Kuika's URL element allows users to enter valid web addresses securely and accurately in your application. The URL element guides users through the editing and validation of web links. The URL element automatically performs validation when a link is entered and can alert the user if a link is entered in an incorrect format. In addition, links entered in the URL element can be displayed in a clickable format within the application and users can visit the link directly. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the URL element and how to configure valid URL formats.

The URL element supports web and mobile applications.

This training content consists of the following topics:

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

Add URL 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 URL element (4) under the “Text Input” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the URL element to the screen by drag and drop from the Elements panel. 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, only the URL element will be added.

URL Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Value: You can add a static value to the URL element, or it can dynamically take a status, the content of another Input element or the value of an action result. It is used to check whether the URL entered is in a valid format.
Placeholder: Specifies the text used to show the user a sample URL format when no value is entered in the element. The user can see this placeholder text displayed before entering their own URL in this field.
Allow Clear: Allows the user to delete the entered URL with a single click via a delete icon on the right margin after entering the URL.

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.