Portlet Factory, Version 6.1.2

 

Specification of extra data

The Extra Data input in the Variable Input Control builder determines the content displayed by the input control.

Each of the different choices for the Input Type has a different meaning for the Extra Data field. The following table shows how the field is interpreted. The Example column provides examples of the value for the input type. Typically, you use an indirect reference to extract this value, for example, from a variable or a loop variable.

Table 1. Specification of extra data
Input Type Meaning of Extra Data Example
TextInput width

Note: Sometimes the length of the text determines the width of the text input.

60
HiddenInput: Extra data ignored  
Textarea rows, columns for display size and wrap to specify text-wrapping, as one of the following values:

  • off

  • hard

  • soft
15,60,soft
RadioBox: Choices Choice-1, choice-2, choice-3
Select: Choices , ,Ford, Chevy, BMW, Kia
Checkbox: "checkedValue, uncheckedValue, prompt" yes, no, Use Optimizer?

Parent topic: Variable Input Control builder

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