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| {{Navbox/CT}}
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| ! Control Type !! 👍 !! 👎 !! Use cases
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| ! colspan="4" | Text/Image/Video
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| | [[CT_STATIC]] || - || -
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| * Display images
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| * Backgrounds
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| * Simple text
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| | CT_EDIT || - || -
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| * User input
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| | CT_HTML || -
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| * Limited customization through scripting
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| * Limited formatting options
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| | CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT
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| * Can display formatted [[Structured Text]]
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| * Can become very slow if much text is displayed
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| * Displaying formatted text
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| * Syntax highlighting
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| ! colspan="4" | Buttons
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| | CT_BUTTON ||
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| * Easy way to let the user trigger an action
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| * Limited customization
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| * Confirm, cancel, close
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| * Start an action
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| | CT_ACTIVETEXT
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| * Supports structured text
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| | CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON
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| * Multiple text areas
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| * Supports images
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| * A bit more complicated to set up
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| | CT_CHECKBOX
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| * Easy way to let the user switch between two states
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| * Limited customization
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| * Does not support text
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| | CT_XBUTTON
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| ! colspan="4" | Lists
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| | CT_COMBO
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| * Very space efficient
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| * Can display unlimited amount of entries
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| * Not as quick as listbox when selecting an entry
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| * Allowing the user to select one entry out of many
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| | CT_TOOLBOX
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| * Very fast and easy way to select an entry
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| * Direct overview over all possible values
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| * Very space inefficient
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| * Letting the user select one out of a few options
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| | CT_CHECKBOXES || Example || Example
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| | CT_TREE
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| * Hieracharic view
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| * Very fast engine search
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| * Wasted space on the left due to indentation
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| | CT_CONTROLS_TABLE
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| * Repeatable control patterns
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| * Complicated to set up
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| | CT_XCOMBO
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| * Can fit many values within very little space
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| * Cumbersome to use since the user has to guess what the next value would be. From a usability point of view this control should never be used
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| | CT_LISTBOX
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| * Good way to disable multiple values at once
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| * User can quickly select the value needed
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| * Supports drag and drop
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| * Needs some vertical space for a good user experience
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| | CT_LISTNBOX
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| * Good way to disable multiple values at once
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| * User can quickly select the value needed
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| * Can display as many rows as needed
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| * Needs some vertical space for a good user experience
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| * Needs a bit more scripting to get the columns set up and filled
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| | CT_LISTNBOX_CHECKABLE || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| ! colspan="3" | 3D Objects
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| | CT_OBJECT || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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| | CT_XLISTBOX || Example || Example
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