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Configuring Components with Dynamic Attributes

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Authors:

Cameron Johns, Cille Schliebitz, Anita Gu

Changed on:

3 Feb 2025

Overview

This lesson explores the use of Dynamic Attributes within components, a powerful mechanism for making component content configurable. We'll demonstrate how to create a component, in this case an 

`InfoBox`
that appears when a map pin is clicked, and how to fully configure the information displayed within it directly from the Manifest using Dynamic Attributes. This approach allows for flexible and data-driven component content.

Key points

  • Dynamic Content: Learn how Dynamic Attributes enable you to configure the information displayed within a component without modifying its code.
  • Manifest-Driven Configuration: Understand how to define and configure Dynamic Attributes within the Manifest, controlling the content of components.
  • InfoBox Example: This lesson uses an InfoBox component that appears on pin click as a practical example of using Dynamic Attributes.
  • Flexibility and Reusability: Dynamic Attributes make components more flexible and reusable, as their content can be easily adapted through Manifest configuration.

Watch the video below to learn how to use 

`DynamicAttributes`
within your components.

`DynamicAttributes`
mean that the information to be displayed in the component is configurable.

For example, the 

`fc.card.attribute`
 component displays the fields specified in the manifest configuration for that instance of the card. Similarly, the 
`fc.list`
component columns are dynamically configured from the manifest.

For this scenario, a small 

`InfoBox`
 will 'pop up' when a location pin is clicked on the map. The information displayed in this 
`InfoBox`
component will be fully configurable from the Manifest by using 
`DynamicAttributes`
.

Right-click to download the code for the InfoBox.tsx file here.

To learn more about Dynamic Attributes, see UX Configuration - Common Concepts > Dynamic Attributes section

Using DynamicAttributes Within Components

This video explains how to use 

`DynamicAttributes`
within components

Cameron Johns

Cameron Johns

Contributors:
Cille Schliebitz
Anita Gu

Knowledge Tracks Related To This Topic

Component SDK
  • Extending the UX Framework with the Component SDK
  • Building Custom Components with the Component SDK
  • Setting Up Your Component SDK Project
  • Client Scenario: Building a Product Availability Map
  • Creating and Registering a Custom Component
  • Configuring Custom Components via the Manifest
  • Accessing User and Location Context with the useAuth Hook
  • Integrating a Third-Party Map Component
  • Adding Nested (Child) Components
  • Accessing Page Query Data
  • Style and Theme Your Component
  • Make Your Component Interactive
  • Configuring Components with Settings
  • Configuring Components with Dynamic Attributes
  • Extending Forms with Custom Field Components
  • Implementing a Custom Form Field
  • Enhance Your Custom Fields: Leveraging Existing Components from the Registry
  • Fetching Data with the useQuery Hook
  • Completing the Custom Form Field: Outputting the Result
  • Creating Custom Template Helpers
  • Unit Testing Custom Components
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