org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.control
Interface Control

All Superinterfaces:

Component, org.springframework.core.Ordered, ScriptEventSupport, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CheckboxControl, CheckboxGroupControl, ControlBase, FileControl, GroupControl, HiddenControl, MultiValueControlBase, RadioGroupControl, SelectControl, TextAreaControl, TextControl, UserControl

public interface Control
extends Component

Represents an interactive element in the UI (typically an HTML control)

Each control that can be rendered in the UIF should be an implement the Control interface. The control is a regular component, thus has a corresponding template that will render the control for the UI. Controls provide the mechanism for gathering data from the User or for the User to initiate an action. HTML controls must be rendered within a Form element.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.core.Ordered

INITIAL_ORDER_VALUE

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.Ordered

HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE, LOWEST_PRECEDENCE

Method Summary

int	getTabIndex() Unique index of the control within the tab order

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.core.Component

addStyleClass, appendToStyle, getBaseId, getColSpan, getComponentModifiers, getComponentOptions, getComponentTypeName, getConditionalReadOnly, getConditionalRefresh, getConditionalRefreshConditionJs, getConditionalRefreshControlNames, getConditionalRender, getContext, getFinalizeMethodAdditionalArguments, getFinalizeMethodInvoker, getFinalizeMethodToCall, getId, getNestedComponents, getOrder, getProgressiveDisclosureConditionJs, getProgressiveDisclosureControlNames, getProgressiveRender, getPropertiesForReferenceCopy, getPropertyReplacers, getRefreshWhenChanged, getRefreshWhenChangedControlNames, getRenderOutput, getRequired, getRowSpan, getStyle, getStyleClasses, getTemplate, getTitle, isHidden, isProgressiveRenderAndRefresh, isProgressiveRenderViaAJAX, isReadOnly, isRefresh, isRender, isSelfRendered, performApplyModel, performFinalize, performInitialization, pushObjectToContext, setBaseId, setColSpan, setComponentModifiers, setComponentOptions, setConditionalReadOnly, setConditionalRefresh, setConditionalRender, setContext, setHidden, setId, setOrder, setProgressiveRender, setProgressiveRenderAndRefresh, setProgressiveRenderViaAJAX, setPropertyReplacers, setReadOnly, setRefresh, setRefreshWhenChanged, setRender, setRenderOutput, setRequired, setRowSpan, setSelfRendered, setStyle, setStyleClasses, setTemplate, setTitle

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.core.ScriptEventSupport

getOnBlurScript, getOnChangeScript, getOnClickScript, getOnCloseScript, getOnDblClickScript, getOnDocumentReadyScript, getOnFocusScript, getOnKeyDownScript, getOnKeyPressScript, getOnKeyUpScript, getOnLoadScript, getOnMouseDownScript, getOnMouseMoveScript, getOnMouseOutScript, getOnMouseOverScript, getOnMouseUpScript, getOnSubmitScript, getOnUnloadScript, getSupportsOnBlur, getSupportsOnChange, getSupportsOnClick, getSupportsOnClose, getSupportsOnDblClick, getSupportsOnDocumentReady, getSupportsOnFocus, getSupportsOnKeyDown, getSupportsOnKeyPress, getSupportsOnKeyUp, getSupportsOnLoad, getSupportsOnMouseDown, getSupportsOnMouseMove, getSupportsOnMouseOut, getSupportsOnMouseOver, getSupportsOnMouseUp, getSupportsOnSubmit, getSupportsOnUnload, setOnBlurScript

Method Detail

getTabIndex

int getTabIndex()

Unique index of the control within the tab order

Tab index provides a way to set the order users will tab through the controls. The control with index 1 will receive focus when the page is rendered. Tabing from the field will then take the user to the control with index 2, then index 3, and so on.

Returns:

int the tab index for the control