Switchboard form expandable?

[fredalina]

i don't know if this is possible. i have a database where the GUI is basically copied from an older database (different developer), and i've added additional elements. The users click buttons which open different forms until they get to the function they want to see, and they are telling me it's not user friendly enough. The four sections are "Contact Info", "Complaints1", "Complaints2", and "Reports".

Currently there is a switchboard which lists:
*Contact Info
*Complaints1
*Complaints2
*Reports
with a small button beside each that, when clicked, takes the user to another form with the different elements of each of the 4 sections. i.e., the Contact Info switchboard-type form lists:
***Main Contact
***M1 Contact (first level management)
***M2 Contact
***etc

My vision is that when the small button beside Contact Info is clicked, the form expands until you see the following:
*Contact Info
***Main Contact
***M1 Contact
***M2 Contact
***etc
*Complaints1
*Complaints2
*Reports

Then, if the button beside Complaints1 were clicked, the choices under Contact Info would disappear, and the area beneath Complaints1 would be expanded and its options would appear.

Does this make sense? Is this possible? i am clueless how to proceed at this point, but any hints would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

i should add that i have this as a Form and not specifically as a switchboard, but could do it either way. Thanks!

 

[gemma-the-husky]

not sure exactly what you mean, but you can certainly make an app behave any way you like

note that as well as changing the form design, you can change the toolbar, or add a right-click (shortcut) menu

 

[fredalina]

Any suggestions how to make this happen?

Basically picture how Windows works in Explore. The servers are listed along the left, with + buttons beside them. The user can click the + button and the folders within that server appear beneath the server name, and some of them also have + buttons. Each item can be expanded or exploded.

i'd love to be able to accomplish something like this for my database, but i don't know where to begin. Can anyone help?