Rich Application Web Interface

Easily create intuitive web forms within an easy-to-use drag & drop modeling environment.

Screenshot of a Rich Application Interface

Mendix comes with capabilities to build rich user interfaces that go beyond your average web app.

  • Drag & drop form builder
  • Widget library
  • Smart context-behavior
  • Easily integrate complex form logic
  • Conditional formatting
  • Internationalization
  • CSS Theme styling
  • AJAX
  • Rich API to build your own widgets

Visualization + Immediate Feedback

The Mendix modeling environment is outfitted with an innovative drag & drop modeling editor to visually design user-friendly user interfaces. Visually design form layout, form logic, and navigation flows and deploy a working version in a matter of seconds. Results can directly be shown to the end-user and feedback can be processed on the spot.

Build-in Widgets

  • Textbox
  • Datagrid
  • Label
  • Reference selector
  • Reference set selector
  • Text area
  • Datepicker
  • Image uploader
  • Dataview
  • Template grid
  • Table
  • Tab control
  • Horizontal split pane
  • Vertical split pane
  • Checkbox
  • Action trigger
  • Dropdown
  • Image viewer
  • External link
  • File manager
  • Or make your own

Databinding

The Rich Forms DSL is fully integrated with the Domain Model DSL. Using a drag & drop connector, attributes can easily be connected to a widget.

Conditional Formatting

Mendix is equipped with advanced conditional formatting features; the layout and behavior of the form is dependent on certain values selected by the user.

Theming

It is easy to integrate your application into your corporate branding using themes. With a theme, your own look & feel can be applied to any Mendix application using your own CSS. It is even possible to switch themes at runtime.

Internationalization

Mendix supports advanced internationalization and translation features. Each form can easily be translated and displayed in any language. Mendix even supports right-to-left interfaces.