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Action.ShowCard

Defines an AdaptiveCard which is shown to the user when the button or link is clicked.

Property Type Required Description Version
type "Action.ShowCard" Yes Must be "Action.ShowCard". 1.0
card AdaptiveCard No The Adaptive Card to show. 1.0

Inherited properties

Property Type Required Description Version
title string No Label for button or link that represents this action. 1.0
iconUrl uri No Optional icon to be shown on the action in conjunction with the title. Supports data URI in version 1.2+ 1.1
style ActionStyle No Controls the style of an Action, which influences how the action is displayed, spoken, etc. 1.2
fallback Action, FallbackOption No Describes what to do when an unknown element is encountered or the requires of this or any children can’t be met. 1.2
inputs string[], ActionInputs No, default: "None" None, All, or an array of ids for inputs (or containers of inputs) that should be validated before allowing this action. 1.3
requires Dictionary<string> No A series of key/value pairs indicating features that the item requires with corresponding minimum version. When a feature is missing or of insufficient version, fallback is triggered. 1.2

Example

JSON 
{
	"$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json",
	"type": "AdaptiveCard",
	"version": "1.0",
	"body": [
		{
			"type": "TextBlock",
			"text": "This card's action will show another card"
		}
	],
	"actions": [
		{
			"type": "Action.ShowCard",
			"title": "Action.ShowCard",
			"card": {
				"type": "AdaptiveCard",
				"body": [
					{
						"type": "TextBlock",
						"text": "What do you think?"
					}
				],
				"actions": [
					{
						"type": "Action.Submit",
						"title": "Neat!"
					}
				]
			}
		}
	]
}
Adaptive Card

Properties

card

The Adaptive Card to show.

  • Type: AdaptiveCard
  • Required: No
  • Allowed values:
    • AdaptiveCard

title

Label for button or link that represents this action.

  • Type: string
  • Required: No

iconUrl

Optional icon to be shown on the action in conjunction with the title. Supports data URI in version 1.2+

  • Type: uri
  • Version : 1.1
  • Required: No

style

Controls the style of an Action, which influences how the action is displayed, spoken, etc.

  • Type: ActionStyle
  • Version : 1.2
  • Required: No
  • Allowed values:
    • "default": Action is displayed as normal
    • "positive": Action is displayed with a positive style (typically the button becomes accent color)
    • "destructive": Action is displayed with a destructive style (typically the button becomes red)

fallback

Describes what to do when an unknown element is encountered or the requires of this or any children can't be met.

  • Type: Action, FallbackOption
  • Version : 1.2
  • Required: No
  • Allowed values:
    • Action.OpenUrl
    • Action.ShowCard
    • Action.Submit
    • Action.ToggleVisibility
    • "drop": Causes this element to be dropped immediately when unknown elements are encountered. The unknown element doesn't bubble up any higher.

inputs

None, All, or an array of ids for inputs (or containers of inputs) that should be validated before allowing this action.

  • Type: string[], ActionInputs
  • Version : 1.3
  • Required: No, default: "None"
  • Allowed values:
    • string
    • "All": All inputs will be validated and submitted for this Action.
    • "None": None of the inputs will be validated or submitted for this Action.

requires

A series of key/value pairs indicating features that the item requires with corresponding minimum version. When a feature is missing or of insufficient version, fallback is triggered.

  • Type: Dictionary<string>
  • Version : 1.2
  • Required: No