Widgets API Reference

Widgets are created at the moment you ask for it for the first time. The name of the widget is analyzed to build a widget which uses the features and template you want.

Here is a schema of how it works:

Widget API 1

A widget is built like this.

solid-[type]-[template]-[features]

All the keywords must be separated by ``-`` but can be put in any order.

type

Can be display , form or set. Will select the directory of template to use.

template

Name of the template to use. Available templates:

  • display directory

    • value: displays value directly in the widget tag.

    • div: displays value inside a <div> tag

    • link: displays value as an href attribute in a <a> tag

    • img: displays value as a src attribute in a <img> tag

    • boolean: displays label (or name) in a <label> tag if value  == true

  • form directory

    • text: set value in an <input> of type text.

    • textarea: set value in a <textarea>.

    • richtext: set value in an <div> and initialize a light rich text editor by using Quill.

    • checkbox: create a checkbox, which is checked if value == true.

    • date: set value in an <input> of type date.

    • rangedate: set 2 values in 2 <input> of type date. Used for filtering with min and max. Possible to add start-value-[field] and end-value-[field] attributes to set min and max values. Date format to follow : “YYYY-MM-DD”. Each attribute accepts today as value.

    • number: set value in an <input> of type number.

    • rangenumber: set 2 values in 2 <input> of type number. Used for filtering with min and max. Possible to add start-value-[field] and end-value-[field] attributes to set min and max values.

    • hidden: set value in an <input> of type hidden.

    • dropdown: set value in a <select>. The list is provided via the range attribute, which expects a container’s URL, or via the enum attribute, which takes a list of the values separated by commas.

    • radio: set value in a list of radio buttons. The list is provided via the range attribute, which expects a container’s URL, or via the enum attribute, which takes a list of the values separated by commas.

    • multiple: Accept a container URI as a value, and inserts one widget per resource with a “remove” button for each widget, and an “add” button.

    • multipleselect: Accept a container URI as a value, and inserts a dropdown widget with the multiple attribute.

    • checkboxes: Accept a container URI as a value, allow to select multiple values with in a list of checkbox inputs. The list is provided via the range attribute, which expects a container’s URL, or via the enum attribute, which takes a list of the values separated by commas.

    • file: Inserts an <input/> and an <input type="file"/>. When a file is selected it’s uploaded, URL of file is returned by request and set as the <input/> value. The upload URL is provided via the upload-url attribute.

    • image: Works like file but allow only images in the input, and create a preview of the image when selected by the user.

    • color: set value in a <input> of type color.

  • set

    • default: inserts widgets directly in the set tag.

    • div: inserts widgets in a <div> tag.

    • ul: inserts widgets in a <ul> tag.

  • default (no template keyword defined)

    • action: Displays a link inside a <solid-link> tag with src for the data-src attribute, value for the next attribute and label as text content.

    • multiple: insert a solid-display with the @id of a container as data-src. The fields to display are chosen with the multiple-[field name]-fields attribute.

features

Features to add to the widget. You can choose as many as you want

  • label: adds a label before the template. Uses the attribute name if label is not defined.

  • labellast: adds a label after the template. Uses the attribute name if label is not defined.

  • autocompletion: initializes the SlimSelect plugin. Works only with dropdowns.

  • autolink: analyzes widget content, and transforms all links in anchor.

  • mailto: adds mailto: at the beginning of an href attribute. Works only with links.

  • tel: adds tel: at the beginning of an href attribute. Works only with links.

  • blank: adds an attribute target="_blank". Works only with links.

  • placeholder: adds a placeholder in the input. Uses the attribute name or label if placeholder is not defined. Works only with input widgets.

  • date: transforms the value in a date, in the browser’s default locale format.

  • datetime: transforms the value in a date and time, in the browser’s default locale format.

  • multiline: shows a value on multiple lines (replace \n by <br>).

  • markdown: takes markdown code and displays formatted text. Works only with a display template (value, div, link).

  • addable: adds a <solid-form> that allows to add data on the field concerned. It accepts attributes from solid-form by using addable-[field]-[attribute]="value" format. If addable-data-src is not provided, the solid-form will use the URI in range-[field] as data-src, if declared.