The Default Set of Components

Components out of the box

Lion offers a set of components out of the box, which are included within the lion distribution.

However, lion exposes an API to ease the creation of custom components.
The advantage of ussing lion ootb components is the fact that those components are maintained within the lion framework source code, guarantying the compatibility when upgrading to an upper version

Lion components out of the box:

1. The actionbox, a component able to render the result of executing a controller action
2. The area, a component designed to group components within an area
3. The checkbox, a component to check or uncheck an option
4. The combobox, a component to select an item within a list
5. The commandbutton, more like a button
6. The commandlink, more like a link
7. The datacollector, a component to collect data from the view
8. The datebox, a component that shows a calendar to easy data selection
9. The filebox, a component to submit files, even asynchronouslly
10. The form, a component to group input components to be submitted together
11. The inputbox, a component to write text in a single line
12. The item, a component representing an item within a list
13. The javascript, a component to render javascript at bottom
14. The label, a component to show a text
15. The listbox, a component to select one or more items within a list
16. The optionbox, a component to check one single option at a time
17. The protected section, a component to protect the enclosed content to be shown to users having a given permission
18. The remote service component, a component to call to server-side event-handler methods from client javascript code
19. The resource component, a component to show I18n resources
20. The slider, a component to select a quantity by the mouse
21. The textarea, same as the textbox allowing multiple lines
22. The uri, a component to render a url corresponding to a defined route
23. The validationrule, a component to validate other components
24. The window, a component representing a popup window