LightTable (Content Plugin)

The light table is used to show items with larger previews.It allows two additional attributes, and the user can adjust the size of the preview

Access the plug-in via Mandators → <Mandator name> → Content plug-ins → Lighttable

You can use the plug-in as follows:

Page plug-in “FSNavigation”
Page plug-in “ClassificationView” (AssetView)

Here is the overview of configuration possibilities for LightTable content plugin:

Field	Description	Notice
Configuration Identifier	Name of the specific configuration of the plug-in
Icon assignment	For assigning an icon for the plug-in	see "Assigning icons" page
Selection Mode	No selection: Items cannot be selected in the Frontend (i.e. they cannot be added to the shopping carts). Single selection: Only one item can be selected. Multi selection: Multiple selection is possible.	This option is no longer supported for HTML5 Frontend
Show information	>> Activate the checkbox to enable displaying the metadata information in the frontend
Name	The attribute name shows by default as soon as an expression from the “Expressions” list is chosen, it can be modified
Expression	The drop-down list contains information which can show in the center area of the LightTable view	For a complete list of available expressions and a description please pass on to the reference manual
Content language	For choosing a language if the attribute is multilingual.
Show on new line	>> Activate the checkbox to define if information will be shown in new line
Visible by default	>> Activate the checkbox to define if attribute information will be shown by default	Via settings in LightTable view the user can define which attributes should be shown by default – this information will be written in user-based settings
Sort by default	>> Activate the checkbox for the expression that should be used as sorting criterion. All items will be sorted by default on the client.	You can define only one expression for default sorting. The feature is supported only on HTML5 UI.

Field

Description

Notice

Configuration Identifier

Name of the specific configuration of the plug-in

Icon assignment

For assigning an icon for the plug-in

see "Assigning icons" page

Selection Mode

No selection: Items cannot be selected in the Frontend (i.e. they cannot be added to the shopping carts).
Single selection: Only one item can be selected.
Multi selection: Multiple selection is possible.

This option is no longer supported for HTML5 Frontend

Show information

>> Activate the checkbox to enable displaying the metadata information in the frontend

Name

The attribute name shows by default as soon as an expression from the “Expressions” list is chosen, it can be modified

Expression

The drop-down list contains information which can show in the center area of the LightTable view

For a complete list of available expressions and a description please pass on to the reference manual

Content language

For choosing a language if the attribute is multilingual.

Show on new line

>> Activate the checkbox to define if information will be shown in new line

Visible by default

>> Activate the checkbox to define if attribute information will be shown by default

Via settings in LightTable view the user can define which attributes should be shown by default – this information will be written in user-based settings

Sort by default

>> Activate the checkbox for the expression that should be used as sorting criterion. All items will be sorted by default on the client.

You can define only one expression for default sorting.

The feature is supported only on HTML5 UI.

LightTable (Content Plugin)

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