Skip Navigation

Visualforce Developer Guide

j

Summer '26 (API version 67.0)

Spring '26 (API version 66.0)

Winter '26 (API version 65.0)

Summer '25 (API version 64.0)

Spring '25 (API version 63.0)

Winter '25 (API version 62.0)

Summer '24 (API version 61.0)

Spring '24 (API version 60.0)

Winter '24 (API version 59.0)

Summer '23 (API version 58.0)

Spring '23 (API version 57.0)

Winter '23 (API version 56.0)

Summer '22 (API version 55.0)

Spring '22 (API version 54.0)

Winter '22 (API version 53.0)

Summer '21 (API version 52.0)

Spring '21 (API version 51.0)

Winter '21 (API version 50.0)

Summer '20 (API version 49.0)

Spring '20 (API version 48.0)

Winter '20 (API version 47.0)

Summer '19 (API version 46.0)

Spring '19 (API version 45.0)

Winter '19 (API version 44.0)

Summer '18 (API version 43.0)

Spring '18 (API version 42.0)

Winter '18 (API version 41.0)

Summer '17 (API version 40.0)

Spring '17 (API version 39.0)

Winter '17 (API version 38.0)

Summer '16 (API version 37.0)

Spring '16 (API version 36.0)

Winter '16 (API version 35.0)

Summer '15 (API version 34.0)

Spring '15 (API version 33.0)

Winter '15 (API version 32.0)

Spring '14 (API version 30.0)

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

analytics:reportChart

apex:actionFunction

apex:actionPoller

apex:actionRegion

apex:actionStatus

apex:actionSupport

apex:areaSeries

apex:chartLabel

apex:commandButton

apex:commandLink

apex:componentBody

apex:composition

apex:dynamicComponent

apex:emailPublisher

apex:enhancedList

apex:gaugeSeries

apex:includeLightning

apex:includeScript

apex:inlineEditSupport

apex:inputCheckbox

apex:inputField

apex:inputHidden

apex:inputSecret

apex:inputTextarea

apex:lineSeries

apex:logCallPublisher

apex:mapInfoWindow

apex:milestoneTracker

apex:outputField

apex:outputLabel

apex:outputLink

apex:outputPanel

apex:outputText

apex:pageBlockButtons

apex:pageBlockSection

apex:pageBlockSectionItem

apex:pageBlockTable

apex:pageMessage

apex:pageMessages

apex:panelBarItem

apex:panelGroup

apex:radarSeries

apex:relatedList

apex:remoteObjectField

apex:remoteObjectModel

apex:remoteObjects

apex:scatterSeries

apex:sectionHeader

apex:selectCheckboxes

apex:selectList

apex:selectOption

apex:selectOptions

apex:selectRadio

apex:stylesheet

apex:toolbarGroup

chatter:feedWithFollowers

chatter:followers

chatter:newsfeed

chatter:userPhotoUpload

chatteranswers:aboutme

chatteranswers:allfeeds

chatteranswers:changepassword

chatteranswers:datacategoryfilter

chatteranswers:feedfilter

chatteranswers:feeds

chatteranswers:forgotpassword

chatteranswers:forgotpasswordconfirm

chatteranswers:guestsignin

chatteranswers:help

chatteranswers:login

chatteranswers:registration

chatteranswers:searchask

chatteranswers:singleitemfeed

ideas:detailOutputLink

ideas:listOutputLink

ideas:profileListOutputLink

knowledge:articleCaseToolbar

knowledge:articleList

knowledge:articleRendererToolbar

knowledge:articleTypeList

knowledge:categoryList

liveAgent:clientChat

liveAgent:clientChatAlertMessage

liveAgent:clientChatCancelButton

liveAgent:clientChatEndButton

liveAgent:clientChatFileTransfer

liveAgent:clientChatInput

liveAgent:clientChatLog

liveAgent:clientChatLogAlertMessage

liveAgent:clientChatMessages

liveAgent:clientChatQueuePosition

liveAgent:clientChatSaveButton

liveAgent:clientChatSendButton

liveAgent:clientChatStatusMessage

messaging:attachment

messaging:emailHeader

messaging:emailTemplate

messaging:htmlEmailBody

messaging:plainTextEmailBody

site:googleAnalyticsTracking

site:previewAsAdmin

social:profileViewer

support:caseArticles

support:caseFeed

support:caseUnifiedFiles

support:clickToDial

support:portalPublisher

Standard Visualforce Component Reference

This section provides a full list of standard Visualforce components.

analytics:reportChart
apex:actionFunction
A component that provides support for invoking controller action methods directly from JavaScript code using an AJAX request.
apex:actionPoller
apex:actionRegion
An area of a Visualforce page that demarcates which components should be processed by the Force.com server when an AJAX request is generated.
apex:actionStatus
apex:actionSupport
A component that adds AJAX support to another component, allowing the component to be refreshed asynchronously by the server when a particular event occurs, such as a button click or hover.
apex:areaSeries
apex:attribute
apex:axis
apex:barSeries
apex:canvasApp
apex:chart
apex:chartLabel
apex:chartTips
apex:column
apex:commandButton
A button that is rendered as an HTML input element with the type attribute set to submit, reset, or image, depending on the <apex:commandButton> tag's specified values.
apex:commandLink
A link that executes an action defined by a controller, and then either refreshes the current page, or navigates to a different page based on the PageReference variable that is returned by the action.
apex:component
apex:componentBody
apex:composition
apex:dataList
apex:dataTable
apex:define
apex:detail
apex:dynamicComponent
apex:emailPublisher
apex:enhancedList
apex:facet
apex:flash
apex:form
apex:gaugeSeries
apex:iframe
A component that creates an inline frame within a Visualforce page. With a frame, you can keep some information visible while other information is scrolled or replaced.
apex:image
apex:include
apex:includeLightning
apex:includeScript
apex:inlineEditSupport
apex:input
apex:inputCheckbox
An HTML input element of type checkbox. Use this component to get user input for a controller method that does not correspond to a field on a Salesforce object.
apex:inputField
apex:inputFile
apex:inputHidden
An HTML input element of type hidden, that is, an input element that is invisible to the user. Use this component to pass variables from page to page.
apex:inputSecret
An HTML input element of type password. Use this component to get user input for a controller method that does not correspond to a field on a Salesforce object, for a value that is masked as the user types.
apex:inputText
apex:inputTextarea
apex:insert
apex:legend
apex:lineSeries
apex:listViews
apex:logCallPublisher
apex:map
apex:mapInfoWindow
apex:mapMarker
apex:message
apex:messages
apex:milestoneTracker
apex:outputField
apex:outputLabel
apex:outputLink
apex:outputPanel
apex:outputText
apex:page
A single Visualforce page. All pages must be wrapped inside a single <apex:page> component tag.
apex:pageBlock
apex:pageBlockButtons
apex:pageBlockSection
apex:pageBlockSectionItem
apex:pageBlockTable
apex:pageMessage
apex:pageMessages
apex:panelBar
apex:panelBarItem
apex:panelGrid
apex:panelGroup
apex:param
apex:pieSeries
apex:radarSeries
apex:relatedList
apex:remoteObjectField
apex:remoteObjectModel
apex:remoteObjects
apex:repeat
apex:scatterSeries
apex:scontrol
apex:sectionHeader
apex:selectCheckboxes
A set of related checkbox input elements displayed in a table.
apex:selectList
apex:selectOption
apex:selectOptions
apex:selectRadio
A set of related radio button input elements, displayed in a table. Unlike checkboxes, only one radio button can be selected at a time.
apex:slds
apex:stylesheet
apex:tab
A single tab in an <apex:tabPanel>.
apex:tabPanel
A page area that displays as a set of tabs. When a user clicks a tab header, the tab's associated content displays, hiding the content of other tabs.
apex:toolbar
apex:toolbarGroup
apex:variable
apex:vote
chatter:feed
Displays the Chatter feed for a record or a user.
chatter:feedWithFollowers
chatter:follow
chatter:followers
chatter:newsfeed
chatter:userPhotoUpload
chatteranswers:aboutme
chatteranswers:allfeeds
chatteranswers:changepassword
chatteranswers:datacategoryfilter
chatteranswers:feedfilter
chatteranswers:feeds
chatteranswers:forgotpassword
chatteranswers:forgotpasswordconfirm
chatteranswers:guestsignin
chatteranswers:help
chatteranswers:login
chatteranswers:registration
chatteranswers:searchask
chatteranswers:singleitemfeed
flow:interview
ideas:detailOutputLink
ideas:listOutputLink
ideas:profileListOutputLink
knowledge:articleCaseToolbar
knowledge:articleList
knowledge:articleRendererToolbar
knowledge:articleTypeList
knowledge:categoryList
liveAgent:clientChat
liveAgent:clientChatAlertMessage
liveAgent:clientChatCancelButton
liveAgent:clientChatEndButton
liveAgent:clientChatFileTransfer
liveAgent:clientChatInput
liveAgent:clientChatLog
liveAgent:clientChatLogAlertMessage
liveAgent:clientChatMessages
liveAgent:clientChatQueuePosition
liveAgent:clientChatSaveButton
liveAgent:clientChatSendButton
liveAgent:clientChatStatusMessage
messaging:attachment
Compose an attachment and append it to the email.
messaging:emailHeader
messaging:emailTemplate
messaging:htmlEmailBody
messaging:plainTextEmailBody
site:googleAnalyticsTracking
site:previewAsAdmin
social:profileViewer
support:caseArticles
support:caseFeed
support:caseUnifiedFiles
support:clickToDial
support:portalPublisher
topics:widget
wave:dashboard