Guidelines for Working with Container Sections

Here are some things to keep in mind while working with container sections:

• When configuring a container, any section you create extends the full width of the container, although an App UI developer has more freedom in this respect. That is, while you can’t have two sections side-by-side, the container can stretch to any height required to accommodate all the sections you define. If you want to lay out sections side-by-side, you’ll need to change the container’s default layout.
• In addition to simple components like text fields and images, you can also add more complex components to your sections. For example, you might include fields for displaying data from a service, dynamic forms, or a button that starts an action chain in your extension.
• Components in a section can access variables and constants, and trigger events to start action chains.
• When working with sections, sometimes it’s easier to work in the Structure view, which helps you more readily visualize the position of components. You can also drag components within the Structure view to reorganize them.
• Unlike dynamic tables and forms, a dynamic container is not bound to a specific data resource, so a section can display data from any service connection available in the extension (and its dependencies).