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Form editing

The form page is the main work surface. It shows one table at a time as a vertical list of fields, with modal editing and inline validation.

Opening a table

Section titled “Opening a table”

Open a table with Continue on the Intro screen (first table of the selected profile), from the find-file palette (profile/table), or by selecting a row in the picker.

Form layout

Section titled “Form layout”

The form shows:

  • the table name at the top (with a [filtered] suffix when a picker filter is active);
  • the current position on the right, such as 3/120 or New Entry;
  • the fields as a vertical canvas.

Editor modes

Section titled “Editor modes”

Fields use a modal editor. The status line shows the current mode:

  • Normal (NOR) — move between fields and run entry-level commands;
  • Insert (INS) — type into the active field;
  • Select (SEL) — select text within a field.

With the default (Vim-style) preset, i or a enters insert mode and Esc returns to normal mode. See Editor modes and presets for the other presets.

Tab and Shift+Tab move between fields regardless of the preset.

Saving and reverting

Section titled “Saving and reverting”
Action Binding
Save Ctrl+S
Save and quit Ctrl+Shift+S
Revert Space b r

Unsaved changes show a [+] marker in the status line. Navigating away with unsaved changes asks whether to discard them.

Computed fields

Section titled “Computed fields”

Columns backed by a Steel script are computed by the server; the client shows their values and refreshes them, but you do not type into them directly.

Continue

Section titled “Continue”