Component templates#
With a component template, you can save and reuse component processes and properties and create components from them; template-based components inherit the template's properties and process.
- Creating component templates
To create a component template, specify information about the template, such as which plug-in it is related to. - Importing component templates
When you import a template, you can create an entirely new template or upgrade an existing one. - Exporting component templates
Exporting a template creates a JSON file (file extension json) that contains the template's configuration information, properties, and processes. - Component template properties
Component template properties ensure that every component created from a template has the same properties. The types of available properties are described in the following table. - Using component templates
When you create a component from a template, the component inherits the template's process and properties, if any.
Parent topic: Components