Visualforce Developer Guide

Introducing Visualforce
Tools for Visualforce Development
Getting a Quick Start with Visualforce
Compiling Visualforce Successfully
Creating Your First Page
Displaying Field Values with Visualforce
Using the Visualforce Component Library
Override an Existing Page with a Visualforce Page
Redirecting to a Standard Object List Page
Using Input Components in a Page
Adding and Customizing Input Field Labels
Setting the Tab Order for Fields in a Form
Adding Dependent Fields to a Page
Create Visualforce Dashboard Components
Displaying Related Lists for Custom Objects
Enabling Inline Editing
Converting a Page to a PDF File
Building a Table of Data in a Page
Editing a Table of Data in a Page
Using Query String Parameters in a Page
Use Ajax in a Page
Putting Visualforce Pages on External Domains
Customizing the Appearance and Output of Visualforce Pages
Standard Controllers
Standard List Controllers
Custom Controllers and Controller Extensions
Advanced Examples
Override Buttons, Links, and Tabs with Visualforce
Using Static Resources
Creating and Using Custom Components
Dynamic Visualforce Bindings
Dynamic Visualforce Components
Integrate Email with Visualforce
Visualforce Charting
Creating Maps with Visualforce
Render Flows with Visualforce
Templating with Visualforce
Developing Salesforce Apps with Visualforce
Adding Visualforce to a Salesforce AppExchange App
Using JavaScript in Visualforce Pages
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Visualforce Best Practices
Standard Component Reference
Appendices
Glossary
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Displaying Related Lists for Custom Objects

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Important

Displaying custom objects and their related lists with Visualforce is very simple.

Suppose you have three custom objects: MyChildObject, MyMasterObject, and MyLookupObject. MyChildObject has a master-detail relationship with MyMasterObject (which is the master). MyLookupObject also has a Lookup relationship with MyChildObject.

If you want to create a Visualforce page that displays the related list for MyMasterObject, use the following markup:

For this page to display the related list data, the ID of a valid custom object record with a custom relationship must be specified as a query parameter in the URL for the page, for example, http://MyDomain_login_URL/myCustomRelatedList?id=a00x00000003ij0.

Although MyLookupObject uses a different type of relationship, the syntax is identical: