Visual custom tags (VCTs)
A visual custom tag (VCT) is a special kind of JSP custom tag. Visual custom tags let you see an object in the Design or Split page of Page Designer similar as to how it would look in a browser.
For example, if you create a custom tag that generates a table at run time on a JSP page in Page Designer without using visual custom tags, the table appears as an icon with its tag name. By contrast, when you use visual custom tags, the table is rendered as it appears when viewed in a browser.
VCTs use Java™ classes called visualizers, which produce a set of HTML tags that are the visual representation of the new custom tag. For API documentation, refer to the list of related reference topics below.
When you are using visual custom tags in Page Designer, make sure you enable VCTs by clicking
Display | Visually Render JSP Components.
Related concepts
Related tasks
Creating visual custom tags (VCTs)
Updating the plugin.xml file for a VCT
Creating a visualization for a custom component tag