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Glossary of Terminology

Anchor​

Anchor is a positionType. Anchor is Custom Positioning and allows for specific customization of the component's location. using pixel or percentage values to anchor the component.

Background Component​

A background component is a component that is used to create backgrounds or a component contained to the existing background within a slide. They go behind Foreground Components in z-index.

Foreground Components​

Foreground components are in front of background components in z-index.

Chapter​

A chapter is a subset of slides in a presentation or deck. Chapter components are located on this object.

Cobrowsing​

Having the control of the presentation be given to the Digideck LIVE host.

Component​

A component is the building block for creating slides in decks and presentations. They have encapsulated functionality and styling. Components are given access to Digideck's Decks and Presentations state and behavior with the aid of the digideckCore API object.

Data Store​

The Data Store is a local database, which users can create data, fetch data, delete data, and subscribe to store changes.

Deck​

A collections of slides that an organization uses to create presentations

Digideck CORE​

The Digideck CORE is the API used for component development.

Digideck​

Digideck is a cloud-based marketing & sales presentation platform.

Digideck Live​

The Video Conferencing service brought to you by Digideck.

Dynamic Input Form​

The form which dynamically generates inputs based on the Dynamic Input Form Config values. The return updated options are used to update the components data.

Foreground Component​

A foreground component is a component that is used to create compositions within a slide.

Grid​

Grid is a positionType. Components will snap to the Grid. Use this option for the quickest layout experience.

Layers Panel​

The Layers Panel shows which components are in which area of the chapter/slide. Each section contains a list of components where components higher sequentially in each list are on top of those below.

Lazy Loading Slides​

Lazy Loading Slides is when the slide loading is delayed until they are needed to improve performance and save resources.

Organization​

The owner of Digideck Slides and Presentations.

Presentation​

A presentation is a navigable collection of slides arranged by chapter, and is used to convey information from an organization to the presentations viewers.

Position-Type​

Postition type deals with how the components are positioned on the slide. Position Type values are Anchor, Grid, or Stack.

Root Slide​

A Root Slide is the 'Home' slide to which a deck or presentation initially loads.

Services​

Services are software that accomplishes a task, give output, process data, set up events, etc.

Slide​

A slide is a single page in a presentation. Slide components are located on this object.

Stack​

Stack is a positionType. Stack Components in order of their position in the Layers Panel.

Web Component​

Web components are a set of web platform APIs that allow you to create new custom, reusable, encapsulated HTML tags to use in web pages and web apps. WebComponent MDN Documentation

Test Harness​

A version of the DIGIDECK Presentation Editor that allows side-loading local components for ease of development of DIGIDECK Components.