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 HTML 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 HTML 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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