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Use the list content block to show a list of articles.
Overview   Arguments   Background Type   Heading Type   Input Type  

Overview  

The list content block renders a list of articles. Add the following configuration to your page’s frontmatter to enable data table features:

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modules: ["simple-datatables"]
---
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- _bookshop_name: list
  heading:
    title: Recent articles
    align: start
  input:
    section: blog
    reverse: false
    sort: title
  hide-empty: false
  background:
    color: primary
    subtle: true
  justify: start
  sortable: true
  paginate: true
  searchable: true

Arguments  

The content block supports the following arguments:

Name Type Required Default Comment
_bookshop_name string Unique name of the bookshop component.
_ordinal int Zero-based position of the bookshop component within the page’s component hierarchy.
background background, string Background style of the section.
class string Class attributes of the element. It supports Bootstrap attributes to modify the styling of the element.
cover bool true Flag indicating if the element should be rendered fullscreen.
heading Heading Heading of the content block, including a preheading and content element.
hide-empty bool yes Hides the entire section when no pages are available.
hook string Render hook for the element’s partial.
id string Unique identifier of the current element.
input Input yes List input of the element. Uses the name of the section to retrieve known pages.
justify select start Justification of the child elements. Supported values: [start, end, center, between, around, evenly].
limit int Maximum number of elements to display.
paginate bool Flag indicating if pagination should be added to the element, if the list exceeds the maximum number of containing elements to display.
pagination int Number of elements per page in pagination, overrides site settings.
pagination-select string Sets the per page options in the dropdown. Must be an array of integers or arrays in the format [label (string), value (int)]. Requires paginate = true. It is recommended to configure values that are a multitude of the pagination value.
searchable bool Toggle the ability to search the dataset.
sortable bool Toggle the ability to sort the columns.
theme select Color theme to apply to the element. Supported values: [light, dark].
width int 8 Column width of the element. For embedded elements, the width is relative to the parent’s container.
wrap bool Toggle the last column to wrap to a new row on smaller devices. This setting is not compatible with data tables.
Name Type Required Default
_bookshop_name string
Unique name of the bookshop component.
_ordinal int
Zero-based position of the bookshop component within the page’s component hierarchy.
background background, string
Background style of the section.
class string
Class attributes of the element. It supports Bootstrap attributes to modify the styling of the element.
cover bool true
Flag indicating if the element should be rendered fullscreen.
heading Heading
Heading of the content block, including a preheading and content element.
hide-empty bool yes
Hides the entire section when no pages are available.
hook string
Render hook for the element’s partial.
id string
Unique identifier of the current element.
input Input yes
List input of the element. Uses the name of the section to retrieve known pages.
justify select start
Justification of the child elements. Supported values: [start, end, center, between, around, evenly].
limit int
Maximum number of elements to display.
paginate bool
Flag indicating if pagination should be added to the element, if the list exceeds the maximum number of containing elements to display.
pagination int
Number of elements per page in pagination, overrides site settings.
pagination-select string
Sets the per page options in the dropdown. Must be an array of integers or arrays in the format [label (string), value (int)]. Requires paginate = true. It is recommended to configure values that are a multitude of the pagination value.
searchable bool
Toggle the ability to search the dataset.
sortable bool
Toggle the ability to sort the columns.
theme select
Color theme to apply to the element. Supported values: [light, dark].
width int 8
Column width of the element. For embedded elements, the width is relative to the parent’s container.
wrap bool
Toggle the last column to wrap to a new row on smaller devices. This setting is not compatible with data tables.

Background Type  

Name Type Required Default Comment
backdrop string Background image with a mask to improve contrast.
color select Theme color of the element. Supported values: [primary, secondary, success, danger, warning, info, light, dark, white, black, body, body-tertiary].
subtle bool Apply subtle theme colors.
Name Type Required Default
backdrop string
Background image with a mask to improve contrast.
color select
Theme color of the element. Supported values: [primary, secondary, success, danger, warning, info, light, dark, white, black, body, body-tertiary].
subtle bool
Apply subtle theme colors.

Heading Type  

Name Type Required Default Comment
align select start Alignment of the headline, content, or icon. Supported values: [start, center, end].
arrangement select above Arrangement of the preheading, either left or above the header. On smaller screens, the preheading is always placed on top. Supported values: [above, first].
content string, template.HTML Section content displayed below the title.
preheading string Preheading of the section heading.
size int 4 Display size of the headline.
title string, hstring.RenderedString, hstring.HTML, template.HTML Title of the element. If the element references a (local) page, the title overrides the referenced page’s title.
width int 8 Column width of the element. For embedded elements, the width is relative to the parent’s container.
Name Type Required Default
align select start
Alignment of the headline, content, or icon. Supported values: [start, center, end].
arrangement select above
Arrangement of the preheading, either left or above the header. On smaller screens, the preheading is always placed on top. Supported values: [above, first].
content string, template.HTML
Section content displayed below the title.
preheading string
Preheading of the section heading.
size int 4
Display size of the headline.
title string, hstring.RenderedString, hstring.HTML, template.HTML
Title of the element. If the element references a (local) page, the title overrides the referenced page’s title.
width int 8
Column width of the element. For embedded elements, the width is relative to the parent’s container.

Input Type  

Name Type Required Default Comment
categories string, slice Categories to be used as filter. When set, only pages that belong to at least one of the provided categories are retrieved.
keywords string, slice Keywords to be used as filter. When set, only pages that match at least one of the provided keywords are retrieved.
nested bool If set, retrieves all pages below the section or current page recursively. By default, only first-order childs are retrieved.
reverse bool true Sets the sort order to descending.
section string Name of the content section.
sort select yes Key to sort by. Supported values: [date, title, weight].
tags string, slice Tags to be used as filter. When set, only pages that match at least one of the provided tags are retrieved.
Name Type Required Default
categories string, slice
Categories to be used as filter. When set, only pages that belong to at least one of the provided categories are retrieved.
keywords string, slice
Keywords to be used as filter. When set, only pages that match at least one of the provided keywords are retrieved.
nested bool
If set, retrieves all pages below the section or current page recursively. By default, only first-order childs are retrieved.
reverse bool true
Sets the sort order to descending.
section string
Name of the content section.
sort select yes
Key to sort by. Supported values: [date, title, weight].
tags string, slice
Tags to be used as filter. When set, only pages that match at least one of the provided tags are retrieved.
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