Show action menu action

Use the Show action menu action to display an action menu from the list of multiple action menus for a touch-enhanced Phone or Tablet form.

1. On the form modeling bar, click Actions and click New.

   The New action dialog box is displayed.

2. On the Type list, select Show action menu.
3. Change the default Name (ShowActionMenuAction1) to something meaningful.
4. Optional. Enter a Description for the action.
5. Optional. Select Multilingual to configure a unique action for each language separately. See Configure multilingual actions.
6. To display the action menu, select the menu on the Action menu list. See Define action menus for a touch-enhanced form.
7. Click Save.

   The newly created action is added to the table.

8. Associate the action with the control to trigger this action. See Configure actions for form control events. Alternatively, to call this action for a form event, associate the action with the form. See Associate an action with a form.

   When triggered, this action launches the action menu when the form is opened.

   When you call the Show action menu action, the menu is docked at the bottom of the window. Clicking an option on the menu executes the associated actions and closes the menu.