This page shows how to use Item Type Plug-Ins within an interactive grid. This example uses the "Modern Star Rating" Plug-In which is distributed with Application Express Packaged Applications. To use a Plug-In in interactive Grid, the Plug-In has to be coded to support interactive Grid, that means, older item type Plug-Ins which have been developed for Application Express 4.x or 5.0 do not work in interactive Grid. Once the Plug-In is created or imported in Shared Components - Plug-Ins, it can be used simply like any other item type.

The Modern Star Rating Plugin used here has the following features:

• A numeric value is being represented as a number of icons - by default stars
• Any icon from the Font APEX library can be used
• The icon and colors can be configured as component default or individually for each item or interactive grid column
• The Plug-In supports fractional values as well, which is useful for visualizing average values