UI5 Smart Controls Best Practices

Apply these guidelines whenever generating, reviewing, or troubleshooting UI5 smart control code in freestyle applications using OData V2 services.

UI5 version baseline: SAPUI5 1.136+ LTS. All features mentioned are available from this version unless noted.

When to load each reference

Trigger	Load
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smartfield.SmartField`	`references/smart-field.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smartform.SmartForm`	`references/smart-form.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smartfilterbar.SmartFilterBar`	`references/smart-filter-bar.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smartchart.SmartChart`	`references/smart-chart.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.navpopover.SmartLink`	`references/smart-link.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smartmultiinput.SmartMultiInput`	`references/smart-multi-input.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.filterbar.FilterBar`	`references/filter-bar.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.valuehelpdialog.ValueHelpDialog`	`references/value-help-dialog.md`
Working on or planning a `sap.ui.comp.smarttable.SmartTable`	See `ui5-best-practices-tables` skill, `references/smart-table.md`