Data Containers

Last modified: April 20, 2023

1 Introduction

Data containers display contents of one object or a list of objects.

The Data containers category contains the following widgets:

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

2 Performing Basic Functions

For more information on how to add widgets to a page, view their properties, and arrange them, see Adding Elements on a Page, Viewing Element Properties, and Arranging Elements on a Page sections in Page.

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