Data Containers
Introduction
Data containers display contents of one object or a list of objects.
The Data containers category contains the following widgets:
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Data view – This widget shows the contents of exactly one object. If, for example, you want to show details of a single program item, you would use a data view for this:
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Data grid – This widget shows a list of objects in a table format. For example, a data grid can show all the orders a customer has placed. Using controls provided by the data grid you can browse, search, and edit those objects.
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Template grid – This widget shows a list of objects in a tile view. For example, a template grid can show a list of employees with their profile pictures. Using controls provided by the template grid you can browse, search, and manipulate those objects.
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List view – This widget shows a list of objects. For example, you can display list of all profiles using a list view.
A snippet can also function as a data container when it has at least one snippet parameter. Unlike other data containers, a snippet never exposes a $currentObject variable because it can represent multiple independent objects.