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CustomApplicationComponent
Represents a custom console component (Visualforce page) assigned to a CustomApplication that is marked as a Salesforce console. Custom console components extend the capabilities of Salesforce console apps. See “Customize a Console with Custom Components in Salesforce Classic” in the Salesforce online help.
File Suffix and Directory Location
Custom application components have the suffix .customApplicationComponent and are stored in the customApplicationComponents folder.
Version
Custom applications are available in API version 25.0 and later.
Fields
| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| buttonIconUrl | string | The address of a page that hosts an icon for the button. |
| buttonStyle | string | The inline style used to define how the button looks. |
| buttonText | string | The label on the button used to launch the custom console component. |
| buttonWidth | int | The pixel width of the button as it should display in the Salesforce console. |
| height | int | The pixel height of the window used to display the custom console component. |
| isHeightFixed | boolean | Required. Indicates whether users can change the custom console component height (false) or not (true). |
| isHidden | boolean | Required. Indicates whether the custom console component is hidden from users (true) or not (false). |
| isWidthFixed | boolean | Required. Indicates whether users can change the component width (false) or not (true). |
| visualforcePage | string | Required. Name of the Visualforce page that represents the custom console component. |
| width | int | The pixel width of the window used to display the custom console component. |
Declarative Metadata Sample Definition
The following is the definition of a custom application component:
1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<CustomApplicationComponent xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3 <buttonIconUrl>http://www.salesforce.com</buttonIconUrl>
4 <buttonStyle>buttonStyleCSS</buttonStyle>
5 <buttonText>buttonText</buttonText>
6 <buttonWidth>200</buttonWidth>
7 <height>200</height>
8 <isHeightFixed>false</isHeightFixed>
9 <isHidden>false</isHidden>
10 <isWidthFixed>false</isWidthFixed>
11 <visualforcePage>MyVisualforcePage</visualforcePage>
12 <width>50</width>
13</CustomApplicationComponent>