Quest Item Display (qItemDisplay)

The qItemDisplay web part is used to store the value of the last selection made in a qSelector or qMultiSelector web part.  As such the qItemDisplay ican be used as a display web part, but can also be used (usually in hidden mode) to facilitate the transfer of data from one part of the system to another.

A practical use of the qItemDisplay web part is to hold on to data as the user progresses from one web page to another.  For example, the user might use a qSelector web part to choose an item from a list and then automatically filter a qListView display in the same page.  Following this, the user could select an item from the qListView which might redirect the user to another page in which they may wish to re-use (for filtering purposes) the selection previously made in the qSelector web part.  To do so, the users could use a (hidden) qItemDisplay to recall the data previously selected and to "provide" that data to another web part for filtering.