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Context

The Show form is for displaying an individual item such as a news item. You normally display all elements of the item in question on this form, for example, the title, image, summary, and body text for a news item.

Procedure


  1. Use Drag&Drop to pull the elements of the data model that contain text onto the RenderListItem form.

    • By default, you use Drag&Drop with the primary mouse button to create label controls with a reference to the elements of the data model. You can change this behavior using the Drag&Drop property of the Edit form.

    • You use Drag&Drop with the secondary mouse button to create any controls.

    For more information, see Creating Controls .

  2. Optional: Add images.

    For more information, see Embedding Images in Forms and Allowing Authors to Insert Images .

  3. Arrange the controls on the form.

    For more information, see Arranging Controls on a Form .

Next Steps

Control Selector