Kuika's Timeline element is used to visually present events or processes in a chronological order. It is very useful for tracking and visualizing important events or developments over a period of time. An effective flow of information can be achieved by using the Timeline element to help users better understand the changes that have occurred over a period of time. For example, it can be used to show the stages of a project or the historical development of an event. In this tutorial, you will learn how to effectively create a timeline in your application using the Timeline element.

The Timeline element has the following functions:

Visualize Events: Visually represents events, transactions, or changes that have occurred over a period of time. This helps users better understand the sequence and relationships of events.
Tracking History: Users can track which events occurred in the past and when. This is useful for tracking the progress of a project or a business process.
Show Future Plans: Timelines can also show future events or plans, so that users can observe future plans.

Timeline element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

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

Add Timeline Element

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

2. In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Timeline element (4) under the “Display” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left edge.

Timeline Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Options: This is the area where action connections and data binding operations are performed. After the action connection is made, new fields are opened in this Property. In order to see these fields, first a table must be created in Datasource. Then, SQL Actions must be created. The created SQL Actions should be added as Initial Action by clicking the button.

Mode: It is the field where the display settings of the data in the Timeline element are selected with options such as “right”, “left”, “alternate”. The Timeline element added to the screen comes in “Alternate” mode by default. You can select from the mode pop-up window to display the Timeline element as you want.

For example:

Create a Datasource named “Timeline Datasource”. In the table you created, define the variables “title”, “description” and “color” in string type.
Then click on the “CREATE” button.
Then, click on the “New SQL Action” option by clicking on the “+” icon in the “Actions” section on the left panel. Create SQL Action as “Select * from timeline datasource” and click on “CREATE” button.
Click on the “+Add Action” button to link the created SQL Action to the page. Call the action by typing the action name (for example, “Timelineall”) in the “Searchbox” box. The action you called will be displayed in the “Options” field in the Properties panel of the Timeline element. After selecting the action, the data related to the selected action must be matched.

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.