Global Extension Points

Global extension points allow you to extend the home screen, to add a global view to the main workspace, or to control application-wide settings.

vise.global.views

Adds a global UI view to the main area that is not related to vSphere objects.

Requires a data object of type GlobalViewSpec with available properties:

  • name - user-visible name of the global view.
  • contentSpec
    • url - relative URL to the HTML page that loads the view content.
    • metadata (optional)
      • key - "hasTitle"
      • value - "false" opens an empty iframe, without a title.

Accessibility: can be a target of any navigation request.

Example: 

<extension id="com.vmware.samples.h5.globalview.mainView">
   <extendedPoint>vise.global.views</extendedPoint>
   <object>
      <name>My Global View</name>
      <contentSpec>
         <url>/ui/globalview/resources/mainView.html</url>
         <metadata><entry><key>hasTitle</key><value>false</value></entry></metadata>
      </contentSpec>
   </object>
</extension>
vise.home.shortcuts deprecated

Adds a home screen shortcut to a global view or other data view.

Requires a data object of type ShortcutSpec with available properties:

  • name - user-visible name of the shortcut.
  • icon - (optional) resource ID of 32x32 shortcut icon.
  • categoryUid - ID of the category this shortcut will be displayed in. Supported values are "vsphere.core.controlcenter.inventoriesCategory" and "vsphere.core.controlcenter.monitoringCategory".
  • targetViewUid - identifier of the extension to navigate to when the shortcut is clicked.

Accessibility on vSphere Client: Shortcuts.

Example: 

<extension id="com.vmware.samples.h5.globalview.shortcut">
   <extendedPoint>vise.home.shortcuts</extendedPoint>
   <object>
      <name>My Shortcut</name>
      <icon>#{appIcon}</icon>
      <categoryUid>vsphere.core.controlcenter.monitoringCategory</categoryUid>
      <targetViewUid>com.vmware.samples.h5.globalview.mainView</targetViewUid>
   </object>
</extension>
vsphere.core.objectTypes deprecated

Declares UI information that is associated with a custom object type.

Requires a data object of type com.vmware.core.specs.ObjectTypeSpec with available properties:

  • types - list of type names applicable to the same type info.
  • icon - resource ID of a 18x18 icon associated with this object type.
  • label - localized type name.
  • labelPlural - plural of the localized type name.
  • listViewId - (optional) ID of the list view extension used to display multiple objects of this object type. If missing or null, the default ${namespace}.list is used.

Accessibility: Not directly displayed, just declares the new object type.

Example: 

<extension id="com.vmware.samples.chassisa.objectType">
   <extendedPoint>vsphere.core.objectTypes</extendedPoint>
   <object>
      <types>
         <String>samples:ChassisA</String>
      </types>
      <label>Chassis</label>
      <labelPlural>ChassisA's</labelPlural>
      <icon>#{chassis.icon}</icon>
   </object>
</extension>