Is it possible to add tabs to a Dynamics CRM 2011 form? I'm not talking about the "tabs" that are basically vertical sections on the form, which you can click the links on the navigation portion of the form to jump to.
I want a real tabbed interface like the screenshot below. Something like the jQuery tabs plugin
If that is possible, is it possible to programmatically ( using javascript/xrm perhaps? ) select which tab to set to be active/show?
By default there is no way to do that. This tab system was retired in CRM 2011, in CRM 4 all forms had tabs like that.
The only way to do that is through Web Resources (HTML or Silverlight) but you have to add manually the controls and databinding also. Searching if exist any sample to follow i found this article take a look.
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There's a possibility to hide Form's Ribbon button in crm by java script.
But i cant hide Home page Ribbon button.
Is there any ways to hide home page ribbon button using java script?
Thanks in advance
Because some comments are lost in a removed answer, I rewrite here.
Ribbon customization (also the one inside the homepage) must be done editing the XML definition, not by DOM manipulation of the element.
More information here:
Define Ribbon Display Rules
and here:
Define Ribbon Enable Rules
Is also suggested to use a ribbon editor, like this one:
Ribbon Workbench for Dynamics CRM 2011
Visual Ribbon Editor is also a very good tool.
You can download it from here:
Visual Ribbon Editor
To edit the ribbon manually, have look at this article.
For our new project, we are currently looking for latest "standard" layout. It is a business webapp which includes lot of master-detail screens/forms.
In our previous projects, we have extensively used horizontal tabs like JQuery UI Tabs.
I remember old version (5) of Dynamics CRM also utilised similar approach but in there latest 2011 version, they have replaced layout to include vertical tabs like this.
I also noticed SalesForce has also related information on vertical "tab" which is essentially multiple sections on long long page. I could not find much discussion about this sort of decision? Note that MS/SF has separate layouts for mobile & surely they are not expecting businesses to use tablets.
Is everyone moving towards vertical layout when screens are becoming wider? Is there any reason for this shift?
Edit:
This is what I am talking about, the question is why?
Tab Performance - CRM 4.0 vs CRM 2011
No More Tabbing – Dynamics CRM 2011
Actually Microsoft is changing again the CRM 2011 interface, starts from Polaris release they introduced new forms, take a look at this article and the included slides:
http://niiranen.eu/crm/2013/01/whats-new-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-polaris-release-slides/
This release brings cross-browser compatibility including Safari on iPad, so as you can see Microsoft (and SalesForce and other companies too) adapt their products trying to provide the best UI for their customers.
Is it possible to integrate CKEditor to SharePoint2010's EDIT ITEM or ADD ITEM page without using CKEditor for SharePoint?
If you want to replace the default editor with CKEditor, it is going to be hard. Remember that the default editor is integrated in the ribbon. If you want to use it for some reason in a webpart or on specific situations like in a page layout you can follow something along the lines of this:
http://www.sharepointbriefing.com/features/article.php/3928401/Sharepoint-Tools-You-Can-Use-CKEditor.htm
So with the new Ribbon on top of the SharePoint 2010 page we have an office like feel to working with SharePoint pages. Customization of this ribbon is great, adding your own functionality augmenting what Microsoft provides out of the box. My question is this though, when is it appropriate to use ribbon customization vs an item menu option (i.e. the callout menu on a particular item).
Are there best practices around this? What do you do?
They share a lot of the same options. The ribbon is focused on working with the entire list or library, but still has options pop up when you click on an item that are targeted at that one item. The call-out on a single item is always focused on options for just that item.
So I would say if your looking to do something with an entire list or library, put it in the ribbon. If it is going to be an option specifically tied to one item at a time, put it in the call-out menu, but also try to make it show up in the ribbon if someone doesn't look at the call-out menu.
But that's just my opinion and I haven't had any experience putting custom functionality into either sections.
How can I completely change the look of the TopNavigation dropdowns in SharePoint 2007?
Basically I need to change the look of the div popup that gets display. I need to use Javascript to do this, so just changing the CSS for the menus won't work.
Grab a copy of the MossMenu code the MS team released, implement and override the render with your own code. Peasy
Telerik has a few pages that show you how to use their controls instead of the the dropdown menu in MOSS. The directions start here http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/moss-overview.html
Please take a look at Heather Solomon's Blog for MOSS 2007 CSS reference. You will most likely get want you want out of that.