---
title: "PageLayer"
description: "a dialog, menu or viewer open on the page when it was read, read as its own region: its kind, its title, the visible text, its links and how many items it listed; what a reveal of the domain binds to"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/pagelayer
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PageLayer

a dialog, menu or viewer open on the page when it was read, read as its own region: its kind, its title, the visible text, its links and how many items it listed; what a reveal of the domain binds to

[figure: PageLayer is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `kind` | `one of dialog \| menu \| expanded \| viewer` | yes |  |
| `title` | `text` | yes |  |
| `labelled_by` | `text` | no | the id or label the page gave the region |
| `text` | `text` | yes |  |
| `links` | [PageLink](/concepts/pagelink) | yes |  |
| `items` | `count` | yes | the list items inside it |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PageLayer directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.