Cardtype+*type+*guide
Every Decko card has one and only one type.
RichText, List, Image, Search, JavaScript, User… All of these are types. To see a given card’s type, click its ellipses icon () to go to the card dashboard (or “cardboard”).
Types are defined with Cardtype cards. For example, the Cardtype card named Image defines the image type. You can create a new type by creating a new Cardtype card.
Types are a core tool for organizing cards. To decide whether you need a new type for a group of cards, consider whether you want to:
- …think up a name for each card?
- …create a patterned structure for the group?
As a rule of thumb, if the answer to both is yes, you probably want a new type. There are exceptions, of course: autonaming, casual structures, etc.
By convention, Cardtype names are usually singular, capitalized nouns.
To configure the structure for a Cardtype, click the “Configure” button on a Cardtype cards or edit the type’s structure rule in the cardboard of either the Cardtype card or of any of the cards of that type.
A Cardtype card cannot be deleted as long as there are instances of that type.