Set Default View Card

This project automatically sets a default view card style for Aras Graph Navigation. The view card matches the card accent color to the item type icon color, providing a consistent and intuitive visual experience in graph navigation.

Features

• Automatically generates default view card styling for item types
• Matches card accent color to item type icon color for visual consistency

Prerequisites

• Aras Innovator installed (11.0 SP15 or later)

Installation

Important!

Always back up your code tree and database before applying an import package or code tree patch!

Pre-requisites

• Aras Innovator installed
• Aras Package Import Utility

Install Steps

1. Backup your database and store the BAK file in a safe place.
2. Open up the Aras Package Import tool.
3. Enter your login credentials and click Login
   • Note: You must login as root for the package import to succeed!
4. Enter the package name in the TargetRelease field.
5. Enter the path to your local ..\SetDefaultViewCard\imports.mf file in the Manifest File field.
6. Select the following in the Available for Import field.
   • aras.labs.SetDefaultViewCard
7. Select Type = Merge and Mode = Thorough Mode.
8. Click Import in the top left corner.
9. Close the Aras Package Import tool.

Usage

1. Login to Innovator as admin

2. Navigate to Administration > Configuration > Graph Navigation > View Card

3. Open the View Card item you want to style

4. Click the labs_defaultCard action button to trigger the styling method

   

5. The view card will be updated with:

   • Default styling applied
   • Accent color matched to the item type icon color

Once applied, the styled view cards will be displayed when viewing items in graph navigation.

Credits

Created by Matt Toppi for Aras Labs. @matttoppi

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details