later to create version 4 will use the latest version of that Component instead of version 2.
Navigation pane
The Navigation pane is available for Documents and Custom components.
To open it, select the stacked-layers icon on the left side of the canvas.
The pane displays the structure of the document or component as a tree. It updates automatically when you add, reorder, or remove elements.
Use the Navigation pane to quickly locate and edit specific elements. Select an item in the tree to scroll directly to that element on the canvas.
You can also rename elements from the Navigation pane.
The name of a Custom component cannot be edited from the Navigation pane in a document.
Reading order
In Documents, you can also use the Navigation pane to define the order in which elements are read by screen readers.
Enable Modify screen reader order at the top of the pane to edit the reading order of the supported elements. When enabled, an input field appears next to each element. By default, the values follow the current order of the elements in the editor.
Default values are automatically updated when you add, remove, and reorder elements in the editor. If you change the value of an element, the remaining values are adjusted automatically to reflect the new order.
The reading order accepts duplicate values and does not require consecutive numbers. Make sure the values define the intended reading order.
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