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1. Box # 1: Still shows the Main Menu Groupings. This is convenient if you need to switch back and forth between two different "Main Menus" while building a form.
2. Box # 2: Shows the Submenu "Grant Request" and the already-built Themes (different application form types) underneath the submenu. If you want to edit/preview a specific theme, simply click on its name from this list to select it.
   1. Additionally, you can find the "New Theme" button at the of this list before "Retired Themes" and "Filter." This allows you to create a new application form either from scratch or by copying another form first.
   2. Note: Clicking "New Theme" will pull up the a window with both the options to create the new theme from scratch AND to copy the existing view of another theme. It is recommended to always start an application by copying another, and then making the necessary changes on the copy.
3. Box # 3: Displays the Preview of the Theme currently selected. In the example screenshot, you can see a Preview of the "2022 COVID-19 Response Application" (the currently selected Theme).
4. Box # 4: Displays where you can find Retired Themes. These are application forms that are no longer used, but can still be found for referential (and copying) purposes. Click on "Retired Themes" to see a window with all of the application forms that are no longer used; from this window, you can also "Unretire" these themes (i.e. make them active application forms once again).
5. Box # 5: Displays the "Builder" button; this is what you'll press in order to begin Editing the form itself. See the next section "Editing a Form" for more information on this.
6. Box # 6: Shows the toggle that allows you to switch an application form from being in "Draft Mode" (not yet usable) to being "Active" (ready for use as an application form). Best practice recommendation is to leave unfinished applications forms in Draft status until they are completed, after which you MUST ENSURE you move it to Active status otherwise the form will not be accessible.

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Builder and Configuration View

Upon clicking the "Builder" button, the system will load and a screen similar to the one found in the screenshot below will pull up. This is where and how you actually edit the form, move fields around, edit field labels, add additional fields, change help text, move groupings around, etc. Essentially, if you can see it on a Theme or Form it can be edited/updated here. See below for descriptions of highlighted sections.

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1. Box # 1: This text box controls the Name of the Group item. Depending on the options selected in Box # 2, the group label can either be displayed or be hidden. If your label is going to be hidden, Fluxx best practices recommends formatting your group label as so: "(label title)" with parentheses "()" surrounding the label and the label text itself in all lower case. This makes it visually clear from the Admin Panel Builder screen (without having to check the configuration) whether or not a group's label is going to be displayed on the Form on not.
2. Box # 2: Controls many of the different pieces of functionality about group items:
   1. Show in Table of Contents: Determines whether or not the Group will display on the Form's Table of Contents if the TOC is added to the form. Note: This checkbox can still be selected even if the TOC is NOT added to the Form. The checkbox simply determines whether or not the group will show in the TOC provided that the TOC IS added to the Form.
   2. Do Not Show Label: This is the checkbox that determines whether the label will be displayed or whether it will be hidden. If the Checkbox is NOT selected, then the Group item will visually organize components, fields, and text underneath the Group label. If the Checkbox IS selected, then the Group will only organize the items underneath it within the Builder menu from the Admin Panel; the group will NOT serve any visual purpose on the externally-facing form.
      1. Selecting this Checkbox can be useful if the Group does not need to visually group anything, but all the items do need to have One Visibility Configuration (see the "Values, Visibility, and Styling Configuration" section for more information on this). Any Visibility or Styling Configurations applied at the Group level will apply to all items underneath that group, which can make it very convenient to group several items that need the same configuration under one "dummy" group that serves only as storage for the configuration settings.
   3. Collapsible: If checked, the group can be Collapsed or Expanded at the User's discretion. Note: If a group is configured to Do Not Show Label, then checking this box won't cause any discernable difference; since the label is hidden, not collapsible section is found.
      1. An example of a Group item collapsed:
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      3. The same Group Field expanded:
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   4. Default to Open (only displayed if "Collapsible" checkbox is selected): Will automatically Expand a Collapsible field if selected. If not checked, Collapsible fields will by default first appear as Collapsed.
   5. Disable lazy-loading for this group: Lazy loading is essentially delaying the loading of images until a user scroll downs the page (images enter within the viewport). Clicking this checkbox ensure that images/text in this group are loaded when the rest of the Form is loaded. It is generally recommended to leave this checkbox unchecked.

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