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Field Controls
Content Types are composed of fields. Fields and composed of a data type, and a control among other extension points and properties. Percussion CMS ships with a number of controls that can be used to configure fields on Advanced content types.
Available Controls
| Control Name | Data Type | Supported Versions | Description |
| perc.CategoryDropDownControl | text | 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provides for a cascading drop down list based on categories defined on the system. |
| sys_editbox | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provides for a single line of plain text |
| sys_DropDownSingle | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provides a single select drop down list |
| sys_HiddenInput | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Allows for a field to be hidden in the editor form |
| sys_DropDownMultiple | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provide a multi select list |
| sys_EditLive | text | 7.3.x - Deprecated | Provides support for the Ephox EditLive applet editor. No longer supported. |
| sys_tinymce | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provides a rich text editor using the TinyMCE Rich Text Editor |
| sys_TextArea | text | 7.3.x, 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Provides for a multi-line plain text editor |
| categoryListWidgetControl | text | 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Used by the Category List widget. |
| commentsFormWidgetControl | text | 5.3, 5.4, 8.0 | Used by the Comments Form widget |