This document discusses standard list controllers in Visualforce pages. It explains how to associate a standard list controller with a Visualforce page by setting the standardController and recordSetVar attributes. When using a list controller, the recordSetVar variable can be used to access the record collection. List controllers allow accessing up to 10,000 records and provide actions like save, cancel, first, last, next, and previous for pagination. Actions can be called from page markup using {!} notation. List views can also be used with list controllers.

1. Chapter 6
Standard List Controllers
Mohammed S. A. Kwaik
26/8/2013
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2. Associating a Standard List Controller with a
Visualforce Page
• Using a standard list controller is very similar to using a standard
controller. First you set the standardController attribute on the
<apex:page> component, then you set the recordSetVar attribute on
the same component.
• For example, to associate a page with the standard list controller for
accounts, use the following markup:
• The recordSetVar attribute not only indicates that the page uses a list
controller, it can indicates the variable name of therecord collection.
This variable can be used to access data in the record collection.

3. Accessing Data with List Controllers
• Note: This page does not specify a filter in the request, so the page is displayed
with the last used filter.
• When using a standard list controller, the returned records sort on the first
column of data, as defined by the current view, even if that column is not
rendered. When using an extension or custom list controller, you can control the
sort method.
• No more than 10,000 records can be returned by a standard list controller.
Custom controllers can work with larger results sets.

4. Accessing Data with List Controllers

5. Using Standard List Controller Actions
• Action methods perform logic or navigation when a page event
occurs, such as when a user clicks a button, or hovers over an area of
the page. Action methods can be called from page markup by using
{! } notation in the action parameter of one of the following tags:
• <apex:commandButton> creates a button that calls an action
• <apex:commandLink> creates a link that calls an action
• <apex:actionPoller> periodically calls an action
• <apex:actionSupport> makes an event (such as “onclick”, “onmouseover”,
and so on) on another, named component, call an action
• <apex:actionFunction> defines a new JavaScript function that calls an action
• <apex:page> calls an action when the page is loaded

6. Using Standard List Controller Actions
• The following table describes the action methods that are supported
by all standard list controllers. You can associate these actions with
any Visualforce component that includes an action attribute.
Action Description
save Inserts new records or updates existing records that have been changed. After this
operation is finished, the save action returns the user to the original page, if known, or
the home page.
quicksave Inserts new records or updates existing records that have been changed. Unlike the
save action, quicksave does not redirect the user to another page.
list Returns a PageReference object of the standard list page, based on the most recently
used list filter for that object when the filterId is not specified by the user.
cancel Aborts an edit operation. After this operation is finished, the cancel action returns the
user to the page where the user originally invoked the edit.

7. Using Standard List Controller Actions
Action Description
first Displays the first page of records in the set.
last Displays the last page of records in the set.
next Displays the next page of records in the set.
previous Displays the previous page of records in the set.

8. Using Standard List Controller Actions

9. Pagination with a List Controller

10. Using List Views with Standard List Controllers

11. Using List Views with Standard List Controllers

12. Using List Views with Standard List Controllers

13. Editing Records with List Controllers

14. Editing Records with List Controllers