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# The Form Tree Pane

The form tree pane displays two different views of your form: the FormView tree and the DataView tree. The objects in the trees are nested hierarchically. indicates that there are more branches underneath. You click on the to expand the tree. To collapse a branch, click on the .

## The FormView tree

The FormView tree is displayed when you click on the FormView tab. It contains a tree view of the pages in the form and any overlays that are associated with the pages.

## The DataView tree

The DataView tree is displayed when you click on the DataView tab. It contains a tree view of the data fields on the form. By default, your fields are sorted by page in tab index order. You can also view them sorted by data ID or alphabetically by description.

To change the view in the DataView tree:

1. Right-click on the form name at the top of the DataView tree to display the context menu:
2. Select one of the following:

   View | Description
   Sort by Data ID | To arrange the data fields in the order of their data ID numbers.
   Sort by Description | To arrange the data fields in alphabetical order based on the data field description.
   Sort by Page | To arrange the fields by page in tab index order. This view also groups the fields by field type. (You will learn more about this later.)