Kuika's Location Search element is an element in your app that allows users to search and select a specific location. Users can easily find and select the desired location on the map by simply typing its name. The Location Search element helps you quickly search for addresses and place names to identify the right location. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Location Search element and how to configure its search properties.

The Location Search element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

Adding a Location Search element,
Location Search element properties,
Authorization,
Visibility,
Editability,
Customize the interface design with Style Panel,
Actions.

Add Location Search Element

After logging in to the Kuika platform, open the project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.

In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Location Search element (4) under the “Select Input” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the Location Search element from the Elements panel by drag and drop. If you drag it to an empty space on the screen, it will be added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, you will add only the Location Search element.

Location Search Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Value: You can add a static value to the Value field, or you can dynamically add a value of a status, Input element content or an action result via Symbol Picker.
Placeholder: You can add a helpful, placeholder text for the end user.‍
Allow Clear: When data is entered, a Delete(X) icon can be added in the right margin of the element, allowing you to delete the entered values with a single click.

Authorization.

You can customize user access with “Anonymous Access” and “All Roles Access” authorization options on the screens and elements of your application. While “Anonymous Access” enables access without any account information query, “All Roles Access” provides access by verifying user account information.

For element level authorization, you can manage the security and user experience of your application by selecting the relevant element and editing the “Authorization” settings from the Properties panel.

Visibility.

It allows you to adjust the visibility of screens or elements. Visibility in Elements allows you to regulate visibility based on a specific state or condition. For each element, you can make it always visible, hidden, or visible and hidden depending on a condition.

Click on the element on the screen.
Open the “Properties” panel on the right side.
Click on the “Visibility” field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

Always Visible: Ensures that the screens in your app are always visible. ‍
Hidden: Allows hiding screens in your application. ‍
Sometimes Visible: Makes screens in your application conditionally visible.

Editability

Allows you to make elements editable.

Enabled: Selecting this option makes the element editable.
Disabled: In this case, the element cannot be edited.
Sometimes Enabled: This option means that the element is sometimes editable and sometimes not, depending on certain conditions.

Customize the İnterface Design with Style Panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and impressive user interfaces in your web and mobile applications.

The sections defined below vary depending on the element.

Layout‍: Here you can make visual adjustments such as sizing, alignment and padding of elements. These settings also affect the layout of other elements within the element. Properties include Size, Min Size and Align; however, some elements may not support the Display property.
Text: The element's text properties can be edited here through font family, style, color, size, spacing and other options. This section supports all Text related adjustments.
Fill: You can use the Fill setting to customize the element's background with color or images.
Border: You can give your elements a more aesthetic look by adding borders and adjusting the corner radii.
Shadow: You can add a shadow effect to elements used in web applications to give a sense of depth. However, the shadow feature may not be supported as some elements are not suitable for mobile applications.

Actions.

Kuika contains system actions such as Arithmetic, Authorization, Condition, Device, Export, Geolocation, Invers, Local Storage, Multi Language, Navigation, Notification, Payment, UI Control, Process Administration, Process Automation, Trigger, Process Automation, Process Administration and String Operations.

In addition to system actions, you can also use SQL actions that you create yourself.

To add actions to elements, you can use the “+ADD ACTION” button from the Properties panel on the right side.