Oracle Visual Builder: Applications That Outlive Their First Release · Module 12 · Responsive and mobile
A table on a phone
Lesson 121 of 176 · 3 min
The commonest problem in this module. What to do instead, and WHY SHRINKING IT IS NOT ONE OF THE OPTIONS. Business applications are made of tables and tables are the one component that does not survive a narrow screen, which makes this the defining problem of mobile in this product. THE REASON IS ARITHMETIC RATHER THAN DESIGN. Eight columns need a certain width to be readable, and a phone does not have it. Nothing about layout can create space that is not there. SO SHRINKING IS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE IT PRODUCES SOMETHING UNREADABLE OR UNTAPPABLE. Smaller text on a device held at arm's length, and touch targets below the size a finger can hit — Lesson 4. It renders, it fits, and it cannot be used, which is the worst of the available outcomes because it looks like a solution. HORIZONTAL SCROLLING IS THE SECOND NON-ANSWER AND IT IS…
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