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Feather: Use components to resolve script dependencies

Each Feather client-side component requires you to describe all scripts that it depends on, so you can use it. For example, if you want to use the sf-image-selector in your designer view, you need to describe the 26 scripts the selector depends on. For details, see Use-an-image-selector.

Feather will automatically resolve and populate the components you rely on by analyzing your designer view. If no other designer views with explicitly set priority exists, your analyzed designer view will be set priority 1. This eliminates the need for you to have DesignerVIew.YourView.json file, unless you have dependencies to custom scripts. If you have a JSON file that matches the convention (even if empty), this automatic scripts registration will not occur. 

Feather also enables you specify the component you rely on as a single alias, instead of having to describe all component's script dependencies. What you do is add just one dependency to the component. For example, you add a dependency to the sf-image-selector and as a result, your DesignerView.YourView.json has the following content:

Of course, you can still list in your DesignerView.YourView.json all the scripts you want to load. You can even combine both scripts and components, thus loading your custom scripts while in the same time working with Feather's built-in components.

The following list describes all components you can use:

Component Description
sf-collection Displays a collection of selectable items.
sf-tree Displays a hierarchical collection of selectable items.
sf-infinite-scroll Infinite scrolling through items.
sf-search-box Interface for user input used by the searching functionality.
sf-sort-box Functionality for displaying sort options.
sf-drag-drop Add drag and drop functionality to an HTML element.
sf-flat-taxon-field Select and create taxons by typing their name in a text box.
sf-image-field Select and display an image from the existing libraries in your website.
sf-media-field Select and display a document or a video from the existing libraries in your website.
sf-news-selector Select news from your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-page-selector Select pages from your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-multisite-page-selector Select pages, based on the sites and available languages in your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-taxon-selector Select taxa from a flat taxonomy like Tags or a custom classification.
sf-hierarchical-taxon-selector Select taxa from a hierarchical taxonomy like Categories or a custom classification.
sf-dynamic-items-selector Select dynamic content items from your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-date-time-picker Simple way of selecting date and time.
sf-timespan-selector Select period by concrete dates or time interval.
sf-site-selector Select different sites defined in your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-language-selector Select different culture defined in your Sitefinity CMS application.
sf-link-selector Generate hyperlinks to a website, a page from this site, an anchor in the text or an email.
sf-library-selector Select from a list of all existing libraries in your website.
sf-image-selector Display and retrieve one or several selected images.
sf-document-selector Display and retrieve one or several selected documents.
sf-role-selector Display and select from a list of all existing roles defined in your website.
sf-user-selector Display and select from a list of all existing users defined in your website.
sf-feed-selector Display and select from a list of the existing feeds defined in your website.
sf-mailing-list-selector Display and select from a list of the existing mailing lists defined in your website.

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