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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 ({{\_|bridge_link}})
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|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:
1. ...think up a name for each card?
2. ...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: [[\*autoname|autonaming]], casual [[\*structure|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.
[[RichText]], [[List]], [[Image]], [[Search]], [[JavaScript]], [[User]]... All of these are types.
To see a given card's type, click its ellipses icon ({{\_|bridge_link}})
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|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:
1. ...think up a name for each card?
2. ...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: [[\*autoname|autonaming]], casual [[\*structure|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.