analysis: Should table columns config use a pointer to a component, or be manually configured?

[Jondyr]

Context

When configuring table columns for a subform compontent we currently have three fields that can be defined:

Image of a subform table in an app

• headerContent a text resource key, used for the heading of the column

• query a pointer to the datamodel property that will be displayed

• defaultValue default display value for query

Problem statement

What is the right balance beteween code complexity and UX simplicity?

Currently we have three proposals:

• The user selects a component from the subform layout, which fills out properties by copying them over
  • This solution brings up a new problem, should changes to the component then be synchronized?
  • No sync: might be confusing to the end user, if they expect it to sync
  • Sync: might cause added complex coupling logic to an already complicated dependency system
• Same as above, except we allow the user to override the config
  • This is mostly a discussion point for UX if the suggestion above is agreed upon
• The user manually defines all properties and no connection/pointer to a component is made
  • This is the simplest to implement, but might be a hard concept to convey to the user?