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Visual Choice Control

Elementor Core BasicVisual Choice Control

Elementor visual choice control displays radio buttons styled as groups of buttons with an image for each option.

The control is defined in Control_Visual_Choice class which extends Base_Data_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::VISUAL_CHOICE constant.

Arguments

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestringvisual_choiceThe type of the control.
labelstringThe label that appears above of the field.
descriptionstringThe description that appears below the field.
show_labelbooltrueWhether to display the label.
label_blockbooltrueWhether to display the label in a separate line.
separatorstringdefaultSet the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
optionsarray[]A multi dimensional array containing a title and an image for each radio button.
columnsnumber1The number of columns in a grid layout.
togglebooltrueWhether to allow toggle / unset the selection.
defaultstringThe field default value.

Return Value

(string) The selected option value.

Usage

php
<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'style_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Style', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_STYLE,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'structure',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Structure', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::VISUAL_CHOICE,
				'label_block' => true,
				'options' => [
					'grid-3' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Grid: 3 columns.', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/grid-3.svg', __FILE__ ),
					],
					'masonry' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Masonry: arbitrary order', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/masonry.svg', __FILE__ ),
					],
					'stacked' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Stacked: Single column.', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/stacked.svg', __FILE__ ),
					],
					'focus' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Focus: Text only.', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/focus.svg', __FILE__ ),
					],
					'grid-2' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Grid: 2 columns.', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/grid2.svg', __FILE__ ),
					],
					'stretch' => [
						'title' => esc_attr__( 'Stretch: fit available width.', 'textdomain' ),
						'image' => plugins_url( 'assets/img/stretch.svg', __FILE__ ),
					]
				],
				'default' => 'masonry',
				'columns' => 2,
				'prefix_class' => 'some-layout-',
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<div class="your-class">
			...
		</div>
		<?php
	}

}