Selecting Rendering Mode

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Selecting Rendering Mode

Custom Elements operate in one of two “rendering” modes, as specified by the content contributor:

By default Custom Elements added to a page display the Element’s current data which can be edited from that Element instance.
The second render mode allows contributors to display one or more Custom Element records by specifying filter criteria for display or by manually selecting specific records. Under this mode, the Element data is not directly edited using the Element instance
The last render mode is mostly for developers. It allows the custom element to be configured to render the content of a single specified record. The record to be rendered is determined by a URL parameter passed to the page on which the custom element sits.

While in author-mode, clicking the edit icon for a Custom Element will invoke one of the following menus.

The first Element menu displays when the Custom Element is a Global Custom Element and the rendering mode is set to display the current Element data. The second Element menu displays if the Custom Element is a local Custom Element and the rendering mode is set to display the current Element data.

Selecting New Data for a Global Custom Element or Data for local Custom Element displays the New Custom Element Data dialog, with Element-specific fields. Selecting Render Mode in either case displays the Select Rendering Mode dialog with options for

Displaying and editing data for the current Element instance
Displaying existing Element records (content reuse).
Displaying content rendered from a URL parameter, to handle the display of Custom Element record data from pages other than the viewing page.

Settings for each option affect how the Custom Element content displays to site visitors.

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Select Rendering Mode

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