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Predefined views in the library
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`CubicWeb` provides a lot of standard views for the default class
`EntityType`. You can find them in ``cubicweb/web/views/``.
A certain number of views are used to build the web interface, which apply
to one or more entities. Their identifier is what distinguish them from
each others and the main ones are:
*primary*
Primary view of an entity, this is the view called by default when a single
non final entity is in the result set and needs to be displayed.
This view is supposed to render a maximum of informations about the entity.
*text*
This is the simplest text view for an entity. It displays the
title of an entity. It should not contain HTML.
*oneline*
This is a hyper linked *text* view. Similar to the `secondary` view,
but called when we want the view to stand on a single line, or just
get a brief view. By default this view uses the
parameter `MAX_LINE_CHAR` to control the result size.
*secondary*
This is a combinaison of an icon and a *oneline* view.
By default it renders the two first attributes of the entity as a
clickable link redirecting to the primary view.
*incontext, outofcontext*
Similar to the `secondary` view, but called when an entity is considered
as in or out of context. By default it respectively returns the result of
`textincontext` and `textoutofcontext` wrapped in a link leading to
the primary view of the entity.
*textincontext, textoutofcontext*
Similar to the `text` view, but called when an entity is considered out or
in context. By default it returns respectively the result of the
methods `.dc_title` and `.dc_long_title` of the entity.
*list*
This view displays a list of entities by creating a HTML list (`<ul>`)
and call the view `listitem` for each entity of the result set.
*listitem*
This view redirects by default to the `outofcontext` view.
*rss*
Creates a RSS/XML view and call the view `rssitem` for each entity of
the result set.
*rssitem*
Create a RSS/XML view for each entity based on the results of the dublin core
methods of the entity (`dc_*`)
*sidebox*
This view displays usually a side box of some related entities
in a primary view.
Start view:
*index*
This view defines the home page of your application. It does not require
a result set to apply to.
*schema*
A view dedicated to the display of the schema of the application
Special views:
*noresult*
This view is the default view used when no result has been found
(e.g. empty result set).
*final*
Display the value of a cell without trasnformation (in case of a non final
entity, we see the eid). Applicable on any result set.
*table*
Creates a HTML table (`<table>`) and call the view `cell` for each cell of
the result set. Applicable on any result set.
*cell*
By default redirects to the `final` view if this is a final entity or
`outofcontext` view otherwise
*null*
This view is the default view used when nothing needs to be rendered.
It is always applicable and it does not return anything