TopicView

a topic view or edit template

Documentation

A TopicView defines a view for a topic. By default WikiTopics are displayed using the installed skin and the templates (don't confuse with TopicTemplate being a content blueprint for newly created topics). The view (compare with the 'view' term from the Model-View-Control school) computes the appearance of a WikiTopic and its form data. A new view is assigned to a topic by setting the VIEW_TEMPLATE variable.

For example the following will set th view to use the HiddenFormViewTemplate to hide the form table that is normally displayed below the wiki content.

   * Set VIEW_TEMPLATE = HiddenFormView

Note, that the ...Template string is appended automatically by the Foswiki engine.

Note also, that we use the TopicView type to mark even those views that are used during editting a wiki topic and is assigned using something like

   * Set EDIT_TEMPLATE = FormEdit

As such the FormEditTemplate is not used during Foswiki's view operation but during edit. The template is then used to render the view on the editor to be used. Edit templates either augment the normal Foswiki editor, or even implement a full substitute for its form data.

Topics of type 'TopicView'

TopicView form

Name:	Type:	Size:	Values:	Description:	Attributes:	Default:
TopicType	label	1	TopicView, ApplicationTopic, WikiTopic	topic type		TopicView, ApplicationTopic, WikiTopic
TopicTitle	text	75
Summary	text	75		short description or tagline	c
WikiApplication	wikiapp	1		application this topic belongs to