What is the Spacer Component?

Spacer is an Inquiry screen component that adds a spacing block to the screen. You can customize its appearance and define logic that governs when it appears.

The Spacer component adds white space to create separation between elements. For example, you can include a space between a header and body text to provide some “breathing” room or add a spacer between buttons to prevent accidental taps. Spacers help ensure a clean and visually appealing design.

How do you add a Spacer component?

1. Navigate to the Dashboard, and click on Inquiries > Templates.
2. Find and click on the Inquiry template you want to edit, or Create a new template.
3. Hover over a Screen and click the Edit button to view the Component Library.

4. In the left toolbar, click Component Library and search for ‘Spacer’.
5. Drag and drop the Spacer component into your screen, and reposition it by dragging it around.
6. (Optional) In the Styles toolbar tab, you can edit the Spacer’s height. You can read more about Styles below.
7. (Optional) In the Logic toolbar tab, you can add rules that govern when the component appears, and when it does not. You can read more about Logic below.
8. Close the step. You’ll have to Save and Publish the template to begin using it.

Styles

You can customize how your component appears to users in the Styles tab, modifying elements like spacing.

Spacing

You can customize the Height of the Spacer. This will increase or decrease the white space added by the Spacer component.

Logic

Persona provides you with the ability to add logic to a Spacer component. For example, a component may only become visible to a user if certain conditions are met. There are two options for logic rules:

• On screen load: Logic rules are evaluated only when the screen loads. They can reference any field configured on the template.
• On screen update: Logic rules are evaluated in real time. They can only reference inputs on the current screen.

Logic Rules

Logic rules consist of three main components:

1. Field: The object that will have a condition linked to it.
2. Condition: How the field is compared to the value (e.g., equals, does not equal).
3. Value: The value to test against.

Creating Logic Rules

• AND Statements: Combine multiple conditions that must all be true for the rule to pass. Add these using the "Add" button.
• OR Groups: Combine conditions where only one needs to be true for the rule to pass. Create these by clicking "Add OR Group".

How to Use Logic Rules

1. Click on the Spacer component, and go to Logic in the right toolbar.
   1. Choose either “On screen load” or “On screen update” and click Add.
   2. Choose what Component Update to apply. This determines what happens to the component when the logical rules are met.
   3. Create a logical rule by filling in the three boxes following When, which correspond to an object, its condition, and its value being assessed, respectively. When that logical rule passes, the component update is applied.
   4. (Optional) Add additional logical rules by clicking either + Add (if you want to add 'AND' rules, where all must be passed to continue) or + Or (if you want to add 'OR' rules, where one must be passed to continue). You can also nest a group of OR statements within an AND statement by clicking + Add Group.
   5. (Optional) To edit the logic directly, you can open the code editor.
2. Choose either “On screen load” or “On screen update” and click Add.
3. Choose what Component Update to apply. This determines what happens to the component when the logical rules are met.
4. Create a logical rule by filling in the three boxes following When, which correspond to an object, its condition, and its value being assessed, respectively. When that logical rule passes, the component update is applied.
5. (Optional) Add additional logical rules by clicking either + Add (if you want to add 'AND' rules, where all must be passed to continue) or + Or (if you want to add 'OR' rules, where one must be passed to continue). You can also nest a group of OR statements within an AND statement by clicking + Add Group.
6. (Optional) To edit the logic directly, you can open the code editor.

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