Plugin Properties Options

Introduction

• Allow plugin to gather configuration data from the plugin user.
• Plugin properties options should be returned in the abstract method "getPropertyOptions" of each plugin.
• Plugin properties options are in JSON format.

Basic Properties Options Structure 

[
    {
        title : 'Page Title',
        properties : [
            {
                name : 'Property Name',
                label : 'Property Label',
                type : 'Property Type',
                required : 'Mandatory or Not', 
                //… more property attributes …
            }, //… more properties …
        ],
        validators : [
            //… properties custom validators …
        ]
    }, //… more properties page …
]

Properties Option Types

1. Hidden field - hidden
2. Read only field – readonly
3. Text field – textfield
4. Password field – password
5. Text area field – textarea
6. HTML editor field – htmleditor
7. Checkbox field – checkbox
8. Radio button field – radio
9. Select box field – selectbox
10. Multi select box field – multiselect
11. Element (Plugin) select field – elementselect
12. Grid field - grid

Properties Validator Types

1. AJAX - ajax

Detail attributes of Option Types 

Common Attributes for All Properties Options Type except Hidden Field and Grid

{
    name : 'Property Name',
    label : 'Property Label',
    description : 'Property Description', //optional, default is NULL
    type : 'readonly',
    value : 'Property Value', //optional , default is empty string
    required : 'true', //optional, boolean value, default is false
}

Extra Attributes for Text Field, Password Field, Text Area and HTML Editor

{
    size : '50', //optional , integer value, default is NULL, only for text field and password field
    maxlength : '50', //optional, integer value, default is NULL, only for text field and password field
    rows : '50', //optional, integer value, default is NULL, only for text area and html editor
    cols : '50', //optional, integer value, default is NULL , only for text area and html editor
    regex_validation : '^

[a-zA-Z0-9_|a-zA-Z0-9_]

+$', //optional, default is NULL
    validation_message : 'Error!!' //optional, default is NULL
}

Extra Attributes for Checkbox, Radio Button, Select Box and Multi Select Box

{
    size : '<span style="color: #0000ff">10</span>', <span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, integer value, default is 4,</span> <span style="color: #008000">only for multi select box</span>
    options : [<span style="color: #99cc00">//is optional to use this attribute or options_ajax</span>
       

Unknown macro: {value}

,
       

Unknown macro: {value}

,
       

Unknown macro: {value}

    ],
    options_ajax_on_change : '<span style="color: #0000ff">property1</span>', <span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, value of this property name will passed over to load options from ajax</span>
    options_ajax : '<span style="color: #0000ff">URL to load options JSON</span>' <span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, URL return JSON Array of a set of Objects that have value & label attribute</span>
}

Attributes for Hidden Field

{
    name : 'Property Name',
    type : 'hidden',
    value : 'Property Value'
}

Attributes for Grid

{
    name : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Property Name</span>',
    label : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Property Label</span>',
    description : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Property Description</span>', <span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, default is NULL</span>
    type : '<span style="color: #ff6600">grid</span>',
    columns : [<span style="color: #99cc00">// 2 type of column, with and without options attribute</span>
        {key : '<span style="color: #0000ff">col1</span>', label : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Col 1</span>'},
        {key : '<span style="color: #0000ff">col2</span>', label : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Col 2</span>',
            options :[
                {value :'<span style="color: #0000ff">option1</span>', label : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Option 1</span>'},
                {value :'<span style="color: #0000ff">option2</span>', label : '<span style="color: #0000ff">Option 2</span>'}
            ]
        },
    ]
    value : [<span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, default is NULL</span>
       

Unknown macro: {col1 }

,
        

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    ],
    required : '<span style="color: #0000ff">true</span>', <span style="color: #99cc00">//optional, boolean value, default is false</span>
}