For the text fields you can specify extra picker to be displayed next to the fields
Picker Properties
Key
Type
Description
dataBindings
boolean, optional
display a data bindings picker next to the input for easy data, pickup. This also makes your control a visual expression tag editor
actionsPicker
boolean, optional
display a actions picker together with inline flow next to the input for easy data. If noFlowPicker is specified it won’t display the flow picker
routePicker
boolean, optional
display a route picker next to the input for easy data
iconsPicker
boolean, optional
display a icons picker next to the input for easy data
Store and Retrieve Value
There are many options to select what to do with the chosen value or where to get it from.
Using HTML Attribute
Key
Type
Description
attribute
text, optional
save and retrieve the value in a html attribute with specified name
hasAttribute
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as specified attribute name. Can also provide values for multiple values
attributeStartsWith
text, optional
match an attribute that starts with specified prefix, use isValue, isAttribute, isModifiers to match a specific part as value
isValue
text, optional
used in combination with attributeStartsWith to match the value of the attribute
isAttribute
text, optional
used in combination with attributeStartsWith to match the part after : from the attribute name as value
isModifiers
text, optional
used in combination with attributeStartsWith to match the part after . from the attribute name as value
Using Class Name or Style
Key
Type
Description
className
text, optional
save and retrieve the value in class attribute with specified name. If multiple values are specified in the values as single choice then all other will be removed and the selected added.
styleProperty
text, optional
save and retrieve the value in style attribute with specified name.
Setting node Position within Parent
Key
Type
Description
nodePosition
text, optional
specify first or last to move the node as first or as last child in its parent
Changing Tag name
Key
Type
Description
tagName
text, optional
set the tagName of the node. Usually specified as dropdown choice of available tags
HTML Inner
Key
Type
Description
inner
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as inner html of the component node
innerText
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as inner text of the component node
firstText
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as first text node of the component node
firstTextOrSpan
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as first text or span node of the component node
lastText
text, optional
save and retrieve the value as last text node of the component node
Multi Value
Key
Type
Description
separator
text, optional
when using multiple values, store them with this text as separator. Default comma.
Store as JS Object
Key
Type
Description
objectKey
text, optional
threat the attribute value as js object and save and retrieve the value as specified key name.
Script and includes
Key
Type
Description
scriptInclude
text, optional
specify that the value is a script include tag that should be linked.
includeParam
text, optional
specify that the value is an query param to add to the include when scriptInclude is used
script
text, optional
threat the value as js script object. Generated as inner node. used when the component node is script tag by itself to set its content
styleInclude
text, optional
specify that the value is a CSS include tag that should be linked.
Working Node Selection
All the above actions are to be applied on the component node itself. However there are some situations that you want to apply the value to a child node or a different root node. Use the following fields to specify
Key
Type
Description
selector
text, optional
specify that the actions are to be applied to a child than matches this CSS selector.
rootSelector
text, optional
specify that the actions are to be applied to a root element than matches this CSS selector.
prev
text, optional
specify that the actions are to be applied to prev sibling of the selected node.
next
text, optional
specify that the actions are to be applied to next sibling of the selected node.
Display Types
General
Type
Description
text
display text input
textarea
display textarea
boolean
display checkbox
number
display number only input
numberorstring
display number or string input
file
choose a file
folder
choose a folder
static
not an input control but just a static text - use .help field to specify contents
droplist
an advanced dropdown select control, see advanced types below*
enum
an advanced multiselect control, see advanced types below*
Special controls
Type
Description
range
an advanced range control, see advanced types below*
color
generic color picker
fontpicker
font name picker
CSS Related controls
Type
Description
css_checkbox
css input checkbox
css_text
css input text
css_url
css url input text
css_color
css color picker
css_select
css select input control. use values for the multi values
css_easing
css easing picker
css_toggle
css toggle control
css_size
css size control
css_size2
css size alternative control
css_time
css time control
css_angle
css angle control
css_gradient
css gradient control
css_radius
css radius control
css_layout
css layout control
css_border
css border control
css_border2
css border alternative control
css_spacing
css spacing control
css_selector
css selector control
css_background
css background control
Multi Values
You can use also advanced display controls like dropdowns and multiple selectors Usually you specify the values as nested array of objects with title and value.
You can however specify different sources for values. Like specify what css selector to execute in valuesSelector and which attribute from the resulted nodes to get in valuesSelectorAttribute
You can also specify valuePrefix a static string to add before the value
Sometimes you need to show and hide some fields depending on chosen values of others.
So with the droplist field for example you can easily specify for each choice which fields to show or hide: