Manifest

Manifest.json is where you specify some behavior of the template.
It is only required for multi items templates.

{
    "editWitoutPostback": true,
    "editRole": "OpenContentEditor",
    "templates": {
        "template": {
            "type": "multiple", /* single or multiple*/
            "title": "List",            
            "main": {
                "template": "template.hbs",
                "partialTemplates": {
                    "item": {
                        "template": "item.hbs"
                    }
                },
                "schemaInTemplate": true,
                "optionsInTemplate": true
            },
            "detail": {
                "template": "detail.hbs",
                "partialTemplates": {

                },
                  "schemaInTemplate": true,
                "optionsInTemplate": true
            }
        },
        "categories": {
            "type": "multiple", /* single or multiple*/
            "title": "Categories",
            "main": {
                "template": "categories.hbs",
                "schemaInTemplate": true,
                "optionsInTemplate": true
            }           
        }
    }
}

Manifest

Name	Default Value	Remark
editWitoutPostback	false	in edit mode wrap the view control in an updatepanel to avoid full page postback
editRole		when specified, users with the editRole can add records and edit records created by them. (only applicable for multi items templates)
templates	see Template	list of templates included in the template folder

Template

Name	Default value	Remark
type		single or multiple
title		text listed in the templates dropdown lists
main	see Template File	list template
detail	see Template File	detail template

Template File

Name	Default Value	Remark
template		file name of the template file (.hbs or .cshtml)
partialTemplates		only for handlebars template file. Load additional partial template files.
schemaInTemplate	false	Make the schema.json available as a variable schema (Model.Schema for razor) in template files
optionsInTemplate	false	Make the options.json available as a variable Options (Model.Options for razor) in template files