Repeater
This topic describes the Repeater component in SPEAK.
The Repeater control is a container. You bind the Repeater control to a data source, and the Repeater control shows the items that the data source provides.
The Repeater control is different from other containers (such as the ListControl control) in these ways:
The Repeater control does not render items.
You can add and remove controls that show items client-side. This means that SPEAK does not have to reload the page when items are added or removed.
To use the Repeater control you must:
Create a template in the core database for the items you want the Repeater control to display.
Open the Design Layout of the _Standard Values of the template you created and add renderings to this layout.
Create items based on this template in the core database. (You can use the Item Web API or Sitecore.Services.Client to create items if you need to do this programmatically.)
Add a data source component to your page. This data source component must return the items you created.
Bind the Items property of the Repeater control to the data source.
The Repeater control displays the items with the renderings you added to _Standard Values.
The Repeater control itself does not provide logic for adding and removing items, but you can add this functionality in page code.
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Name |
Description |
Default |
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Items |
Points to the items the control shows. You can use the drop-down list to select a binding to another control. You typically select a binding to the items property of a data source component. |
You can create a configuration item for a Repeater control by creating an item based on the Repeater Parameters template.
The configuration item has these specific fields:
Items
It inherits these fields:
IsVisible
AccessKey
Tooltip
Behaviors
Id