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 page of Page Designer similar as to how it would look in a browser.

For example, if you create a table 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 JSP > Show Visual Custom Tags.

 

Related concepts

Custom tag libraries

 

Related tasks

Creating a custom tag library
Adding Web library projects
Creating visual custom tags (VCTs)
Creating a visualizer plug-in
Updating the plugin.xml file for a VCT
Adding a VCT to a JSP page