New Visual Expression Builder Thoughts

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I finally figured out how to play with the new Expression Builder on a test project. I have tried four or five different scenarios that I am likely to use in my live projects. Keep in mind I only tested the show/hide expressions as that is all I currently understand.

I LOVE IT!

This is so easy to use. And it works well. I can’t wait to learn more about it’s capabilities. This one is a true game changer for me. This is probably the biggest new feature I didn’t realize I needed since version 4.

Thank you to the Wappler team! Can’t wait to try this on live projects.

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Hi Brad, glad to hear you like it :slight_smile:
The new Expression Builder makes it a lot easier and clearer to do things like this:

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instead of this:

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or writing the code manually.

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Got to play around with this a little more today. Still pretty basic Show/Hide type stuff. But so far I LOVE IT! Other than showing and hiding based on multiple values, what are some of the main uses for this? I’d love to explore this new feature even further.

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The main use of it is an easier way to build complex expressions visually.

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  1. I really like the new one Visual Expression Builder. It’s like an evolutionary leap. Thank you Wappler Team!
  2. I have a question about the Action Properties window. You can change the size of this window, but the settings fields are not 100% the width of the window.
    For example API ACTION POPERTIES
    In any case, I need to increase the width of the window to see the entire URL, but at the same time Input Data, Query, Headers remain small, I would like to see them here at 100% of the window width.
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Hi @BiBo, can you post a screenshot of your issue in point number 2?

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I’m using 6.0.0 Beta 5 with experimental features on, but I never get the option to use the visual expression builder not matter what element I try to use it on.

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Did you restart Wappler after switching features on?

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Are you sure you are actually running version 6 beta? Make sure to fully quit Wappler from the tray icon > right click > QUIT and then start the beta.

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Yep fully quit and restarted after turning features on. Although I am wondering if there is a conflict between the two still cause it seems the issues I reported here Dynamic data not appearing if inside a row didn’t start till after I downloaded and ran the beta Wappler.

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I also don’t know how to see this new visual expression builder

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You are 100% sure you quit it from the tray icon?

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Same here:
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Only running beta:

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Make sure you are on the beta extensions channel as well.

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So far I can only find the expression builder on show/hide attributes. Where else would I find the expression builder. I have time to play with it today.

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Be sure you are on Beta 6

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Switch on Beta and Experimental Features in the system settings and you should see these icons change. Restart Wappler.

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Then the lightning bolt icon should also change to a filter icon

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You can also use it for data view filtering, will be coming to more places where you need complex expressions in the next updates :slight_smile:

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Ah! That’s right, I did use it when I was learning Data Views. Worked like a charm.

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Reinstalling from scratch did the trick for me.
Nice job, love the new expression builder :hugs:

Btw: It would be nice to notice the users that Wappler Beta is located under local and not roaming like stable version:

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