Controls by function (Windows Store apps using JavaScript and HTML)

Windows Store apps using JavaScript offer controls that perform many functions. You can select the appropriate control for your scenario by comparing controls that offer similar functionality. (For an alphabetical list of controls, see the Controls list.)

App bars and commands

app bar

Provides a toolbar for displaying app-specific commands.

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.AppBar"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.AppBar

Quickstart: Adding an app bar

context menu

Provides a lightweight menu that gives users access to actions (like clipboard commands) on text or UI objects in Windows Store apps.

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var menu = new Windows.UI.Popups.PopupMenu();

JavaScript

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var menu = new Windows.UI.Popups.PopupMenu();

Reference: Windows.UI.Popups.PopupMenu

menu

Displays a menu.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.Menu"></div>

Reference: Menu

menu command

Represents a command to be displayed in a Menu object.

HTML

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<button data-win-control="WinJS.UI.MenuCommand" />

Reference: MenuCommand

popup menu

See the entry for "context menu".

Buttons

button

Represents a button control.

HTML

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<button>A button</button>

- or -

HTML

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<input type="button" value="A button" />

Reference: button, input type=button

Quickstart: Adding a button

push button

See button

reset button

Resets data in a form.

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<button type="reset">Reset</button>

Reference: button, input type=reset

Quickstart: Adding a button

submit button

Creates a button that, when clicked, submits the form.

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<button type="submit">Submit</button>

Reference: button, input type=submit

Quickstart: Adding a button

Collection/data controls

flip view

Displays a collection, one item at a time.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.FlipView"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.FlipView

Quickstart: Adding a FlipView

grid view

A ListView that has a grid layout. See the entry for "list view" for more information.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ListView" 
    data-win-options="{layout: {type: WinJS.UI.GridLayout}}"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.ListView

Quickstart: Adding a ListView

jump viewer

See semantic zoom

semantic zoom

Enables the user to zoom between two views of a collection of items.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.SemanticZoom">

  <!-- Control that provides the zoomed-in view. -->
  <div id="zoomedInView" data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ListView"></div>

  <!-- Control that provides the zoomed-out view. -->
  <div id="zoomedOutView" data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ListView"></div>

</div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.SemanticZoom

Flyouts

context menu

See "popup menu".

flyout

Displays a message that requires user interaction. (Unlike a message dialog, a flyout does not create a separate window, and does not block other user interaction.)

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.Flyout"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.Flyout

Quickstart: Adding a flyout

menu

Displays a menu.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.Menu"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.Menu

menu command

Represents a command to be displayed in a Menu object.

HTML

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<button data-win-control="WinJS.UI.MenuCommand" />

Reference: WinJS.UI.MenuCommand

message dialog

Displays a message that requires an immediate user response.

Reference: Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog

Quickstart: Adding a message dialog

popup menu

Represents a context menu.

JavaScript

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var popupMenu = new Windows.UI.Popups.PopupMenu();

Reference: Windows.UI.Popups.PopupMenu

settings flyout

Provides access to app settings.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.SettingsFlyout"></div>

Reference: SettingsFlyout

tooltip

Displays a rich tooltip that can support rich content (such as images and formatted text) to show more information about something.

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ToolTip"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.Tooltip

tooltip, simple

Displays a simple, text-only tooltip for an element.

HTML

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<element title="tooltip text" />

Reference: title

Graphics

canvas

Provides an object that is used for drawing, rendering, and manipulating images and graphics on a document.

HTML

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<canvas />

Reference: canvas

Quickstart: drawing to a canvas

svg

Defines an SVG document or document fragment that can render vector graphics.

HTML

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<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>

Reference: svg

Images

img

Displays an image.

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<img src="url" />

Reference: img

Layout controls

flex box

A CSS layout in that takes the available space into account when defining box dimensions, which enables relative sizes and positioning.

HTML

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<div style="display: -ms-box;">
    <!-- Child elements -->
</div>

Reference: display

grid

A CSS layout that defines a flexible grid area that consists of columns and rows.

XAML

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<div style="{display: -ms-grid}">
    <!-- Child elements -->
</div>

Reference: display

panning scroll view

See the entry for "scroll view".

scroll bar

A container that enables you to scroll through its contents. You add this scrolling functionality by adding the setting the overflow style of an element to scroll or auto.

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<div style="overflow:scroll;">
    <!-- Contents -->
</div>

Reference: overflow

scroll view

Displays a view of content a user can zoom in and out of, and provides additional features, such as snap points, that enhance that experience.

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<div style=overflow:scroll;-ms-content-zooming:zoom>>
    <!-- Contents to edit. -->
</div>

Reference: overflow, ms-content-zooming

zoomable scroll view

See the entry for "scroll view".

Media controls

audio

Specifies the sound or audio content, such as music or effects, to be played in a document.

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<audio>
    <source src="uri" type="audioType" />
</audio>

Reference: audio

media element

See the entries for "audio" and "video."

media player

See the entries for "audio" and "video."

video

Specifies the video content to be played in a document.

HTML

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<video controls="controls">
   <source src="url" type="videoType" />
</video> 

Reference: video

Navigation

Html control

Displays content from an HTML page.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.HtmlControl"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.HtmlControl

iframe

An inline floating frame that can display another document.

HTML

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<iframe src="url" />

Reference: iframe

page control

Represents a custom control or a page in an a navigation app.

Reference: WinJS.UI.Pages.PageControl

Quickstart: Using single-page navigation

web view

See the entry for "iframe".

Progress controls

progress bar

Displays a bar that indicates that work is in progress.

HTML

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<progress />

Reference: progress

Quickstart: Adding progress controls

progress ring

Displays a ring that indicates that work is in progress.

HTML

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<progress class="win-ring" style="width: 20px; height: 20px" />

Reference: progress

Quickstart: Adding progress controls

Rating controls

rating

Enables the user to rate something or view its existing rating.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.Rating"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.Rating

Quickstart: Adding ratings

Selection controls

checkbox

Represents a check box that a user can select and clear.

HTML

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<input type="checkbox" />

Reference: input type=checkbox

Quickstart: Adding checkboxes

combo box

See the entry for "select".

date picker

Sets a date.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.DatePicker"></div>

Reference: DatePicker

Quickstart: Adding a DatePicker

list box

See the entry for "select".

list view

Displays a collection of data in a list or grid layout.

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ListView"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.ListView

Quickstart: Adding a ListView

radio button

A type of selection control that limits a user's selection to a single value within a set of values. To do this, you must link together each button in a set of radio buttons by assigning each button the same name.

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<input type="radio" id="redRadio" name="colorRadio" /><label for="redRadio">Red</label>   
<input type="radio" id="greedRadio" name="colorRadio" /><label for="greedRadio">Green</label>
<input type="radio" id="blueRadio" name="colorRadio" /><label for="blueRadio">Blue</label>

Reference: input type=radio

range

See the entry for "slider".

slider

Provides a range slider for selecting a numeric value.

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<input type="range" />

Reference: input type=range

time picker

Lets the user specify a time.

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.TimePicker"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.TimePicker

Quickstart: Adding a TimePicker

toggle switch

Represents a switch that can be toggled between two states.

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ToggleSwitch"></div>

Reference: ToggleSwitch

Text controls

multi-line text box

See the entry for "textarea".

password input box

A single-line text entry control similar to the text input control, except that text is not displayed as the user enters it.

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<input type="password" />

Reference: input type=password

rich edit box/rich text box

A control that provides text input functionality that resembles a text input box but can handle content that contains child elements. To create a rich text box, you set the contentEditable property of the elements that you want to edit.

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<div contentEditable="true">
    <!-- Elements to edit. -->
</div>

Reference: contentEditable

single-line text box

See the entry for "text box".

text box

A single-line text entry control.

HTML

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<input type="text" />

Reference: input type=text

text area

A multi-line text entry control.

HTML

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<textarea></textarea>

Reference: textarea

User Help

label

Specifies a label for another element on the page.

HTML

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<label for="otherControl">Label text</label>
<input type="text" id="otherControl" />

Reference: label

tooltip

Displays a rich tooltip that can support rich content (such as images and formatted text) to show more information about something.

HTML

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<div data-win-control="WinJS.UI.ToolTip"></div>

Reference: WinJS.UI.Tooltip

tooltip, simple

Displays a simple, text-only tooltip for an element.

HTML

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<element title="tooltip text" />

Reference: title

Related topics

Controls list

Quickstart: Adding controls

Quickstart: Adding WinJS controls and styles

Build date: 11/29/2012