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Type

Description

Format

Example

Bound

A control which holds a single value, such as headers, labels, etc.

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componentID: { fieldName: valueOrBinding }

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var protoTree = {
    mainHeader: "Carving Woods",
    sectionHeader1: "Sassafras",
    sectionHeader1: "Butternut",
    sectionHeader1: "Basswood"
};

Array of Bound

repeated Bound fields

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componentID: { fieldName: [valueOrBinding1,
                           valueOrBinding2,
                          ...] }

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var protoTree = {
    mainHeader: "Carving Woods",
    sectionHeaders: ["Sassafras",
                     "Butternut",
                     "Basswood"]
};

Selection

A selection control where a user chooses either one or many options from a set of alternatives, such as a drop-down, radio buttons or checkboxes

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componentID: {
    selection: valueOrBinding,
    optionlist: [array of internal values],
    optionnames: [array of display strings]
}

For information on how to create trees for radio buttons and checkboxes, see Renderer Component Tree Expanders.

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var protoTree = {
    contact-addressType1: {
        selection": "${fields.addressType1}",
        optionlist": ["Home", "Work"],
        optionnames": ["home", "work"]
    }
};

Link

A reference to a URL, such as a hyperlink

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componentID: {
    selectiontarget: mySelectionValuedestinationUrl,
    optionlistlinktext: [array of internal values],
    optionnames: [array of display strings]
stringToDisplay
}

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var protoTree = {
    contact-addressType1: {
        selection"target: "http://company.com/help/${fieldstopic.addressType1url}",
        optionlist"linktext: ["Home", "Work"],
        optionnames": ["home", "work"]"${topic.name}"
    }
};

Container

A component that contains other components in a free-form way

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componentID: {
    children: [array of other protocomponents]
}

Message

A component that encapsulates the data needed to resolve a localised message. Similar to a Bound, but the value is a key into a string bundle

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componentID: {
    messageKey: key,
    args: [array of arguments to
           be interpolated into
           the message format]
}

See fluid.formatMessage for more information about message formatting.

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var protoTree = {
    instructions: {
        messageKey: "instructionKey",
        args: ["thing", 3, "%path1"]
    }
};

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