About Preferences for the Default Portlet Types
When you create a portlet, you can select from several predefined Composite Application Framework portlet types. Some of these default portlets are created with predefined preferences:
Generic portlet. This portlet is created with no predefined preferences.
Search Bar portlet. This portlet is created with the following preferences, the values of which are set by controls or properties in the user interface:
initialSearchTab (hidden)
initialSelectedSavedSearch (hidden)
runSearchOnDisplay (hidden)
noMaxResults (hidden)
maxResults (hidden)
lastSearchState (hidden)
savedSearchMap (hidden)
Search Results portlet. This portlet is created with the following preferences, the values of which are set by controls or properties in the user interface, including the portlet’s edit view, which is rendered in the
Preferences area in the portlet’s properties page:
queryString
initialPageSize (hidden)
initialSortBy (hidden)
initialSortAscending (hidden)
columnDisplay (hidden)
columnWidths (hidden)
Search Bar + Results portlet. This portlet is created with the following preferences, the values of which are set by controls or properties in the user interface, including the portlet’s edit view, which is rendered in the
Preferences area in the portlet’s properties page:
initialPageSize (hidden)
initialSortBy (hidden)
initialSortAscending (hidden)
columnDisplay (hidden)
columnWidths (hidden)
initialSearchTab (hidden)
initialSelectedSavedSearch (hidden)
runSearchOnDisplay (hidden)
noMaxResults (hidden)
maxResults (hidden)
lastSearchState (hidden)
savedSearchMap (hidden)
You can add additional portlet preferences to these portlets to further control the portlet behavior. For example, if you want to use a tree view for search results, you can add a treeColumnWidths preference.
