Automatic adaptive features for different devices

By default, Platform renders application pages differently on desktop and mobile devices.

Only deployed applications are available on mobile devices; setup pages are not included. Automatic modifications to the user interface on tablets and smart phones, detailed below, are designed to provide a better user experience on each type of device.

The UI on both tablets and smart phones includes the following:

  • The default font size on a mobile device is the desktop font size plus 2 (14pt by default).
  • The Platform menu:
    • Is rendered in non-administrative mode.
    • Includes a Log Out menu item
      • Log Out and Platform Forum are under the userName menu item in the Modern - Vertical Menus UI blueprint.
    • Does not include the Subscription Details menu item.

    The following screen shows the Platform menu in the Traditional UI blueprint on a smart phone:

    Rollbase Menu Traditional Smart Phone

    The following screen shows the Platform menu (also called the sidebar) items and application tabs, in the Modern - Vertical Menus UI blueprint on a smart phone:

    Rollbase Menu Vertical Smart Phone

  • The application switcher is rendered in non-administrative mode.

    The following screen shows the application switcher in the Traditional UI blueprint on a tablet:

    Application Switcher Tablet

  • The branding header and footer are not displayed.
  • The user profile menu is not displayed.
  • On View pages, there is no more actions menu and the only available action is Delete.
  • On record list pages:
    • The list of records is rendered as cards in a card container by default. See Cards and card containers for more information. You can toggle between card mode and grid mode.
      • When displaying in grid mode, you can sort columns (short press on column header) and change column order by pressing longer and dragging a column to the desired location.
    • The view selector does not contain any administrative actions (cannot edit, color code, or clone a view).
    • The view selector is not displayed if there is only one view available.
    • Global search is rendered in non-administrative mode.
    • The page menu only contains the new record menu item when using the Traditional UI blueprint. When using the Modern - Vertical Menus UI blueprint, there is no page menu.
    • The page options menu is not displayed.
    • Inline editing is disabled.
    • Only the refresh action is available for charts and gauges.
    • There is no user profile menu.

The UI on tablets includes the following:

  • Report links only contain Email this Report.

The UI on smart phones includes the following:

  • The Platform menu does not have the Recycle Bin or Recent Items menu items.
  • When displaying a record list page in grid mode:
    • Buttons on the page toolbar have no text.
    • The list component has no Actions column.
  • On record list pages, the view selector has no label.
  • There is no quick create button on record list pages. You can still create records using the New page.
  • Report links do not have any actions. The only option is to run the report.