--- title: "Page Controls Glossary" slug: "page-control-glossary" description: "Explore the Page controls available in the Page Designer Toolbox and learn how each control affects page functionality and design." updated: 2026-04-27T20:46:27Z published: 2026-04-28T14:12:51Z canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/page-control-glossary" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.decisions.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Page Controls Glossary ## Overview Form controls provide different functions, allowing Users to edit a Page's functionalities and design, and can be found within the Tooolbox of the [Page Designer](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/create-pages-dashboards#building-a-pagedashboard). The following document lists and describes every Page control available in the Toolbox by their location in the **Control Tree**. --- ## Actions | Control Location | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | Flows | [Run Flow as Button/Image/Link](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-run-flow-links-or-buttons-to-a-page) | This control expands the list of Flows available in the Current Folder/Current Project and allows Users to add a Flow to the Page as a Button/Image/Link. | | Portal | Run Action as Button/Image/Link | This control expands the list of right-click actions on the Current Folder, Current Project, and a few Core Actions that can be be added to the Page. | | Run Current Folder Action | Run Current Folder Action as Button/Image/Link | Adds Current Folder Actions to the Page. | | Service Catalog | N/A | Provides access to the Service Catalog, including the Administration Service, Default, and General services, on a Page. | | Root | [Actions Bar](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-user-actions-with-the-action-bars-component) | Contains Buttons that perform an action or open a menu that can either hold primary or secondary actions. | | [Folder Actions](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-folder-navigation-buttons-to-a-page) | Shows actions associated with tasks performed in the Folder, allowing different Button types for styling purposes. | | [Folder Actions Bar](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-folder-navigation-buttons-to-a-page) | Shows actions associated with tasks performed in the Folder. *Deprecated in v9.8 | --- ## Data | Advanced | App Store | Displays the [App Store](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/introduction-to-the-app-store). *Deprecated in v9.8. | | --- | --- | --- | | [Date Range Filter](/version-10/docs/date-range-filter-on-pages) | Allows Users to apply date filters on a Report Viewer. | | Designer Folder Filter | Allows Users to search the Designer Project by either name, tags, or type. | | Designer Folder Viewer | Displays everything within the Designer Folder in the Tile Layout. Can sort and search through this viewer. | | [Features](/version-10/docs/decisions-modules-overview) | Displays both installed and not installed modules on the instance. *Deprecated in v9.8. | | Image Folder Viewer | Displays images in the Image Library. | | Image Viewer | Allows Users to upload and display an image at runtime. The image is then saved to the attached Page's parent Folder. | | Service Catalog | Displays the Service Catalog with image links to any nested Designer Projects within the attached Page's parent Folder. | | [System Information](/version-10/docs/system-information-overview) | Displays System Information of the instance. | | Current | Current Time | Displays current time. | | Current User | Displays the current user's email address. | | Data Controls | Data Label | This control lets Users pick a dynamic data name of a label. This control is useful when the Page is created within a configuration folder of a user-defined data structure. The **Data Name** field of the control will allow Users to pick the parameters of the user-defined data structure as the data name. | | Image (Folder Data) | Dynamically populate an image using the Data Name. | | Rich Textbox | Dynamically populate a Rich Text Box using Data Name. | | Save Button | Saves Folder Data. | | Text Box | A Text Box control enables Users to enter text into a designated area. | | Folder | Assignments Viewer | Displays Assignments. | | [Folder Activity Panel](/version-10/docs/folder-activity-panel) | Gives Users an audit trail of the states and comments a folder has gone through. The folder activity panel can only be used with Flow Execution Extensions, Case Entities, Entities with process folders, and folder extensions. | | Folder Header Data | Displays the Folder Name and Description. | | Folder Horizontal Timeline | Shows previous states, current states, and future states of a Folder. Can only be used with Flow Execution Extensions, Case Entities, Entities with process folders, and folder extensions. | | Folder Timeline Gauge | Shows the percentage complete of a timeline. Can only be used with Flow Execution Extensions, Case Entities, Entities with process folders, and folder extensions. | | Resources View | Create and display an Entity Report, add resources/documents to the Folder. | | State Label | Displays the current state. | | Tag Browser | Shows all items with tags. | | Tags View | Adds tags to the current page. | | Google | Google Map Search | Text box with a Search button that opens Google Map Results in a new window. | | Google Search | Text box with a Search button that opens Google Search Results of the typed text in a new window. | | Page | Page Data Viewer | Displays a Page within a Page via Page Name or Page ID. | | Property Grid | Property Grid Editor | Provides a Property Grid Editor for the Page. | | Root | [Add Comment](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/how-to-versioning) | Adds a Comment to the Folder the Page is on. | | [Add Document](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-documents-to-the-portal) | Adds a Document to the Folder the Page is on. | | Display HTML | A way to view HTML on a Page. | | [Document Viewer](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/document-viewer-form) | Shows all files except Microsoft file types (doc, docx, excel, etc). | | [Folder Viewer](/version-10/docs/folder-viewer-control) | Displays Report within a Folder. | | [Label](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/copy-able-label) | A way to put information on a Form that is not interactive. | | Rich Text Display | Gives the designer the opportunity to change font type, color, size, alignment, copy, paste, insert an image, and create a table. | | Scratch Pad | Gives the end-user the opportunity to change font type, color, size, alignment, copy, paste, insert an image, and create a table. Saves as a Comment. | --- ## Datatypes | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | | [Case Editor](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/creating-a-case-entity-data-structure) | Configure states and Flows for the Case Entity process. | | Runtime Case | Shows all the history of the Folder the Page is attached to, also able to add comments to the folder. | --- ## Designer Entities | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | | [Flow Run Part](/version-10/docs/flow-run-part) | Allows the user to run a Flow from within the allotted Page space. | | Run Assignments | The Run Assignments page control can be configured to get assignment Ids from the selection bus, such as from a report viewer also on the page, display the assignment and let the assignee complete it. *Deprecated in 9.8 | | View Flow | Can only be used on Flow Tracking Folders. | --- ## Images | Control Location | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | All existing image files will appear as folders with the following four Controls. | As Image | Displays the Folder as an image. | | As Open URL Image Button | Displays an image that opens a URL in a new browser tab once the user clicks on it. | | As Run Flow | Displays an image that runs a Flow once a User clicks on it. | | As Run Report | Displays an image that runs a Report once the User clicks on it. *Deprecated in 9.8 - Please use the Reports > Run Report control. | | Root | [Image](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-an-image-to-a-pagedashboard) | Allows Users to add images from the Decisions Image library, from a File, or via URL. | --- ## JS controls | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | | [Custom JavaScript Control Name](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/creating-javascript-form-controls) | Custom Page controls using JavaScript can be created and then loaded into Decisions. | --- ## Layouts | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | | [Canvas](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/canvas-layout) | This layout allows Users to place controls on the Page in any place. | | [Drawer](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/drawer-control) | Allows Designers to add a dynamic panel to a Page. | | [Flex Layout](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/flex-layout) | A responsive layout control that allows Designers to build an adaptive Page. | | [Grid Layout](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/grid-layout) | Fixed containers to house controls that can be stacked upon each other. | | [Header Container](/version-10/docs/header-container-layout) | A grid with a header section and a content section is separated by a border. | | [Horizontal/Vertical Split Panel](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/split-panel-layout) | A resizable control that allows Users to manually adjust the size of its two columns/rows. | | [Horizontal/Vertical Stack](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/horizontal-and-vertical-stack-layouts) | A resizable control that preserves empty space and can hide nested controls. | | Scroll Panel | Creates a scroll bar if the controls on the Page are larger than the Page itself. | | Side Menu Container | Creates two columns, with the selection of the first column affecting the contents of the second. | | [Tab Container](/version-10/docs/tabs-container-layout) | Creates tabs that open multiple Pages in one. | --- ## Navigation | Control Location | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | Any selected preexisting Folder | [Navigate To as Button/Image/Link](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-folder-navigation-buttons-to-a-page) | Folder Navigation buttons are interactive actions that will navigate the end-user to the configured Folder contents once selected on a Page/Dashboard. | | Root | Back Button | Allows Users to navigate to the previous page. | | Folders Bar | Allows the ability to add a custom folder bar to a Page. | | Incremental Search | Provides an incremental search bar allowing Users to dictate which DataTypes are searchable on the Page. | | Navigate To Folder | Navigates to the User-designated Folder. | | Navigate To Parent Folder | Navigates to the Parent Folder of the current Page. | | Navigate To Parent Process | Navigates to the Parent Process Folder of the current Page. | | Navigation Tree Part | Provides a copy of the Studio's Folder Tree. | | Open Child Tab Button | Provides a Button that opens the Page in a separate tab. | | Open URL | Provides a clickable Button, Link, or Image that opens a designated URL; this URL can be configured to open in a new tab. | | Refresh Page | Provides a clickable Button, Link, or Image that refreshes the Page containing the control. | | [Run Flow](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/adding-run-flow-links-or-buttons-to-a-page) | Provides a clickable Button, Link, or Image that runs a Flow on selection. |   --- ## Reports | Control Location | Control Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | Any Existing Report | Run Report as Button/Image/Link | Creates a Button/Image/Link that runs the Report when selected. | | Data View | Adds an interactive view of the Report. | | Data View - Can't Change | Adds an interactive view of the Report the User cannot change. | | Data View - Current Folder | Adds an interactive view of the Report as it is shown in its current Folder. | | [Charts](/version-10/docs/adding-charts-portal-page) | Areas | Adds an Area Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Bars | Adds a Bar Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Bubbles | Adds a Bubble Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Bullets | Adds a Bullets Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Chart Legend | Adds a Chart Legend based on a Chart added to the Page. | | | Columns | Adds a Columns Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Dots | Adds a Dots Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Lines | Adds a Line Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Mixed Bars | Adds a Mixed Bar Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Pie Chart | Adds a Pie Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Ring | Adds a Ring Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Simple Bars | Adds a Simple Bar Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Stacked Bars | Adds a Stacked Bar Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | | Legacy | WinLoss Bars | Adds a WinLoss Chart based on a Grouped Report. | | Root | Entity Scroller | Scrolls through a tile view of the selected Report. *Deprecated in v9.8 | | Matrix | Adds a Matrix view of a Report. *Deprecated in v9.8 - Please use a Report Viewer and change the default view to Matrix. | | Report Actions Bar | Adds the Report Actions Bar of the Report onto the Page. | | [Report Viewer](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/report-viewer-control) | Shows a Report that can support different styles of views. | | Rich Text Report View | Shows the Rich Text view of a Report. *Deprecated in v9.8 - Please use a Report Viewer and change the default view to Rich Text. | | Text Report View | Shows the text view of a Report. *Deprecated in v9.8 - Please use a Report Viewer and change the default view to Text Report. | --- ## Tiles | Component | Description | | --- | --- | | [Diagram Tile](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/diagram-tiles) | Diagram Tiles are a way to capture data and present it attractively using infographics. | | [Form Tile](https://documentation.decisions.com/version-10/docs/form-tiles) | Form Tiles are utilized to leverage Forms onto a dashboard. | | [Simple Tile](https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/create-tile-data) | Displays mapped data on a Page with background color and styling. | | Simple Tiles | Displays mapped data on a Page with background color and styling; this control uses multiple Simple Tiles. | --- ## Feature Changes | **Description** | Version | Release Date | Developer Task | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Deprecated eight Page Controls. | [9.8](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-98x-release-notes) | March 2025 | [DT-043492] | | Added a new Page/Form Control 'Drawer'. | [9.15](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-915x-release-notes?highlight=DT-043993) | September 2025 | [DT-043993] | | Flex Layout is now available for Pages. | [9.15](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-915x-release-notes?highlight=DT-045121) | September 2025 | [DT-045121] |