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Widgets Categorization

Widgets are categorized as Containers, Basic, and Advanced based on the behavior and characteristics of the widgets.

  • Basic Widgets: These widgets are used for basic functions on a form. They are the most commonly used widgets in an application design. These widgets are components that act independently of the Container Widgets.
  • Container Widgets: These hold container, basic or advanced widgets within them.
  • Advanced widgets: Used to achieve advanced interaction within an application. You can use these widgets along with basic widgets to achieve a complex interaction design.

Supported Widgets List

Widget Comments Category  
Alert A pre-configured dialog box that pops-up with a message such as a confirmation or an error. Basic Widgets  
App Menu Usually a menu bar displayed at the bottom of a form in an app. Basic Widgets  
Browser Displays.md content in the context of your application without navigating away from the application or opening the native browser from your application Advanced Widgets  
Button A rectangle or rounded rectangle with a descriptive caption in its center. Use a button to trigger actions, such as navigating to a form or interacting with a dialog box. Basic Widgets  
Calendar Presents a calendar to the user so that the user can pick one or more dates. Basic Widgets  
Camera Controls the on-device camera for taking pictures and videos. Advanced Widgets  
CheckBoxGroup Displays a group of related checkboxes so that the user can select one or more items from the group. Basic Widgets  
ComboBox Presents a drop-down list to the user allowing them to select a single item Basic Widgets  
CordovaBrowser Displays.md content in your application without navigating away from the application or opening the native browser. Use the CordovaBrowser widget to port your web or Apache Cordova (PhoneGap) app to Volt MX Iris. Advanced Widgets  
DataGrid Presents a tabular view of data to the user. Basic Widgets  
FlexContainer Allows you to arrange multiple widgets in horizontal, vertical or free-form order. You can only add the FlexContainer to a Flex form. Container Widgets  
FlexForm A FlexForm is the top most container widget and you can place any number of widgets on it, Navigating between forms is a common way to structure the functionality of an app. Container Widgets  
FlexScrollContainer Scrollable UI container form that allows more items to be displayed in a list than allowed by screen size. Container Widgets  
HorizontalImageStrip Displays a scrollable list of images which are aligned side-by-side in the horizontal direction. Advanced Widgets  
Image Displays a graphic (local or remote) from a PNG file. Basic Widgets  
ImageGallery Shows a set of images adjacent to each other. Advanced Widgets  
Label Shows non-editable text on a form. Basic Widgets  
Line Displays a horizontal or vertical line on a form. Basic Widgets  
Link Define a hyperlink that your app can use to navigate to an external location or a location within the application. Basic Widgets  
ListBox Presents a drop-down list to the user and enables the user to select one or more items. Basic Widgets  
Map Provides your app with the capability to display predefined locations (latitude and longitude) on an onscreen map. Advanced Widgets  
MenuContainer A horizontal strip that can contain any number of Menus and MenuItems. Basic Widgets  
MenuItem An item in a MenuContainer. Basic Widgets  
NativeContainer Customizable widget that enables you to wrap native device functionality in a widget that you can then instantiate and use in your JavaScript app. Container Widgets  
ObjectSelector3D Enables the user to select homogeneous objects arranged on a two-dimensional grid. Advanced Widgets  
Phone Allows your phone app to call a phone number. Advanced Widgets  
PickerView Uses a spinning wheel metaphor to display multiple sets of values and allows you to select a single combination of values. Advanced Widgets  
RadioButtonGroup Presents a group of radio buttons to the user and enables the user to select one. Basic Widgets  
RichText Displays a string in rich text format. Basic Widgets  
SegmentedUI A widget that can be used for menus and grouped lists and that consists of multiple segments (rows or records), each segment (row or record) possibly having multiple child widgets. Advanced Widgets  
SignatureCapture Enables your app to capture a signature on a form and save it as an image for easy uploading. Advanced Widgets  
Slider Allows users to select a value from a range of values by moving an indicator. Basic Widgets  
SlidingContainer Implements a hamburger menu. Use a SlidingContainer widget to create a top-level navigation experience that adapts to different screen widths. Advanced Widgets  
Switch Presents two mutually exclusive choices or states. Advanced Widgets  
TabPane Tabbed UI form. Container Widgets  
TextArea An editable widget that enables users to enter multi-line text. Basic Widgets  
TextBox An editable text component that is used to obtain an input from a user. Basic Widgets  
Video Allows your app to play video files captured using the device's camera, videos from app resources, and from servers/websites within a form. Advanced Widgets  

Deprecated Widgets List

Widget Comments Category  
Box Form (Deprecated) UI form upon which all older forms were based. This widget is deprecated and should not be used in new development. References are provided here for those maintaining legacy software. Container Widgets  
HBox (Deprecated) Horizontal box form. This widget is deprecated and should not be used in new development. References are provided here for those maintaining legacy software. Container Widgets  
Popup (Deprecated) Popup box form. This widget is deprecated and should not be used in new development. References are provided here for those maintaining legacy software. Container Widgets  
ScrollBox (Deprecated) Scrollable box form. This widget is deprecated and should not be used in new development. References are provided here for those maintaining legacy software. Container Widgets  
VBox (Deprecated) Vertical box form. This widget is deprecated and should not be used in new development. References are provided here for those maintaining legacy software. Container Widgets  

For a more hands-on approach on the functionality of the various widgets and APIs provided by Volt MX IrisAppPlatform. import and preview the Kitchen Sink app by using Volt MX Iris.

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