Page layout contents and field behavior
Key Takeaway
A page layout arranges what users see on record detail and edit pages, but it is not a security tool. Use field-level security to restrict whether users can view and edit a field everywhere.
A page layout controls which elements appear on an object's record detail and edit pages and how they are arranged. It also sets whether each field on those pages is visible, read-only or required. Page layouts shape the user experience, but field-level security and other settings decide who can actually see and edit data.
What a page layout controls
The elements you arrange on a page layout include:
- buttons
- fields
- s-controls
- Visualforce pages
- custom links
- related lists
Salesforce automatically creates a default page layout when you create a custom object.
A user's profile decides which page layout they see. When an object uses record types, the combination of the user's profile and the record type decides the page layout.