Setting properties for custom controls as independent design elements
Set properties for the custom control as an independent design element. Properties include options for configuring data sources, applying styles, specifying validation and visibility settings, and more.
The following table provides an overview of the properties that
you can set for custom controls. These are properties that you set
before you insert the custom control into pages.
| Property Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom Control | Contains options for setting general properties, for example, adding the custom control to the Controls palette. |
| Data | Contains options for configuring data sources. |
| Style | Contains options to help you create your own custom control styles with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and associated classes. If you set custom format properties using the Font, Background, and Margins tabs, a message displays at the top of the Style page in the Properties view informing you that custom formatting has been added. You can create a new style sheet with any custom formatting. |
| Font | Contains options for setting properties related to font, such as size, color, and style. |
| Background | Contains options for setting background and border properties. |
| Margins | Contains options for setting margins. |
| Resources | Shows any style sheets and script libraries that you have added to an XPage. Also contains options for adding new style sheets and script libraries. You can create formulas to compute which style sheets and script libraries to use at run time based on events. |
| Navigation | Contains options for specifying pages to navigate to when an event occurs. |
| Property Definition | Contains options for defining new custom properties, organizing properties in a tree view, and specifying validation and visibility settings. |
| Design Definition | Lets you specify how the custom control should be rendered in Design mode in Domino Designer. Developers can use their own custom XSP markup in the editor box provided by the property tab. As an example, say you want the rendering of the custom control to look a lot like the actual markup of the custom control. You can just copy and paste the source of the custom control in here and then modify it as needed. The text entered must be valid XSP markup. |
| All Properties | Contains a complete list of all the available
properties for the custom control, including some that are not available
anywhere else in the Properties view. Properties
are listed as XML attributes. You can set values for the properties
in the right column and write formulas to compute values dynamically
at run time. Note: The All Properties tab is
for advanced users who are familiar with XML and want to work directly
with source code. |