public interface DsSpecialFields
In the table below these special fields are summarized, along with their meaning, and examples of which field would be most appropriate from several example DataSources.
| Attribute | Example DataSource field | Meaning | ||
| employee | emailMessage | stockItem | ||
| titleField | name | subject | itemName | primary label for the record as a while |
| infoField | job | sender | category | second most pertinent piece of textual information |
| dataField | salary | date | price | most pertinent numeric, date or enum (eg status) field |
| descriptionField | bio | messageBody | description | descriptive long text field |
| iconField | photo | statusIcon | thumbnail | an image or icon to accompany the title field |
Examples of the use of these fields
include the TileGrid's default choice of fields, and
the drag tracker that follows the
mouse cursor when data is being dragged between grids.