Visualforce Developer Guide

Introducing Visualforce
Tools for Visualforce Development
Getting a Quick Start with Visualforce
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 Visualforce Component Reference
Appendices
Global Variables, Functions, and Expression Operators
Security Tips for Apex and Visualforce Development
Apex Classes Used in Visualforce Controllers
ApexPages Class
Action Class
Cookie Class
IdeaStandardController Class
IdeaStandardSetController Class
KnowledgeArticleVersionStandardController Class
Message Class
PageReference Class
SelectOption Class
StandardController Class
StandardController Constructors
StandardController Methods
StandardSetController Class
Execution Governors and Limits
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StandardController Class

Use a StandardController when defining an extension for a standard controller.

Namespace

ApexPages

Usage

StandardController objects reference the pre-built Visualforce controllers provided by Salesforce. The only time it is necessary to refer to a StandardController object is when defining an extension for a standard controller. StandardController is the data type of the single argument in the extension class constructor.

Instantiation

You can instantiate a StandardController in the following way:

Example

The following example shows how a StandardController object can be used in the constructor for a standard controller extension:

The following Visualforce markup shows how the controller extension from above can be used in a page: