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
addFields(fieldNames)
cancel()
delete()
edit()
getId()
getRecord()
reset()
save()
view()
StandardSetController Class
Execution Governors and Limits
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getRecord()

Returns the record that is currently in context, based on the value of the id query string parameter in the Visualforce page URL.

Signature

public SObject getRecord()

Return Value

Type: sObject

Usage

Note that only the fields that are referenced in the associated Visualforce markup are available for querying on this SObject. All other fields, including fields from any related objects, must be queried using a SOQL expression.

You can work around this restriction by including a hidden component that references any additional fields that you want to query. Hide the component from display by setting the component's rendered attribute to false.

Tip

Example