Defining a property type

You can set the type property for a page widget property or an action property.

Set the type property for a page widget property or an action property to one of the following values.

Table 1. Group property types
Property type	Description
Tab	Defines a new tab in the Edit Settings window.
Section	Defines a section that can be expanded and collapsed.
Dropdown	Defines a drop-down list that is used to select a value from a group of properties.
propertyPanel	Defines a content pane in which a group of properties are displayed.

Table 2. Generic property types
Property type	Description
Boolean	Defines a property that has a Boolean value.
Datetime	Defines a property that has a datetime value.
Float	Defines a property that has a float value.
Integer	Defines a property that has an integer value.
String	Defines a property that has a string value.

The following example of the properties is defined in the properties section of the page widget definition file as follows:

{
   "propertyType":"property",
   "type":"integer",
   "id":"integer1",
   "defaultValue":20,
   "required":false,
   "visibility":true,
   "title":"Integer property 1"
},
{
   "propertyType":"property",
   "type":"float",
   "id":"float1",
   "defaultValue":12.34,
   "required":false,
   "visibility":true,
   "title":"Float property 1"
},
{
   "propertyType":"property",
   "type":"boolean",
   "id":"boolean1",
   "defaultValue":false,
   "required":false,
   "visibility":true,
   "title":"Boolean property 1"
},
{
   "propertyType":"property",
   "type":"string",
   "id":"string1",
   "defaultValue":"default string",
   "required":false,
   "visibility":true,
   "title":"String property 1"
},

The following example shows a datetime property for a custom page widget. This property is defined in the properties section of the page widget definition file as follows:

{
   "propertyType":"property",
   "type":"datetime",
   "id":"datetime1",
   "defaultValue":"2013-05-01T03:00:00Z",
   "required":false,
   "visibility":true,
   "title":"Date Time 1"
},

Table 3. IBM® Business Automation Workflow property types
Property type	Description
caseType	Displays an editor that enables users to select a case type in Case Builder.
Choicelist	Displays a choice list for the property. This value can be used with other property types such as String.
contextualMenu	Displays an editor that enables users to edit a menu for a page widget in Case Builder.
Label	Provides a read-only label that is displayed for the property. This value must be set to label for an action.
Order	Displays an editor that enables users to configure the order of the tabs in the Case Information widget.
Role	Displays a list of roles that are available in the solution from which the user can select.
Task	Displays a list of tasks that are available in the solution from which the user can select.
Textarea	Displays an input field in which the user can enter a text string.
Toolbar	Displays an editor that enables users to edit a toolbar for a page widget in Case Builder.
View	Displays a selection list that contains all the views that are available for the case types in a solution.
viewList	Displays a list of case type-view pairs that enables the user to select a view. This property enables the user to add multiple views into the list. The output is a list of view identifiers.