March 25, 2024

TEMPLATE

With this element, it is possible to define custom structures and reuse them later in the skin code. The result is similar to the DEFINE capability but it's much more powerful since it is able to reinstanciante complex structures instead of just a single element with predefined values.

It can also be extended using the TEMPLATE_INNER_CONTENT element.

Attributes brief detailed show all inherited

	Name	Description
	id	id of the templateThis is the name you will use everywhere in the skin and it will be replaced by the content of the template
	default values attributes	default values for the variables contained in the template definitionYou can add as many attributes as you wish

	Name	Value type	Default	Description	Comment
	id	element id	empty	id of the template	This is the name you will use everywhere in the skin and it will be replaced by the content of the template
	default values attributes	string	empty	default values for the variables contained in the template definition	You can add as many attributes as you wish

Syntax

First, declare a template as shown here:

<TEMPLATE id="TPL_MY_TEMPLATE" attr1="x" attr2="y" ... >
<ELEMENTA attribute_a="$attr1$">
<ELEMENTB attribute_c="$wxyz$"/>
</ELEMENTA>
</TEMPLATE>

The attributes values declared in the template definition ("attr1" and "attr2" in the example above) are default values used when these attributes are not defined in the template instantiation.

Once this template has been declared, writing the following.

<TPL_MY_TEMPLATE wxyz="hello"/>

is equivalent to writing:

<ELEMENTA attribute_a="x">
<ELEMENTB attribute_c="hello"/>
</ELEMENTA>