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Feature Request FR-4058
Product Area Application Builder
Status CLOSED

4 Voters

Provide WYSIWYG IDE and Drag-n-Drop capabilities for templates

platorres Public · Oct 11 2024

Idea Summary
There are several places in APEX that use HTML templates as well as database fields (such as email templates). Working in these areas would be much simpler if we could drag and drop html tables, spans, divs, database table columns, and CSS classes.

Use Case
In the case of email templates we have to create HTML code for the template. If we could visually drag and drop our layout (including the table columns) it would streamline our process. If you place these WYSIWYG EVERYWHERE that requires HTML code in the application, then it would make the development process much more enjoyable. Also, having to look up database columns to place in the HTML is tedious and would be faster if we could provide a table name and then have the columns available to drag and drop into the templates.

Preferred Solution (Optional)

We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that due to all the internal implications we need to take into account, it is unlikely to make its way into APEX.

Comments

Comments

  • vincent morneau Admin OP 9 months ago

    Given all the ways a template markup can be styled using CSS (Flex, Grid, etc.) it's unlikely that APEX can capture the intent of a template designer using a WYSIWYG.