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Comparison of controls in the Coaches and Responsive Coaches toolkits

The Coaches toolkit and the Responsive Coaches toolkit contain a number of controls that are similar. This topic describes the differences between the two sets of controls.

Control Coaches toolkit Responsive Coaches toolkit
All controls
  • Supported in mobile applications on Apple iPad only
  • Use Dojo for presentation
  • Tested on mobile applications on supported iOS and Android versions
  • Use standard HTML5, when supported by the web browser, to display native look and feel
Button  
  • Supports having an icon on the button using two additional configuration options
Date Time Picker
  • Supports the Gregorian, Hebrew, and Islamic calendars
  • The Date Time Picker control supports only the Gregorian calendar.
Image
  • Has configuration options for setting the height and width of the image
  • Has configuration options for caption text and positioning
  • Has a configuration option that lets you set different images for the small, medium, and large screen sizes. This configuration option overrides a bound image, if one exists.
  • Uses the label for the caption but the positioning is still configurable
Select
  • A single control that supports single selection or multiple selection. The List Type configuration option determines which type of selection an instance provides.
  • Equivalent function has been split into two controls: Multiple Select and Single Select
Table  
Edit mode
Replaces Disable Click-to-Edit and provides a new Show Edit Mode Toggle option
Disable sorting
Facilitates a more fine-grained control over which columns are sortable
Column selector
Enables the user to hide or show columns
Width
Replaces the Initial Width property. The width can be set on the Positioning tab.
Text  
  • Has a configuration option to set the input text type which determines the keyboard a displayed for the field
Section
Horizontal Section
  • Has configuration option to align contents to the left or to the right
  • Has a configuration option to wrap contents
Vertical Section
  • Has a configuration option to round the border corners
Section
  • Combines the function of the Horizontal Section and Vertical Section controls in the Coaches toolkit. A configuration option sets whether the section displays its content horizontally or vertically.
  • Has a configuration option to align contents to the left or to the right or to center them
  • Automatically wraps its contents
  • Uses native browser sections so the browser determines the appearance of the section corners