Controls

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See also: Control Common Properties, CSS Class/Style Properties

Introduction

A control is any element that can be added to a page e.g. input field, table, menu, text etc. Most controls are visible, but this is not necessarily the case. Available controls are listed in the Palette View and they can be added to a page by dragging from the Palette View to either the WYSIWYG View or the Outline View.

Some controls act as a container, meaning that other controls can be added to the control as children e.g. a Panel Control. Container controls have a layout, which defines how its child controls are positioned within the container.

All controls have properties that define the behaviour of the control and are shown in the Properties View when a control is selected in either the WYSIWYG View or the Outline View. These properties can also be accessed from an FPL script by referring to controlName.property. For many control properties, it is possible to specify that they should either have a local value or that they should inherit their value from somewhere else, usually a default value in the presentation template – see local/inherited control properties.

Click on the links below for details of each control and a list of supported properties.

Controls

The following controls are available from the Palette View:

Panel Control	A simple container
Titled Panel Control	A container with a title bar and configurable corners
Group Panel Control	A container with title bar and additional texts
Page Panel Control	A page level container with a page header text and additional texts
Field Control	Field
Table Control	Table
Table Page Control	A horizontal scroll page within a table
Table Column Control	Table Column
Button Column Control	A button within a table
Image Column Control	An image within a table
Image Control	An image in a non-table location
Include Control	Includes an external HTML or JSP file
Message Control	Acts as a location for error and warning messages
Horizontal Line Control	Horizontal line
HTML Control	Allows HTML to be added
Hyperlink Control	Hyperlink, either internal (runs FPL script) or external
Text Control	Text
Button Control	Clickable button
Legacy Button Panel Control	A panel containing Ebase save/restore buttons and Ebase page navigation buttons
Next Page Button Control	Ebase next page navigation button
Previous Page Button Control	Ebase previous page navigation button
Finish Button Control	Ebase finish button
Save Button Control	Ebase save button (save/restore feature)
Restore Button Control	Ebase restore button (save/restore feature)
Tab Set Control	Tab Set
Tab Control	An individual Tab within a Tab Set
Horizontal Menu Control	Horizontal Menu
Vertical Menu Control	Vertical Menu
Menu Item Control	An individual menu item within either a horizontal or vertical menu
Dynamic Menu Item Control	A dynamic menu item within either a horizontal or vertical menu
Grid Control	A grid layout control

The following system controls are not available from the Palette View, but can be configured:

Page Control	A special control representing the page – this control cannot be deleted
Component Control	Represents a part-page component
Grid Cell Control	An individual cell within a Grid Control