Using containers as an alternative to multiboxes

Multi Boxes have been around in QlikView for a long time. They can be a useful way of adding many selectors to the layout when there is little room for a lot of listboxes.

Using containers as an alternative to multiboxes

They can be presented either in the default, lateral mode, with the drop-down list across from the label, or in Grid Mode, with the drop-down list underneath the label.

I used Multi Boxes for many years and quite liked the Grid Mode style. However, there was a major problem. Unfortunately, the Grid Mode style is not supported in the AJAX ZFC web client.

Since Version 10 of QlikView, I have moved away from Multi Boxes and instead use ...

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