Change Your User Interface

Last updated 20/10/2025

Five has different interfaces you can choose from for your application. The default is Boston.

Boston User Interface

The Boston user interface will position your menu on the left of your screen. When the menu item holds a form, a list of records will be positioned next to the menu.

Figure 1 - Boston user interface

Selecting a record or creating a new record will position the form next to the list of records.

Figure 2 - Boston user interface

Sub-menus will open when the parent menu has been selected, a selected sub-menu will open the action and display it next to the menu.

Figure 3 - Boston user interface

New York User Interface

The New York interface will position your menu across the top of your screen giving you more screen real estate. When the menu item references a form, a list of records will be positioned on the left of the screen. Selecting or creating a new record will position the form next to the list of records.

Figure 4 - New York interface

Sub-menus will open when the parent menu is selected.

Figure 5 - New York interface

When a menu item is selected that references an action, the action will take the entire screen.

Figure 6 - New York interface

How to Change the Default User Interface

The default user interface is set at the application-level, this will be the default user interface for all instance records you create going forward. The user interface can be set at the instance-level to be different from the default, the instance-level user interface will take precedence over the default set at the application-level.

If you decide to change the default user interface at the application-level and want this applied to any previously saved instance records, you will need to change this at the instance-level also, as the default user interface is not applied to previously saved instance records.

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You will need to remove your deployment from the development environment and re-deploy to see changes made on an application record.

1. Select the application record in the list.

2. Either click the Edit button in the form app bar or click directly in the Default User Interface field.

Figure 7 - Edit button

3. Click the lookup icon in the Default User Interface field and select New York.

Figure 8 - Default User Interface field

4. Click the Save button in the form app bar.

Figure 9 - Save button

Creating a New Instance Record

If you create any new instance records going forward, their user interface will be defaulted to New York on the instance record.

Figure 10 - User interface on a new instance record

How to Change the User Interface for Previously Saved Instance Records

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You will need to remove your deployment from the development environment and re-deploy to see changes made on an instance record.

1. Select Setup in the menu followed by Instances in the sub-menu.

Figure 11 - Instances menu item

2. Select the required instance record.

3. Either click the Edit button in the form app bar or click directly in the User Interface field.

Figure 12 - Edit button

4. Click the lookup icon in the User Interface field and select New York.

Figure 13 - User Interface field

5. Click the Save button in the form app bar.

Figure 14 - Save button